dodge man
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Nice truck and trailers. I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying retirement, I retired 3 years ago. I like it.
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WM75Guy
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Took my first road trip today, 200 miles round trip to get tires put on the TC40DA. All of the fancy electronics sure make it nice towing, knowing what is going on with the vehicle and trailer and that I will get an alert if something happens to a tire or lights. The Heads-Up display, along with the navigation voice, makes driving very pleasant. The top number is the adaptive cruise control setting, the middle is my speed, and the bottom is the posted speed. I especially like that the TPMS display for the truck and trailer is always displayed.
With 470 HP and 975 feet of torque, I didn't hardly notice the trailer and tractor behind me. On the way home I dropped the tractor off at the NH dealer to get it serviced and look at some minor leaks. All of the NH tractors are on the other side of the truck. They also sell Kioti and Deutz-Fahr tractors.
With 470 HP and 975 feet of torque, I didn't hardly notice the trailer and tractor behind me. On the way home I dropped the tractor off at the NH dealer to get it serviced and look at some minor leaks. All of the NH tractors are on the other side of the truck. They also sell Kioti and Deutz-Fahr tractors.
nisaacs
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Nice rig!
How well does the exhaust brake work? I noticed your brake gain appears to be set at 10? Is that what is available or your setting? I normally run 4 empty and 6 loaded on my dump trailers and '21 Ram.
I don't think you need 470hp, how about loaning me some
MY SO Ram is 370/850
Even my tuned up '01 Dodge, only has 400/900. Way back in the day, my log trucks only had 400/1200. The pickup truck power now days is amazing.
How well does the exhaust brake work? I noticed your brake gain appears to be set at 10? Is that what is available or your setting? I normally run 4 empty and 6 loaded on my dump trailers and '21 Ram.
I don't think you need 470hp, how about loaning me some
MY SO Ram is 370/850Even my tuned up '01 Dodge, only has 400/900. Way back in the day, my log trucks only had 400/1200. The pickup truck power now days is amazing.
EddieWalker
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I had no idea that you could see what the tire pressure was on a truck, and I REALLY didn't know that you could see it on a trailer!!!!!
What kind of deal did you get on your tires that was worth driving so far?
What kind of deal did you get on your tires that was worth driving so far?
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WM75Guy
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Nissaacs,
Exhaust brake works really good. I set the trailer brake gain by doing the 20 MPH test till it stops without skidding the tires while empty. Ten is the max gain allowed by the truck. Three of my trailers maxed out. All are new trailers and have self-adjusting brakes so I hope they tighten up some. My older trailer is at 7.5.
Eddie,
It wasn't so much as a deal, it was more availability. I called tractor dealerships and tire shops in Athens, Tyler, and Fort Worth. The tractor dealerships don't do tires and the tire shops don't do tractors or could not get any Titan tires. Even the Goodyear commercial tire shop in Tyler was no help, even though there are Goodyear tractor tires made by Titan.
I went to the Titan website dealer locator. Bold Springs Tire in West is a Titan dealer. It was either them or the dealer in Sulphur Springs. They called first and said they could have them in 2 days from the San Antonio warehouse, plus they would install them while I waited. And I got to stop at the Czech bakery and get kolaches, which West is known for. The guy in Sulpher Springs seemed more of a one-man tire service truck business. Prices were comparable between the two and driving distance about the same.
Exhaust brake works really good. I set the trailer brake gain by doing the 20 MPH test till it stops without skidding the tires while empty. Ten is the max gain allowed by the truck. Three of my trailers maxed out. All are new trailers and have self-adjusting brakes so I hope they tighten up some. My older trailer is at 7.5.
Eddie,
It wasn't so much as a deal, it was more availability. I called tractor dealerships and tire shops in Athens, Tyler, and Fort Worth. The tractor dealerships don't do tires and the tire shops don't do tractors or could not get any Titan tires. Even the Goodyear commercial tire shop in Tyler was no help, even though there are Goodyear tractor tires made by Titan.
I went to the Titan website dealer locator. Bold Springs Tire in West is a Titan dealer. It was either them or the dealer in Sulphur Springs. They called first and said they could have them in 2 days from the San Antonio warehouse, plus they would install them while I waited. And I got to stop at the Czech bakery and get kolaches, which West is known for. The guy in Sulpher Springs seemed more of a one-man tire service truck business. Prices were comparable between the two and driving distance about the same.
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WM75Guy
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TPMS was mandated in 2007 on single rear wheel vehicles less than 10,000 GVWR. GM puts them on 3500HD dual rear wheel trucks as well. My 2017 2500HD has it, as did my 08 2500HD. I had to have the TPMS sensors installed on the trailers and then programmed to the truck. Discount Tire did it for me. On two of the trailers I had to get new rims so they would accept the sensors but that was no big deal. The valve stem holes in the stock rims were too big and sensors only come in one size. Plus I got stronger rims in the deal.
EddieWalker
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I haven't bought tires in awhile, and the two places that I went to before have closed down. I needed new tires for my little tractor and ended up buying them off of Amazon and then figured out how to install them myself. I bought tire irons off of Amazon too!!!
It's kind of amazing that it's so hard to find a place to buy tractor tires.
It's kind of amazing that it's so hard to find a place to buy tractor tires.
ericm979
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If your vehicle has TPMS sensors in the wheels you can get the data via ODB2. I do that on my Toyotas with a third party device (ScanGauge III). It shows tire pressure and temp. I also have the ScanGauge set to display transmission temp, gear, torque converter lock state, speed and engine coolant temp.
Some cars (VW for one) have "TPMS" with no sensors. They use the ABS wheel speed sensors to detect a tire that's lost so much air that it's rolling circumference has changed. I have not tried to get that data via OBD and it's probably pretty useless anyhow. It satisfies the letter of the law but it's not a useful system in real life.
Bearsixty7
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Yep, Ford has it too but I never added TPMS to any of my trailers, they get checked before use and during every trip.
Our F350 is supposed to have 60PSI front and 80PSI rear for maximum Load capacity. But for a better ride when driving it around empty for a long period of time I prefer to lower rear tires to 60-65psi, problem was the TPMS would indicate low tires (It has to be within 10PSI of Target pressure). I was able to download a program and via the USB2 link I set the rear tire target pressures to 70, now I can run anywhere from 60 to 80PSI and it remains happy.
