tire pressure

PokerCamper wrote:

avvidclif1 wrote:
Just be careful. They make 2 versions of that ramp. I have the regular one and with the Trail-Aire suspension the other tire will barely clear the ground.

I have the 5.5" lift heavier duty version and a supply of 2x6's in the bed of the pickup in case I have to build up the ramp's height. What I need to have a working emergency setup now is a tire iron for the lug nuts. I thought the one in the new pickup would work, but it's too big to fit between the metal hub and the lug nuts.

Maybe this is a stupid question, but since I've never been forced to change a tire in my life (hangs head in shame) do they make special irons designed for trailer tires or do I just have to find one with a thinner socket head and make sure it fits?

When I first got this Cougar, I had the same problem. In these aluminum wheels, the counterbore for the lug nuts is too small for most sockets. I like to carry a star type wrench, and I searched around until I found one with the smallest OD I could find. Got it home and it still was a little too tight for the counterbores, but a quick spin against a grinder fixed that. Then at Harbor Freight I found a set of dedicated lug sockets, and those fit great. They are a set of three sockets, each end with a different size. So the set handles 6 nut sizes. The half inch drive is in the center of each socket, so you use a short extension to make them work. I really like these and they work great on my impact gun and my torque wrench. I still keep that star wrench in the fiver, but will only use it if I have to change a tire away from home. I would recommend you just get that socket set and a good size breaker bar to go with it.

Here is the set:
Lug impact socket set