Dual wheel truck, spare tire/ flat tire questions

[JB4310]

I have an 05 ram 1500 4x2 that had many problems with the light duty 9.25 rear axle, and the heavy duty way I use the truck. I now have an 8 bolt rear and 5 bolt front, I have the 8 bolt spare mounted on the front reciver hitch while the 5 bolt stays underneith the truck where it belongs.

Well at least you don't have to about that rear end anymore
Just got to carry 2 spares to be covered.

JB

 

[flusher]

I've considered carrying a spare in my 2004 Isuzu NPR/EFI stakebed. But after seeing the guy at Les Schwab tighten the lugs with his jumbo air wrench when I got new front rubber, there's no way I could get them loose with non-pneumatic tools to fix a flat. And hauling a sizeable 12V air compressor around all the time is not for me. I'll wait for the AAA trouble truck.

 

[jeffsw6]

What is the correct torque for wheel lug nuts, typically? I had to change one recently and thought I had it on pretty good, but after a few dozen miles the lugs were loose. Tightened them up a lot more but I don't know if there is some negative consequence to them being too tight.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Not sure but you can find it in your manual. Trailers for example take 120 FT LB and my 04 and 06 Super Duty Fords take 160 FT LB.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

my 450 was like that.. drw.. but no spare.

for the heck of it, i went to the expense to buy a rim and a inexpensive tire to put on it.

was a couple hundred bucks worth of trapped on the roadside insurance.

do have a jack, wrench and wood blocks.. plan on being in a non ideal spot to change that tire.

soundguy

I've got a dual rear wheel utility body, Ram 3500. I don't carry a spare, never got one with the truck. I want to at least carry a jack and lug nut wrench.

I figure if I get a rear flat, I can limp on the one good tire on that side, to a shop to get it repaired or replaced.
I'm thinking if I get a front flat I could take a wheel off the rear and put it on the front, just to get me off the side of the road to get to a repair facility.

Is that a common/ acceptable practice with dual wheel trucks?
Would it ruin the flat tire running it next to the good tire on the back??
Does it make any sense putting the flat tire /wheel from the front on the back???

I should get a spare, especially for long road trips. But I rarely leave a very small geographic area with this truck. I do carry a couple of cans of that "fix a flat" which I would probably try first.

I've had the truck 4+ years already, but I'm just thinking about being more prepared now.

Thanks, JB

 

[Case485Guy]

I hotshotted for years in a 1 ton dually and pulling a gooseneck, was lucky having few tire problems.I did keep good tires on the ground though. Yes you can single out the rear and yes you can run a flat next to a a good tire. Running the flat, need to go slow and get to a tire shop, common sense I know. Running flat will cause the bead to break loose and will cause uneven wear on the tire if ran for a long period of time.
Single out the rear to put on front...lots of work, but gets you on the road.
For long trips or when going into a remote area I definetly would carry a spare. I have used more than one can of fix flat in a tire to get me to a tire repair facility, I could care less if the tire guy gets upset. Even if I had to buy a new tire at the tire shop, a few cans of fix a flat is alot cheaper than road side service.
I would carry a spare, they can be mounted on the front bumper, on a rack over the cab or even a build a swing away off the back like on Jeeps.
I always carried reflective triangles, reflective safety vest, a yellow magnetic beacon light to put one the top of the cab & plug into cigarrette lighter, 12 volt compressor. A HD 4 way, HD breaker bar, extension & right size impact socket for the lugs along with a small cheater pipe to slide over breaker bar if needed to brake lugs. Along with jack and blocks, but I always had blocks used for the hauling I did.

 

[JB4310]

Yes you can single out the rear and yes you can run a flat next to a a good tire. Running the flat, need to go slow and get to a tire shop, common sense I know. Running flat will cause the bead to break loose and will cause uneven wear on the tire if ran for a long period of time.
Single out the rear to put on front...lots of work, but gets you on the road.

Thanks for the info, But if you took a good tire/wheel off the rear to put on the front, do you have to put the bad one back on the rear?

Not sure if there is enough thread on the studs to only have one wheel on the rear?

JB

 

[Soundguy]

how thick do you think them sheetmetal rims are?

my ford drw's has enough threads.. won't speak for others.. only the 2 i've had my hands on in my driveway..

 

[JB4310]

how thick do you think them sheetmetal rims are?

my ford drw's has enough threads.. won't speak for others.. only the 2 i've had my hands on in my driveway..

Ok thanks, couldn't remember if there was some kind of spacer in there or other reason why it wouldn't work.

It would look very odd that's for sure, just need to know if there would be any advantage or disadvantage to putting the flat on the rear next to the remaining good tire???

It would save the hassle of having both ends of the vehicle off the ground to swap back if you didn't put the bad front back on the rear.

JB

 

[clemsonfor]

Ok thanks, couldn't remember if there was some kind of spacer in there or other reason why it wouldn't work.

It would look very odd that's for sure, just need to know if there would be any advantage or disadvantage to putting the flat on the rear next to the remaining good tire???

It would save the hassle of having both ends of the vehicle off the ground to swap back if you didn't put the bad front back on the rear.

JB

If you put just a flat tire from the front to the back its a good way to ruin a tire that was fixable, by the time it tears apart running flat next to a good tire.