Warning when driving in slushy snow!
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Just my opinion....
i think with these trucks haveing 20inch wide fat tires, and a "tread pattern" so very bad, (and a combination of not very good wheel well protectors) its just forcing wet slushy snow to fly up under the truck bodies easier than say a GOOD winter tire wouldnt. These stock 20 inchr`s just plain suck for ANY kind of driveing. My reasoning, these tires push water and snow out from under the tread instead of driveing thru it....so thats why i think we are seeing problems like show/slush getting thrown up under the truck bodies. Dodge should have thought this out a little better by adding a cover or longer inner fender well protectors.
I bought a set of steel stock wheels off egay and installed SNOW tires for the winter.
We`ll see how that works out soon enough...they`re predicting snow here this week.
(RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, not likeing THAT one bit.....!!!!!!!!)
I also went with alot narrower tire to get the tread down into the road better instead of hydroplaneing on top of snow/slush like the stock tires do.
Anywhoz.... just my thoughts
i think with these trucks haveing 20inch wide fat tires, and a "tread pattern" so very bad, (and a combination of not very good wheel well protectors) its just forcing wet slushy snow to fly up under the truck bodies easier than say a GOOD winter tire wouldnt. These stock 20 inchr`s just plain suck for ANY kind of driveing. My reasoning, these tires push water and snow out from under the tread instead of driveing thru it....so thats why i think we are seeing problems like show/slush getting thrown up under the truck bodies. Dodge should have thought this out a little better by adding a cover or longer inner fender well protectors.
I bought a set of steel stock wheels off egay and installed SNOW tires for the winter.
We`ll see how that works out soon enough...they`re predicting snow here this week.
(RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, not likeing THAT one bit.....!!!!!!!!)
I also went with alot narrower tire to get the tread down into the road better instead of hydroplaneing on top of snow/slush like the stock tires do.
Anywhoz.... just my thoughts
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i don't think it has anything to do with the snow. my 09 sport did this to me twice that i can remember. not sure what happens but there is a little tab you can pry up with a small screw driver right behind the shifter, then push that red button in there with the screw driver. look in manual for specific instructions, it's in there. and this tab is made to be pryed on so they were somewhat "prepared"
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i don't think it has anything to do with the snow. my 09 sport did this to me twice that i can remember. not sure what happens but there is a little tab you can pry up with a small screw driver right behind the shifter, then push that red button in there with the screw driver. look in manual for specific instructions, it's in there. and this tab is made to be pryed on so they were somewhat "prepared"
Rob
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Now I have had several pickups 2wd and 4wd and for you to pull out a car it must have just needed a nudge since you are also driving a 2wd correct? The ESP must work really good but I would not make a habit of using it for that one of the reasons I believe it is shut off automatically in 4wd...at least I believe it does.
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Not saying the shifter can't get jammed for other reasons, but it's a bit hard for you to argue this wasn't snow related. We have a bunch of people from MN that just had the problem in slushy snow this weekend and I, for one, was under the damn thing picking out the packed snow from around the trans. And when the snow was removed the shifter worked. I'm going to go with 'related'.
Rob
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Well do you have mudflaps? I do and find that the only place snow piles up is on them for a while then it falls off no pile up around the trans and usually the snow here is slushy from the salt. You do know you should not park a vehicle in a garage (heated especially) after driving around in the snow and ice if they use salt in your area, salt after freezing is harmless and useless, it really only work right around 32 degrees F or 0C anyway when you pull it into your garage you get the salt to start working on the snow to melt it and working on your metal to corrode it. It is better to just park under a carport or something or if you have nothing in your garage leave the door open part way. It is nice to wake up in the morning and not have to clear snow off that big truck, takes a while reminds me of the olden days LOL70's when cars were cars(my 76 Eldorado) and trucks were trucks a 79 chevy van that got overloaded by 2000 lbs daily on the freeway too. Detroit News 16 and Mound to Windsor, On...Canada. Only 20 or so miles but when you come thru the border weight more than double the weight of your vehicle that is overloading I would say. LOL>.All I did was put heavier springs on the back or should say just added a few leafs and Gabriel air shocks.Come breakdowns were tranny. Never made it past 100K kms. Rear axles and bearings changed around the same time and the funny thing is it had posi and I never changed the fluid only when there was a break down did it get new fluid, that is why I don't under stand all the hype about fluid changes on these Hemis?
yesssss, i have mudflaps on all 4 corners. (factory moulded front, factory large truck rubber type installed at the rear)
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Not trying to defend Dodge or anything but Dodge has had the 20" rim on truck's since about 2002. This seems to be the first issue with snow packing so I doubt it has anything to do with the 20" rim. Also the tire on the stock 20 is about 11" wide which isn't all that bad for a 33" tire. I think the 17" rim comes with a 31" tire and it is about 10.5 inches wide, so it is about the same. According to this tire size calculator. http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCal...?action=submit So if you bought stock size 17's then you essentially have the same width as you did on the 20" rim. It sounds to me that you just don't like the 20's, which you are entitled to your opinion. I just don't think it has anything to do with this issue. Tread pattern is everything, I think a lot of people (not saying you) choose tires because they look cool, not because of how they perform. Then blame the tires when they do not live up to the hype. Plus people think they can still drive normal speed's in the snow because they have "snow tires" or "snow rated" tires. Those of us who have driven in the snow know better and know you still have to drive slower. Just my two cents
I think you are totally missing the point of my message
