Help me help the woman out

[T143]

Nope we love our 35

That’s a tough scenario if she’s disabled and you need a big truck for towing. Power steps might help with the “in and out” part. As far as the ride goes, I’m going to look into is a water ballast or something for the bed to soften the ride. This way it’s not permanent and I can drain it when I need the bed or extra payload capacity. Would a 2wd drive be an option for you? Maybe that’s softer or at least lower?

Nope we love our 3500 and enjoy it every second we spend in it. Power steps are just for looks mostly and yes it does help to get into the truck easier if not disabled to much, my wife can walk very slow with a walking frame but barely just can lift her feet enough to shuffle, but no practicality behind them in my opinion, if I fit that to my truck I can kiss the bottom half of my truck good bye when driving on the dirt tracks we love to drive on, it will be rock blasted so bad. The original steps are doing a insane job keeping my truck looking amazing. Until someone puts something out that protects the body or I eventually get around to make something myself I am happy to pick my wife up and put her in the truck.

 

[whitexc]

Dramamine.

Tell her to stop looking out the side window.

Or scrolling the phone. That seems to be a factor for some passengers. Look ahead and enjoy the scenery….or take a nap.


Sent from me

 

[HarryN]

Put 1000 lbs in the bed, that will help a lot.

Soften the tire pressure when she is in it and air it back up when needed.

 

[red]

Put 1000 lbs in the bed, that will help a lot.

Soften the tire pressure when she is in it and air it back up when needed.

Somehow I got a vision of my mother-in-law laying down in the bed for ballast.

 

[red]

Jokes aside, the zero cost option would be as many have suggested, lower the tire pressures as much as possible. I have a 3500 and had a 1500 prior to it. My wife complained about the ride a little ar first but it doesn't seem to bother her anymore. I typically run about 60psi on all 4 corners.

 

[AH64ID]

Jokes aside, the zero cost option would be as many have suggested, lower the tire pressures as much as possible. I have a 3500 and had a 1500 prior to it. My wife complained about the ride a little ar first but it doesn't seem to bother her anymore. I typically run about 60psi on all 4 corners.

Empty 60 is too much for all 4 corners, way too much for the rear.

 

[Dave01]

Nope we love our 35

Nope we love our 3500 and enjoy it every second we spend in it. Power steps are just for looks mostly and yes it does help to get into the truck easier if not disabled to much, my wife can walk very slow with a walking frame but barely just can lift her feet enough to shuffle, but no practicality behind them in my opinion, if I fit that to my truck I can kiss the bottom half of my truck good bye when driving on the dirt tracks we love to drive on, it will be rock blasted so bad. The original steps are doing a insane job keeping my truck looking amazing. Until someone puts something out that protects the body or I eventually get around to make something myself I am happy to pick my wife up and put her in the truck.

That's great that you've got a routine that works for you while still using the truck you want to drive. I wish your wife didn't have to deal with the challenges she has but I love hearing that she doesn't let them stand in the way of doing what she can do. Sounds like a tough lady and great partner!

I will say, I have power steps, my wife is a fairly small person, and she finds the steps to be one of the best improvements over my last 2 trucks. They stand out farther, and are lower, making it more of a kind of stair step getting in. I do understand you like your steps for the protection where you drive.

 

[g00fy]

Lower the tire pressure for sure. What size wheels are you running? Maybe if you have 20" wheels downsize to 18's, or if you have 18's already, bump up a tire size for some more sidewall. Also my thuren front swaybar helped reduce a lot of the harshness in the front end.

My 92 year old grandmother always compliments how nice my truck rides whenever I have to take her somewhere, and my 2500 rode like a brick when i first got it. It still does ride pretty rough if I tow and forget to drop the pressure when i'm done.

 

[OLEJOE]

I run 50 psi in the front and 35 psi in the rear on my 2500 and that helps a lot with the ride. I have almost 30K miles on the original Firestone tires with 7-8/32” tread left and wearing evenly. I rotate them every 6-7k miles. Some people get sick riding regardless if they are in a limo or a dump truck.

 

[Trash Panda]

Also, for what it’s worth:

It’s an unloaded one ton pickup, it is going to ride rough to some extent, and there isn’t a whole lot you can do to get around it short of filling the bed with 1500 pounds of weight. As far as “swaying”, I have never felt that on a truck not towing something far too heavy, but I’m also not a very perceptive person.

My wife complained a little bit initially, but she soon got over it.

 

[HarryN]

I don't know about trucks, but for vans there are some seats that have a suspension built into them.

 

[56ram2500]

I run 50 psi in the front and 35 psi in the rear on my 2500 and that helps a lot with the ride. I have almost 30K miles on the original Firestone tires with 7-8/32” tread left and wearing evenly. I rotate them every 6-7k miles. Some people get sick riding regardless if they are in a limo or a dump truck.

How's your tire wear front to rear? Mine was within 1/32 or so claimed Discount tire when i had them rotated & rebalanced.. I took of my OEM firetrash after 15.5K and installed Copper APT II tires, Right now I have mine at 55 psi in all 4 for the past 7500 miles, it made it much easier when rotating the tires as no air needs to be added ....

 

[OLEJOE]

How's your tire wear front to rear? Mine was within 1/32 or so claimed Discount tire when i had them rotated & rebalanced.. I took of my OEM firetrash after 15.5K and installed Copper APT II tires, Right now I have mine at 55 psi in all 4 for the past 7500 miles, it made it much easier when rotating the tires as no air needs to be added ....

The wear is equal front to back. All 4 are within 1/32” of each other and I think that is pretty impressive for the OEM tires. Almost 9k miles towing in those miles also. They should easily make it to 40k.

 

[Ritchie_Rich]

Power steps are just for looks mostly.

I disagree with that. My wife is vertically challenged and they help immensely.
OEM mud flaps keep the rocks off. Plus, OEM steps would be a detriment off roading, and my rockers still look new.