Spare Tire Use
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Originally Posted by Ronin007
Ha!!! I take it you had a flat? 
I assume it was a front tire. What a bummer. I guess you will let us know if the 35's fit under your truck then.
I assume it was a front tire. What a bummer. I guess you will let us know if the 35's fit under your truck then.
We got the front tires balanced while we were there and the kid filled the tires up to about 80 psi cold, when their max. is 65 psi. About a hundred miles into the trip in 120 deg. heat, the drivers side front sidewall couldn't take the pressure and blew outward like a little mini balloon. I've learned my lesson about checking tire pressure after someone works on it.
Originally Posted by powrstrkn'
enviro, why not just take a full size tire off the rear and put it on front since you have a dually? i've doon it on my work truck with no ill effects
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Jonathan - other than the wheel any other damage? Sorry to hear that. How did the truck handle the blowout? I have had some blowouts with other vehicles, but to date they have all been rear tires which are a lot easier to deal with.
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Fortunately, there was no other damage. Just the cracked wheel and the blown-out tire. Surprisingly, the truck handled the blow-out well. It shook violently, but was controllable and not nearly as scary as I thought a blow-out at 80mph would be. The hard part was trying to change a tire in 120 deg. heat. But, I now know the importance of having a full-size spare. Especially if you run tires that aren't exactly kept in stock at a local tire shop. I got lucky that Desert Rat in Tucson just happened to have the SSR's I needed in their warehouse.
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Originally Posted by EnviroCon
Surprisingly, the truck handled the blow-out well. It shook violently, but was controllable and not nearly as scary as I thought a blow-out at 80mph would be.
Glad to hear no other damage. I hear you on having to change your tire in 120 degree heat. I had a blowout on the Rover after a business meeting and had to change the tire on the side of the highway on a hot humid summer day. Talk about miserable. My problem in that situation was I had a damaged valve stem from wheeling the weekend before. Never thought about that before. Now I check my valve stems everytime I check the air in my tires.
Glad to hear everything worked out in the end for you. Let us know for sure if the 35's will fit in the spare location. I am only going on faith from other posts I have read on the subject.
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cam188 - Just remember that at 305/70R16 is a 33-inch tire. If you have a LSD rearend you will burn it up and you will have some weird handling characteristics with it up front. I would see if you can't find a 35-inch tire even if it is used and narrow. At least it is the same height. Doesn't matter if it is narrower compared to what is on your truck now. Just something to think about.
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yeah I understand all of that . That is the plan but for know it is better then the stock original and if I get a flat in the back I will definitely swap a front 35 to the rear and throw the 33 up front and just take it slow.
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
