Anyone know any backyard tricks to rid my truck from the terrible wheel hop it suffers from? I can't even spin my wheels in sand/gravel with out them trying to shake the truck apart. I was climbing a road covered with crush and run the other day and had to stop and put it in 4wd because I couldn't keep traction and the wheel hop was terrible. I thought I was going to snap something. I don't want to go the traction bar route, gotta be something I can tweak to make it better.

 

you may want to lower your tire pressure. make sure to have a portable compressor around.

what psi are your tires at anyway??

 

I dunno dude but I know what ur talking about my dad's 1500 scared me ****less the other day when the rear tires let loose on a slippery road.

 

Have youhad wheel hop in 4wd? That sucks! I've gotten stuck in sand pulling my trailer and you would swear something is going to snap!

 

kids !

Ben quit your whinin and get back in the truck!!!

 

Yup sand blows, 12.50"s with low pressure help a lil...what tires you running?

My new truck still has the michilen all seasons....I'll throw on som 35/12.50s some day...Anyone wanna donate to my new tire fund?

 

get a leveling kit and 35s ;-)

call me for prices.....

 

traction bars are going to be your best bet Nick. Without weight in the bed, it's always going to be like that. Why don't you want to go that route.

I know when I brought my truck home from the dealer... I came across I-40 which will beat the hell out of you. The truck was all over the place hpping down the road. In the snow, I could barely keep any traction and if they tires spun, the rear end hopped like crazy.

Then I installed some ladder bars. Wheel hop.... completely gone, traction snow or dry.... 100% improvement. It made it pretty hard the break the tires loose period.

Anything else you do is going to stiffen the rear end ( suspension ) and make the problem worse. You do have to get some like mine as I'm thinking you might think they're a bit large for what you want but, you can get some that are a single bar with heim joints that aren't so noticable.

 

can they put tranction bars in mine because i think the past owner did because mine will not break them loose at all really untill its really wet or snowy!

 

no sure I understand what you're saying.... you'd know if you had traction bars on the truck.....