What's new
By:
5thGenRams Forums

Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

What did you do to your Ram today???

Merry Christmas and hope everyone got what they wanted for presents!
Was supposed to post yesterday but got busy. As previously mentioned I went and ran half of the Mojave 125 route on Saturday.
1703575827021.png
1703575894885.png
1703575924906.png
GFC turned into a food truck.

Trail was way smoother than expected but because of 4 days of rain before there were puddles in various parts of the trail (that I couldn't escape). Not only that, but sections of the trail were slushy slick. There was a steep hill that requires 4Lo (about over 25 degree incline), and was slick half way up and became mildly off camber right before the crest. That by itself was okay, but when you had to do it on tires covered in mud... not so much. I felt the truck sliding off to the side was I approach the top, and that gave me PTSD.

Also I realized even at maxed out high speed and low speed compression, my driver side front was touching the bump stop quite hard when going through some bigger ruts. I think I either need to upgrade my bumpstops, recharge the nitrogen in the shock, or loose some weight as the sole occupant. I'll hook it up to the gauge and see how out of spec the nitrogen pressure is after a year of usage.

We also didn't finish the route... we were 90% done when one member of the convoy broke his lower arm. Luckily he could limp out so we found the nearest exit route, limped out, and cut the day short.

1703576733591.png
1703576744130.png
1703576754544.png
1703576761618.png
Truck remains like this till after new year. This weekend I have a 2 nighter planned so no point cleaning up only to get it dirty again a week later lol
 
What kind of tow strap did you use? Ive watched a bunch of Matts Recovery videos and seen several different tow strap videos on YT. Project Farm has a good one.
 
Willwork4truck said:
What kind of tow strap did you use? Ive watched a bunch of Matts Recovery videos and seen several different tow strap videos on YT. Project Farm has a good one.
Click to expand...
Couldn't tell you now. Had it for a long time. Probably time to replace. I like to keep one with hooks and one without, but the soft D rings are probably a better option.

I only use the hook one for actually towing, and if I don't have a draw bar in the receiver I have a shackle in there.
 
I gave the air ride another fault code today. Perhaps my sketchiest load yet but I was too committed to back down once I had it half loaded.

Took it easy coming home and it all worked out. Truck handled it just fine but I had to be over the max payload on this one by at least 10%.

c405a99a43ff9b0ba2445e3a98792073.jpg


bf16cfbbec4c4b690d094feb9683212a.jpg
 
Willwork4truck said:
What kind of tow strap did you use? Ive watched a bunch of Matts Recovery videos and seen several different tow strap videos on YT. Project Farm has a good one.
Click to expand...
Yankum, ARB, Factor 55, Agency 6 and Bubba make good products.
I do recommend having both Kinetic rope and tow strap, as kinetic rope will allow you to build some momentum to "yank" a stuck vehicle while tow strap has little to no "give" so that makes "yanking" not possible and dangerous.

I also recommend soft shackles. They are lighter and they won't be that big of a flying mass if it fails. In most recovery situations that we found ourselves in, a soft shackle and a kinetic rope do the jobs and we did not break out the winch once. Even that time when I was stuck on the dune off-camber we got me unstuck using 1 kinetic rope, 1 tow strap, and 2 soft shackles: kinetic rope to the front bumper to help build momentum and the tow strap to my slider to prevent any more downward sliding when in action.

When picking straps/ ropes, pay special attention to the tow rating numbers, break strength, and working load limit.

see the complete list of things here: Tow Straps Vs Recovery Straps: Is There a Difference?
 
OCD Solutions said:
I gave the air ride another fault code today. Perhaps my sketchiest load yet but I was too committed to back down once I had it half loaded.

Took it easy coming home and it all worked out. Truck handled it just fine but I had to be over the max payload on this one by at least 10%.

c405a99a43ff9b0ba2445e3a98792073.jpg


bf16cfbbec4c4b690d094feb9683212a.jpg
Click to expand...
If you have to do more loads like that wit that 5.7 foot bed, you might want to think about a utility trailer.
 
boogielander said:
Trail was way smoother than expected but because of 4 days of rain before there were puddles in various parts of the trail (that I couldn't escape). Not only that, but sections of the trail were slushy slick. There was a steep hill that requires 4Lo (about over 25 degree incline), and was slick half way up and became mildly off camber right before the crest. That by itself was okay, but when you had to do it on tires covered in mud... not so much. I felt the truck sliding off to the side was I approach the top, and that gave me PTSD.

Truck remains like this till after new year. This weekend I have a 2 nighter planned so no point cleaning up only to get it dirty again a week later lol
Click to expand...
Mud on the truck is the sign of a good trip out !
My sphincter is clenching just sitting here reading about sliding sideways in mud on an incline :) The only thing you didn't add is whether there was a drop-off on the edge of the road, to add to the drama !
 
RAM Patriot said:
If you have to do more loads like that wit that 5.7 foot bed, you might want to think about a utility trailer.
Click to expand...

That was a thought but it was a one time deal so a $3000 solution to an $80 problem ain’t in the cards.

The time to have bought a trailer was a year ago when we started on this property. Had my eye on a few on Marketplace but the prices are stupid these days and I can't make up my mind on how big I want. I've regretted buying almost every one of the several I have had over the years so until I have a definitive use, (like bringing home a Can-Am Maverick X3 Turbo RR), I'm holding out. Been looking at 2500's with 8ft beds as well but like the trailer, I need one so seldom, it doesn't make sense to buy one.

FYI, did the math and that load came out to 1729 lbs so yeah, just slightly over the payload limit of 1400lbs.
 
Last edited:
TSL said:
Mud on the truck is the sign of a good trip out !
My sphincter is clenching just sitting here reading about sliding sideways in mud on an incline :) The only thing you didn't add is whether there was a drop-off on the edge of the road, to add to the drama !
Click to expand...
no drop off at that spot. there were a few spots that had drop offs but thank God they weren't slick lol
 
OCD Solutions said:
That was a thought but it was a one time deal so a $3000 solution to an $80 problem ain’t in the cards.

The time to have bought a trailer was a year ago when we started on this property. Had my eye on a few on Marketplace but the prices are stupid these and I can't make up my mind on how big I want. I've regretted buying almost every one of the several I have over the years so until I have a definitive use, (like bringing home a Can-Am Maverick X3 Turbo RR), I'm holding out.

FYI, did the math and that load came out to 1729 lbs so yeah, just slightly over the payload limit of 1400lbs.
Click to expand...
not bad. 300-ish lb over. that's like having 1 and 1/4 of me in there LOL
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 8 (members: 6, guests: 2)

Site Vendors

https://www.jasonlewisautomotive.com/

Members online

... and 7 more.
Total: 444 (members: 57, guests: 387)
Back
Top