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From : roy

Q: budd cochran wrote the was a full sized dodge suv built using full size gm suv parts a few years back in so.cal. and iirc they even offered to make the conversions for about $15k to $20k over the base vehicle price . . .i dont think it caught on. odd that a one of a kind vehicle would be used in a tire ad. id think the advertisers would pick something that people can identify themselves with. thanks. .

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From : jerry

i have been running mine at 30 - 32 for the last 10000 with no problems including 4 round trips between jersey and nc. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving ken wrote im gonna post at the top this time. well running the tires down to 30 lbs. does work. my truck feels much more controllable than it did before. at least now i feel i can drive it in the wet with less fear of a slide. i still plan to swap these things out soon though. i learned my lesson on bikes; shitty rubber will maim or kill me. around the ranch we always ran the bfg radial t/as. odd but on my old gmc they were great dry and scary wet. on the ford they stick like glue period. my brother borrowed the ford the other day; his dodge is in the shop for diff repair and he commented on how well it drove over hwy 17 to santa cruz in the rain. i guess dodges like michelins. im still considering a shock upgrade. keep in mind that heat buildup due to low tire pressure can jeopardize your safety. heat build up is the greatest cause of tire failure. ... they may ride good but................. jerry .

From : mike simmons

im gonna post at the top this time. well running the tires down to 30 lbs. does work. my truck feels much more controllable than it did before. at least now i feel i can drive it in the wet with less fear of a slide. i still plan to swap these things out soon though. i learned my lesson on bikes; shitty rubber will maim or kill me. around the ranch we always ran the bfg radial t/as. odd but on my old gmc they were great dry and scary wet. on the ford they stick like glue period. my brother borrowed the ford the other day; his dodge is in the shop for diff repair and he commented on how well it drove over hwy 17 to santa cruz in the rain. i guess dodges like michelins. im still considering a shock upgrade. ken racerx@tomatoweb.com says... says... ken racerx@tomatoweb.com wrote i just purchased an 03 3/4 ton with the hemi in it. of the three trucks i have owned over the years this one handles the worst around corners and over wet pavement. heck its so bad that i dont dare go over 60 around a certain broad sweeping freeway curve i used to take at 80 with the ford i used to have. i know its not a sportscar but this thing feels like a roller skate. it needs help in a bad way. does anyone have any ideas they have tried which work thanks! heres another fan of the michelin ltx m/s tires. also consider upgrading the shocks. the stock shocks on my dakota were pathetic and the replacment kybs make it handle much better. also look into rear anti-sway bars which will reduce understeer. having recently owned/driven both a ram mine has 17 tires off road package and a late model gm 4x4 i have to say the gm did handle better especially on rough pavement. i think shocks are the main cause as the ride on smooth pavement is actually better on the ram. both of these are half tons but i occasionally drive my friends 2004 ram 2500 and while its a bit bouncier it is roughly equal to my truck in cornering. its tires blow on wet pavement touchy as hell. they are not the oem tires though they got sliced up at a motel parking lot and he bought new tires at the sears practically next door to not screw up the trip they were on at the time. see if the dealer will let you drive another truck to see if you notice any big difference between it and your truck. b so the deal here is to replace the ltx a/s tires i have now with either the ltx m/s or ltx a/t both from michelin now about the load range. i found that curious because mine are load range e and ive never seen that on a 3/4 ton before. im wondering if that isnt a problem. ive seen a truck with d tires carry 4000 lbs. mines a shortbed and i dont plan to abuse it that much. are the tires too hard my brother runs dunlops in load range d i think and hes happy as a clam. also its interesting that you mention shocks. ive been eyeing edelbrocks ias series. any thoughts ken what do you have them inflated to the ltxs i put on my sierra would toss you out of the seat if put anywhere near the maximum pressure listed on the sidewall. i ran them at 30 rear/33 fronts and they were fine with it for three years. 30/33 was the most i could run them and still get a good patch pattern on them drive through water and see if the tread is making a full contact patch. any more and the centers were the only place they were really rolling on. i think they were load range d. i took it to the dealer for an oil change and when i left it was like the truck was converted into a 3500. they had maxed out the pressure on them after i told them not to mess with them when i brought it in. i didnt bring my tire guage with me and so i turned around and went back and had them drop it back with them protesting the whole time to 30/33. apparently the max load on the sidewall was unimportant. it was something like 2000 pounds than what the front load was empty but the dealer kept insisting that i wanted to run them maxed out. i flat out told him he was nuts.. i wrote to michellin and they said 30/30 was ok nothing less on my truck. bdk .