Sorry to check in and hear of the tire trouble Frank. Hope all is well by now anyway...

Bet the temps are cooling off as you drive too!!

Was that 1 of those new BFG Commercial TAs that blew?

 

No, those are on the camper and they're fine. I blew a high dollar Michelin XPS traction on the drive axle. Good Sams Rv roadside came out and changed it for me & gave me directions to tire shop the trusted.
Three guys spent the better part of an hour fixing the tire and they only charged me $18 😜
So far it's holding up. I picked up a concrete form tool in A road works zone.

 

Score one for Good Sam Club!

That hunka steel happened to hit in the middle of the tread and is fixable. FTE karma dude!

 

Tire looks new. You mitt get the Michelin replaced for free when you get to town. I think they have a one year free replacement. It mitt even be longer.

 

Ouch Frank! almost looks like a metal version of a Cobra's teeth went in and broke off.

Safe travels my friend.........I'm off to work in a bit today myself.

 

Were you troubleshooting the trailer battery charge system while you were waiting? It would be nice to have that trailer battery ready when you pull into your new digs.

 

It turns out to be a concrete form tool. The road works guys were pouring concrete.

I was too tired to mess with it. I drove till dark & fell asleep.
I'll just have to connect to shore power to get the landing gear down.

Here is what stuck in my tire. (These tires are over two years old)

 

Frank, Noticed several weights on your steel inside wheel......both of mine have always required several ounces of weight through The Cooper Discoverer HTs and now the Firestone TransForce to balance......and yours are expensive Michelins......guess it must be the darn steel wheels........

Hope you have a safe day on the road my friend!

 

I am surprised to see a steel wheel.

 

The Duallys come from the factory with steel INSIDE rear wheels.

 

I have a set of aluminium a for the insides, just haven't got around to installing them.
Rick my outside alum wheel has more weights on em. Those high dollar tires were made in the UK by the way

 

My rear aluminum wheels balance quite lite, its the fronts that require some pretty good weight.....

Frank, Can you please tell me again what the normal front and rear tire pressures are on the sticker on your early '99??

Where are you now?? hope all is well with ya and your dog.

 

I can say this Rick. I've had 4 different types of rear tires on this truck & towing requires different pressures. Mich LTX & commercial TA's were 80 empty or loaded.
BFG all terrains will never be on any truck I tow with again. No matter what pressure they were at the truck was drunk and all over the road.
These Mich XPS traction's only need 65psi and are TOP SHELF towing tires.
Pricey yes, but I'll buy em over and over to tow with. I would love a set of Mich ribs on the steer axle.
My stickers says 60 front, 45 rear.
I run 70 front, 65 rear

 

Franko! Hope ya not going near Lost Wages ! If so ya better have a snorkel on that 7.3!

Smokie

 

Frank that metal thing in your tire was huge!! Good thing the car in front of you didn't kick it up and put it through the windshield. It might have damaged the belts in the tire. So did you get road hazard when you bought or should I say GOT them tires? I myself am running the BF Commercial TA Tractions on the rear and I run 60psi empty and anything above 10k towing 75psi on the rear drw.

Just got back to the computer after being laided up for about a week so I am glad to see your trip is going good so far...other than the tire and trailer battery thing. By the way how is the poor dog doing being in the truck for days? So how many miles have you covered so far?