I have tried slowing down and extended driving at lower speeds, somewhere around 63 where the Aero kicks in or slightly lower after that, I've pulled over 700 miles on an entire tank rounding out with 29-30MPG but some metro driving, an hour or two idling, and 1500# or more payload the return...
Yeah that's normal temperatures under load in my observations. Not necessarily towing, but extended grade driving at speed, or general heavy footed driving. While ambient temperatures are 70+, general summer conditions. I don't think I'd be bothered unless I saw the 260 mark. At that point...
@KWC did you make a call on what tires you're going with? As boost said the bfg are popular and available in factory sizes, otherwise going to an lt Tire gives you tons of options depending how aggressive you want. I'm a cooper guy, at3's are alright but noisy later in life when they cup, I have...
I was gonna say that's a mighty tall Tire for only a 2" leveling kit, I run the 275/65 there's almost any Tire you can imagine and it fits the factory setup. Beats the heck out of the passenger tires!
Holy shit, good call getting the wife and kids out immediately, that is a very scary situation.
Oddly enough vehicle fires on fairly new vehicles are not that rare across all model ranges so I wouldn't point my finger at anything specific with the engine persay but a generic part failure or...
I do my oil changes with 2.5gal diesel jugs and I put my truck in OR1 or on the edge of the driveway a little bit so I'm at the perfect (~1") height to the container have a clean drain into it, and 2.5gal jug goes back in, and keep the empty one in the garage for next time.
Perfect oil...
Others coming from the same person... idk. You can message him directly if you want him to shine some light on everything he sees necessary with the engine. Not a very positive or confident person right there
Buy yourself an EZ drain valve, you'll appreciate how simple crawling under the truck without any tools it becomes. And mid drain stops are no mess either!
My guess would be the spare doesn't have a tpms, I've never had a single issue rotating tires or ever needed sensors reset, and we're talking about going on 8-9 rotations in it's life? But only ever a 4 Tire rotate. Different patterns have not mattered
The 1500 air can handle about 1000# of direct tongue weight without complaining, depending how close or far from the hitch that may very. I Used to run up to 3,000# in the bed.
You state an adventure bike, so I think a enduro, crossover type? Maybe 400#? Wouldn't sweat it
And to be honest I don't use the Park sensors, my wife does the once in a Blue moon she drives but I get tired of hearing them.
When I got my HID headlight system done the bar wasn't really needed anymore.
We have a stickler of a state patrol lady up here and she nabs everyone with offroad...