Recent Content by Kirwin

I looked up part numbers at Moparpartsonline and it shows same part number for 2011-2018. I’m guessing the EBay post is off by one year. Regardless they won’t fit my 2013. Mine have some scratches and one set of tire machine clamp teeth marks in the surface. I was considering replacing them...

I am looking at some take off 3500 DRW rims on EBay and the seller says that they won’t fit the 2013-2017 Ram. Did they change something in 2018 with respect to the DRW aluminum rims? Is it just that the center caps are different?

That’s not too bad! 2.5 hours from drop off to out the door! That part is expensive! Glad they had one in stock!

Hope they have you on your way soon Greg. Let us know how much that sets you back please.

. The Continental’s are rated at 75MPH according to their website. https://www.continental-truck.com/truck/products/tires/goods/htl2-ep

Actually this is th tire we are using: $476.68 https://www.tires-easy.com/215-75-17.5/continental-tires/htl2-eco-plus/tirecode/5310170000

Ron, I’m not calling you out. I am saying your numbers don’t add up. 24,000-17,500 = 6,500 lbs. Either your trailer doesn’t weigh 24K or you axles don’t have 17,500 lbs on them, or your pin weight is 6,500, which, if true, indicates your rear axle is overloaded. I’m of the opinion that...

Don’t believe that your trailer tire positions are equally loaded. It’s simply not that way in the real world. You can see from the weights that my kitchen slide on the left side is heavy! The trailer has gotten a little heavier over time. The sheet attached was our individual wheel weights...

I have more experience with this issue than I wish I had. ALL Michelin 17.5” tires are rated at 100 KPH (62MPH). I ran the 215-75R17.5” rated at 4805 lbs. I had 2 failures about 1 year apart. On the second failure Michelin weighed each wheel position. On the drivers side front axle I was...

Ron, don’t run a tire at max load or max speed on your DRV. The 6,000 lb Continental I referenced above is proven to be the tire for our trailers. The tires could cost you a lot more than trailer fender damage if you have a tire failure at speed.

Well, you can't beat free that's for sure!!! But, if you join the DRV Owners Group FB page, we have a lot of 2 axle DRVs on Continental LR J HTL2s and so far, 0 failures. They are a robust tire that has stood up to everthing our group has thrown at it. They are not always easy to come by however.

Just get it over with and buy Continental HTL2 in the 235/75R17.5 LR J and be done with it. Seriously! Stop damaging your trailer with the Good Year G114 crap tires and fix the root casue once and for all. You won't be sorry! https://www.continental-truck.com/truck/products/tires/goods/htl2-ep

36 degrees buurrrr! A lot warmer here in Florida! Congrats on a successful repair!

How much power steering fluid did you get out?

I took each sensor and the DEF injector off and used anti seize on them when my truck was new just for this reason!