hvann
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Well I finally got it home. Here is my new toy. I picked it up in Philly and had some 1600X20 put on it. What a difference. I know there is a lot of controversy about the large tires but they look so good.
It took me about 7hrs to get it back to Hampton VA. I had my daughter’s boy friend follow me back in my P/U. Every time we stopped for food or fuel someone would come up and want to talk about it. I had one guy drag his wife with him from the Wal-Mart where we stopped to a gas station four miles down the road where we stopped for fuel. We saw this guy drive past us at Wal-Mart three times.
I found the truck to run very well. The only issue I have is with the tire balancing. A balancing powder was used but it still has a lot of hop at certain speeds. At no time did the truck feel out of control or even like it was going to do damage but it was annoying and in some cases embarrassing. I found two speeds that the vibrations would be very minimal. At 53 and 62 the truck was fairly smooth. At any other speed it had issues. The front is all tight so I'm sure it’s in the tires. I had to do it just once, but I got it up to just a little over 70 and it wasn't too bad at that speed. Most of the time I ran at around 53mph. One to two mph on either side of 53 would cause the ride to change.
I want to give a big thumbs up to Dave at Eastern Surplus. I didn't get the truck from him but he did hook me up with the tires and rims. He and all of his staff are very helpful. I also picked up a tow bar from Dave just in case.
In image four can anyone tell me what may be wrong?
It took me about 7hrs to get it back to Hampton VA. I had my daughter’s boy friend follow me back in my P/U. Every time we stopped for food or fuel someone would come up and want to talk about it. I had one guy drag his wife with him from the Wal-Mart where we stopped to a gas station four miles down the road where we stopped for fuel. We saw this guy drive past us at Wal-Mart three times.
I found the truck to run very well. The only issue I have is with the tire balancing. A balancing powder was used but it still has a lot of hop at certain speeds. At no time did the truck feel out of control or even like it was going to do damage but it was annoying and in some cases embarrassing. I found two speeds that the vibrations would be very minimal. At 53 and 62 the truck was fairly smooth. At any other speed it had issues. The front is all tight so I'm sure it’s in the tires. I had to do it just once, but I got it up to just a little over 70 and it wasn't too bad at that speed. Most of the time I ran at around 53mph. One to two mph on either side of 53 would cause the ride to change.
I want to give a big thumbs up to Dave at Eastern Surplus. I didn't get the truck from him but he did hook me up with the tires and rims. He and all of his staff are very helpful. I also picked up a tow bar from Dave just in case.
In image four can anyone tell me what may be wrong?
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