rebuilt the door hinges, hung the doors, mounted the roll pan, figured how much im gonna have to cut the trailer hitch, built a trailer hitch rack.

 

Took the ol' girl to get a load of dirt so I could level out my lawn after some irrigation work was done.



She did admirably, but I definitely need some helper springs, haha! I took my passenger seat pal along with me and she enjoyed the trip!

 

Hope you don't need a lotta dirt.... I have found that a pick-up bed full really isn't that much. I used a 12 foot dump trailer to get several loads for the same purpose. And I still need more...

Beautiful dog.

 

Took the Ram and the Expedition down to Jamestown Beach, for some reason since Friday I've had a funny feeling about tires...Well.....

Was traveling home on 95N in Hanover County, in the left lane running about 70MPH when she blew.

I heard a noise like I was on the rumble strip, only problem was I wasn't on the rumble strip, I knew instantly that the tire blew, rumble noise to explosion was about 1.5 seconds.

Wasn't any left shoulder, just grass, but I ditched into the grass, rear end got loose and she was hard to stop.

Funny thing is the tire that blew had plenty of tread, the last tire I would have expected to blow.

 

That sucks! Glad everyone is ok though. Had no idea a tire blow out would do so much damage to the truck bed.

You're truck looks pretty nice though, same paint scheme as mine.

 

No spare???

 

was about to ask same question... damn that's lot of damage, any idea what date code on the tire was?

 

just ordered the check valve for the " WILD VENTS " issue.. thank god for the search function..


yesterday was the first time I had to use the AC in my truck since I bought it last August and every time I would accelerate the door would slam to defrost and then back to panel..


happy to say other than that vent issue the AC didn't disappoint FROZE me out of the truck just like the ram sport I owned

 

Spare is a shame on me deal... Wheels are 17"s, spare is a 16", probably the factory Michelin still on it, but, had a rounded lugnut on that wheel, couldn't do anything on the side of the interstate.

Working on it today.

I'll post the date code of the tire if I'm able to find it

 

After much struggle in the heat we finally got the wheel off the truck.

Going to be changing out that lug nut stud though