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Old 08-20-2018, 08:19 PM   #21
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Charlies' persuader had a long handle attached to a hefty steel hammer. My new one will be a softer touch though hopefully just as persuasive.
Heck, get one with steel shot inside. Sometimes more than a soft touch is needed.

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Old 08-20-2018, 09:17 PM   #22
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i carry a 6 pound engineers hammer/mallet in my trailers toolbox. its primary use is driving stakes for securing awnings and such, but its good for lots of things that need a stiff whack.
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Just got home from the tire store, buying a real spare tire for my new Ram, and also had to buy a wheel....their "full size spare" is the same diameter but a narrower (translates to lighter and cheaper) wheel so can't mount a matching tire on the spare's wheel. Sigh....would still have bought this truck, but it sure is irritating. When that cheesy flimsy spare came off and I saw it on the ground I was really glad I replaced it, it looked kind of like a balloon with some squiggly very shallow tread lines on it....just enough to get you to a service station, I suppose. The fact that the spare called for 60 PSI tells me that the sidewalls are pretty thin.
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Old 08-29-2018, 06:01 PM   #24
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Old 08-29-2018, 06:29 PM   #25
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Probably not, I’ll bet it’s styrofoam 😂
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Old 08-29-2018, 06:35 PM   #26
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I do rotate my tires twice a year, and they will sometimes (usually) need a good kick after the lug nuts are off to get the wheel off of the hub.
I do that on my truck too, when I swap for the winter tires, and then again when I put on the summer tires.

Using winter tires once daytime temps get down near freezing, and especially on snow and ice, has made a huge improvement on traction, whether towing or not.
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Old 08-29-2018, 07:07 PM   #27
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Just got home from the tire store, buying a real spare tire for my new Ram, and also had to buy a wheel....their "full size spare" is the same diameter but a narrower (translates to lighter and cheaper) wheel so can't mount a matching tire on the spare's wheel. Sigh....would still have bought this truck, but it sure is irritating. When that cheesy flimsy spare came off and I saw it on the ground I was really glad I replaced it, it looked kind of like a balloon with some squiggly very shallow tread lines on it....just enough to get you to a service station, I suppose. The fact that the spare called for 60 PSI tells me that the sidewalls are pretty thin.
Were you able to mount the full sized spare underneath? Mine is carried in my bed under the tonneau and I left the spare underneath.
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Old 08-29-2018, 07:17 PM   #28
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Were you able to mount the full sized spare underneath? Mine is carried in my bed under the tonneau and I left the spare underneath.
Yes, since the factory spare tire was at least the same outside diameter as the regular tires, the real tire fit fine...probably a bit thicker and perhaps hangs down an inch more but not a problem.
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Old 08-29-2018, 11:12 PM   #29
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...their "full size spare" is the same diameter but a narrower...
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The fact that the spare called for 60 PSI tells me that the sidewalls are pretty thin.
The higher pressure indicates that the spare tire is narrower - that's normal for compact spares, especially if they are small in diameter but even at full diameter. This spare tire is designed for higher pressure (would normally mean a thicker sidewall), but very limited use and light weight. It will have poor resistance to sidewall impacts, and poor ability to handle sustained high speed.
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The higher pressure indicates that the spare tire is narrower - that's normal for compact spares, especially if they are small in diameter but even at full diameter. This spare tire is designed for higher pressure (would normally mean a thicker sidewall), but very limited use and light weight. It will have poor resistance to sidewall impacts, and poor ability to handle sustained high speed.
.....and probably unsuitable to use while towing a trailer!
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Old 08-30-2018, 06:43 AM   #31
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The higher pressure indicates that the spare tire is narrower - that's normal for compact spares, especially if they are small in diameter but even at full diameter. This spare tire is designed for higher pressure (would normally mean a thicker sidewall), but very limited use and light weight. It will have poor resistance to sidewall impacts, and poor ability to handle sustained high speed.
Yes, the wheel the spare was mounted on was too narrow to accommodate a standard size tire, that's why I had to also buy a wheel. If you will be towing, you definitely don't want to be in the middle of nowhere and have to put on one of those temporary spares.
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