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I have two 3/4 ton trucks with 265/75R16's. One truck I put Cooper AT3's on a couple years ago. It does a LOT of gravel road duty here in SW CO, and has done two winters of plowing out the 10 miles of gravel roads in our HOA. The tires do show some rounding of tread blocks and a few chips...

I too built a flatbed that sits fairly low. I used 2" square tube parallel to the frame rails, mounted with tabs to the factory box mounting points, and 2" tubing side to side above that to support the 1/8" deck. It's about 2" higher than the factory bed floor, and I can see some evidence that...

The last two posts above contain what I would call traditional wisdom concerning non-clutched fans. They detail the best way to "play it safe" if you're really worried. That said, vehicles with factory non-clutched metal fans ceased production in about 1980, if not before. (My '78 Chevy K10...

Long term bias... It occurs to me that while your steering wheel may be centered when going straight, your steering angle sensor could have been zero'd off center at some point. This could lead to a bias if the system is not correcting it as you drive. The systems I worked with would "learn"...

I re-read the thread and it actually sounds like you've had this problem for a LONG time... I don't see how re-paving the road would make any difference, so something caused it to get worse at that time, but the fact that it was present before that seems to be a good indicator that it's not a...

If I follow correctly, your test was to put smaller size tires on your jeep, after which it did not have any false activation of stability control. This seems to suggest that your Jeep may indeed be programmed for the stock size tires... If this was the case, then running 35's would make the...

FWIW, If you break a hard shackle, you are doing something REALLY wrong. That, at least, is not a concern if you're using decenly sized (5/8-3/4") shackles. Generally, what fails is what they're hooked to... I have a few soft shackes now and they're nice for some things. I would recommend...

Wow, 225 is not bad!! I'd ask them to make sure it's from a truck with sub-100k miles and NOT a front collision. Other than that, I'd think you would be set. Fair warning, on the earlier trucks, changing the pitman shaft with the box in the truck is difficult at best. If you get a JY box...

Sorry, short wheelbase is reg cab. Not yours. I don't think you are having a "common" problem... That's why I think a lower mileage box from a junkyard might be your best plan... It appears that gear is used in 2011 through at least 2019... Should be plenty of good units at a salvage yard...

If it happened all of a sudden, perhaps a thrust washer let go, or something like that. It looks like the slop is coming from radial play in the sector shaft, not internal play that causes everything to be still while the input shaft turns... There should not be radial play like that, so...

Peter, we appreciate your photos, but you literally cannot put chains on the front of a newer 1500 Ram truck. Just like Toyotas, the IFS knuckle is too close to the tire sidewall to fit much more than a pinky finger in there. Add bigger tires and it's TIGHT. For the rest of you, rubber...

I'd say you should consider picking up a soft shackle and recovery pulley... Price is very reasonable, with a combo on ebay showing up for $60. This should work well in fairly clean conditions. If mud and nasty is your thing, I'd suggest going with a standard unit, and just make sure there...

FWIW, the only place that the highway could become "so bad" that chains are required is over few passes in Colorado. When highways in WY, NE, IA, etc get that bad, they simply close them. At that point, even with chains, you're not actually making enough forward progress to make it worth your...

I concur, with you needing to daily drive it, I'd opt for a GMT400 or GMT800 Burb or Yukon XL. As others have pointed out, the tahoe seats 8, but barely, and not comfortably, and with no room for anything else. You might also see if you can find an AWD Express or Rally van... They're great...

I use a set of Peerless chains that look exactly like that on my plow truck occasionally. Those type of chains are much easier to install than laddar style chains, and IMO they work far better. Practice installing them a few times before you leave so you aren't doing it for the first time in...

Good point, but the compound Cooper uses does seem to hold up better to a LOT of gravel road use than I've seen with other brands of all terrain tires, which tend to look shredded after a while on the same roads. So it is worth something...

DC tires are indeed made in Cooper plants, and frequently proclaim use of a "cut and chip resistant" compound, which is Cooper's formula as well. I had a set of FCII's that were good tires, and these look like a slightly milder version of that tread design. I would bet they are a really good...

The 5.3l also has the diff mounted to the oil pan. The gear ratio has nothing to do with the tail happy bit... On slick roads, it is notable that the transfer case waits to engage the front axle until the rear axle slips, and it's kinda "sloppy" compared to the auto transfer case in pickups...

I bought the wife a 2006 Envoy off Copart. It needed both driver's side doors, but only had 105k on it. I bought the doors at a local junkyard in the correct color and swapped them out. It still has a dent just beind the new rear door, but we don't much care... Total, I've got about $2200...

To those of you recommending or not recommending anti-gel, know that you have no idea what you're actually getting at pumps here in the Wild Wild West... I've seen "winter blend" that gelled at 15F. I've seen stations that don't even offer winter blend where they certainly should based on...