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Dan's 2023 2500 Tradesman UNLimited

44Dan44 said:
Warning! Do not bother on SITE SLOW days, pic heavy.
I am starting this with the intent to share photos of things it was hard for me to find good photos of when I was researching before ordering this truck and could come in handy for someone as we contemplate the changes (as they come) in 24,25,26 model years. As many of you will know there is a lot of interchangeability 19-23 which is helpful in finding parts when sites don't immediately update to reflect new model years, long story short, you will be bored with many basic photos at first but at least they will be of a clean truck. This will eventually morph into my "build" thread which will have some interesting stuff to see.

Thank you for joining me, please enjoy (or endure) hundreds of what will be my reference photos, or before photos, or "I think I broke that part let me check my as-new photos because that doesn't look right" before I get to the upgrades or rather things I'll do to make mine...mine.
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flan said:
Don’t take this the wrong way, but your thread (with the current speed of the site) is very difficult to follow. Maybe keep doing what you’re doing or maybe adjust the picture amount, I’m not sure what the purpose of 98% of your pics have been about anyhow?
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Lol, I do not take it the wrong way. All I can do (for now) is warn you at post 1 of this thread (highlighted in red above).
To your point however, (also highlighted in red above) I do have plans to index post #1 so that anyone seeking a particular photo of any certain area can link to that group of photos quickly for reference.

Nothing I can do about the speed of the site, trust me, as hard as it is for you to wait to view something, imagine my end, I literally play spades on my phone waiting for uploads to happen on the computer.
Just as a note going forward, I DO provide a narrative for things 'I'm doing' rather than 'just showing' so that if you/anyone receive a notification you will know what it is about if I have added words instead of just pictures.

And finally, thankfully, I am about 10 pics until done of just showing as-new reference photos. After that will only be additions and subtractions from stock form starting actually today. (I had to do a few things already; such as window tint, visors, valance chop, seat removal, etc.) somewhat out of order. Thank you for trying to follow along a bit, I understand completely.
 
I put this together in April but finally got a chance to bring it all together and actually test it out on the truck. Many thanks again to @H3LZSN1P3R for the inspiration.

Trickle charge / maintainer via 7 pin trailer connection.

I like this idea for multiple reasons; don’t have to open the hood.
No need to purchase a NOCO AC port adapter and mount it somewhere especially since I don’t utilize the dual benefits of block heater
I didn’t want to mount a dedicated charger onboard style.
I already use a quick connect SAE type adapters for my mowers so this solution really fits my needs.

I already had the wiring diagram (truck side) and had made the 7 pin adapter (trailer side) to match that but wanted to test just in case. All checked out good, correct pins in port as expected, constant power at 4 and continuity tested to ground at 1.
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44Dan44 said:
Distance to ground at L&R Front wheel well center fender (no variation between sides) 40.5"
Distance to ground at L&R Rear wheel well center fender (no variation between sides) 43"
Distance to ground at front valance 12"
Distance to ground at bottom of tow hitch receiver 22"
These numbers are accurate despite parallax or angle slip view on photos due to depth, I you ever owned an Incra Precision Rule you know what I mean.
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Put the new wheels and tires on for a test fit. as expected here are my height changes.
Distance to ground at L&R Front wheel well center fender (no variation between sides) 40.5" Change to 41.75"
Distance to ground at L&R Rear wheel well center fender (no variation between sides) 43" Change to 44.25"
Distance to ground at front valance 12" Change to 15"
Distance to ground at bottom of tow hitch receiver 22" Change to 23"
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Interesting, that shows a 2-2.5” diameter increase in the tire and the specs don’t indicate that.
 
44Dan44 said:
Tell me you drink bud light without saying it by asking me about the effects on my miles per gallon :cool: Many 10mm nuts later including 2 that were hard to reach, 2 push pins, 2 of those annoying metal clips you always feel like you're going to break, and lets begin.

This is a very common mod on the Ford Superduty but I haven't seen anyone do it on a Ram so......
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To be continued
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AH64ID said:
Interesting, that shows a 2-2.5” diameter increase in the tire and the specs don’t indicate that.
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Valance chop
 
AH64ID said:
I was looking at the rest of the numbers, not the valance.

A 1” taller tire only provides 0.5” more ground clearance.
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Gotcha. Here are my numbers. One something I did not do is take an actual measurement of the stock tires so the 33.2 is assumed
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AH64ID said:
Likely too much pressure for the load on the new tires. They need less air for the same weight.

50 psi on the OEM tires will support 2680 lbs/tire. 50 psi on the new tires will support 3000 lbs/tire.

Based on advertised curb weight you should run 40/35. 50 psi will make the tire taller.
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Thank you, I will look into that further, all the specs, both tires are as-delivered from dealer and tire rack, I've made no adjustments. I need to make a run and make sure the new TPMS sensors are reading properly too.
I've planned for adjustments with Jscan to reset low tire warning threshold as needed.
 
Yes, I will need to dig into this deeper to learn more. Generally speaking, I'll be going for even wear and ride comfort as I don't tow.
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You have to take the load tables with a little grain of salt.

According to the panels, with the weight of my truck, and my larger tires, I should be running around 30 PSI front for 2155 lbs per tire. My front axle weight is 4280
Rear should be about 20 PSI. 25 PSI is 1875 lbs per tire. But my rear axle weight is only 3080.

But that's too low. I'm currently running 35/30 cold. I was running 45/37 hot for a while, but I got more wear in the middle in the front. My current hot pressure is about 40/35.
 
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Crusty old shellback said:
You have to take the load tables with a little grain of salt.

According to the panels, with the weight of my truck, and my larger tires, I should be running around 30 PSI front for 2155 lbs per tire. My front axle weight is 4280
Rear should be about 20 PSI. 25 PSI is 1875 lbs per tire. But my rear axle weight is only 3080.

But that's too low. I'm currently running 35/30 cold. I was running 45/37 hot for a while, but I got more wear in the middle in the front. My current hot pressure is about 40/35.
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Not really. The charts show the pressure required for certain load, which is adequate up to the speed rating of the tire. You may feel that it’s too low, but really it’s not.

The higher the volume of air in a tire the more load it can handle at a given inflation pressure.

What charts are you using that recommend 20 psi? The lowest I recall seeing for LT flotation sizes is 25.
 
AH64ID said:
Not really. The charts show the pressure required for certain load, which is adequate up to the speed rating of the tire. You may feel that it’s too low, but really it’s not.

The higher the volume of air in a tire the more load it can handle at a given inflation pressure.

What charts are you using that recommend 20 psi? The lowest I recall seeing for LT flotation sizes is 25.
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The one on the BFG site for their A/T KO2's. Went to my size, 35X12.50R17 and clicked on it. And it came up with the load value at different pressures starting at 25 PSI and going up in 5 PSI increments. ;)

At 25 PSI, the combined weight load of the 2 tires (3750) is more than my rear axle weight of my truck (3080). So that's why I said 20 PSI.
 
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