Recent content by tacollie

I didn't realize a lot of the 17s were capped. There's a lot of 35x12.5r17 tires that are are f rated with a load index of 121. That's part of the reason I stayed with 18s. My new new f-rated tires ride better higher than my old e-rated tires even at 12 more PSI.

I agree that two isn't a very big sample size. I did drive drive both vans. Both had factory seats. One was an older leaf sprung powerstroke Sportsmobile and that thing was not worth it in any way. It was purchased new by my old man. The other one was a 2011 that was coil sprung with the 5.4...

Yeah I still don't get the point of load range. The guy at the tire shop did tell me some manufacturers actually use a stiffer tread and center section on higher load range tires. He told me on the tires in question that the sidewall were the same for different load ranges. I'm not sure if...

There's no argument that the actual camp space is better in a van. My biggest critique is you got to listen to all your stuff rattle going down the road. I'm with @2025 deleted member The seating position in the E series is awful. I suppose if you did a seat swap to actually get good seats in...

@ruff I get that. Do the letter ratings actually mean anything anymore? Maybe they change the compound as you go down the alphabet to accommodate for heavier vehicles.

What's the difference between between the load range and load index ratings? The Internet says load range is out dated and to use the load index. I found a decent deal on some tires. They are load range F but the load index is 128. My current tires are load range E but the index is 129. I...

It can happen to any vehicle. The cp4 fuel pump that Ford uses on the 6.7 powerstroke is known to be particularly sensitive to fuel quality. When the fuel pump blows up it sends metal particles into the fuel system and motor. It's not as big issue as the internet makes it out to be, but if it...

Keep the heavy stuff low. You'll be good.

I put them below the clip. I did it by myself with the leaf still on the truck. It's a pain but with some clamps it worked out. Keep in mind you'll probably need to get a longer bolt for a center pin. We only had that set up for around 25-30k miles. We originally just had the icons and when...

On our Tundra I ran I the factory leafs with a Icon 3 leaf AAL and the OME AAL. I did remove the factory overload. https://store.arbusa.com/leaf-spring-extra-leaf-d28xl/ On a Tacoma we had aftermarket HD leaf springs that weren't HD enough to hold our 375lbs Flippac. I threw an OME AAL in...

It's been several years but I have used things like that before. They really made the ride harsh in my opinion. I also feel like they wore out the other leaf springs faster. On two separate trucks now I opted to buy the Old Man Emu add a leaf and use them on non OME spring packs. I've had good...

I almost bought Apex steering stuff for our truck in July. Quite a few people on the forums had issues with them on Super Duties so I passed. It did sound like they had a good warranty on their products. It's also my understanding they did a redesign and they're different now but I could be wrong.

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The XP V1 trucks all seem to be well over GVWR. Seems like a lot of them are pushing 13k. If you really want a xp this is probably the cheapest you're going to get one assuming it doesn't have a reserve. If you don't like the diesel truck, you could buy a 6.2 F350 and probably probably come...

The block acts as a leave. Swapping out the leafs definitely reduce axle wrap on our truck. Traction is noticable better. That being said it was probably a combination of getting rid of the block and going from four leafs to 11. In my opinion it wasn't that big of an issue. Where I've seen it...