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Not just you - that is by design. Google the Damping ratio equation and you'll see that increasing mass reduces the damping ratio of a given system. Truck suspension, also true for any vehicle designed to haul, is design to be a little over damped when empty so that when you load up to the max...

I've been dealing with a similar frustration, maybe a little worse since I don't have back seats in the truck. I thought it was something inside the cab until the other day when I was riding in the bed. Had to unlock a few gates in a row so my wife hopped in the driver's seat and I hopped in the...

350lb is nothing dude, pack up your stuff and send it

Regular garden hose with a spray nozzle to get off mud if there is any, then I do a rinseless wash of Optimum No Rinse and the Optimum red sponge. Mix up the no-rinse, wipe on the panels with the sponge, dry with a Rag Company Liquid8r towel. Optimum Power Clean and a Jersey scrubber from the...

Bringing back Grumpaw's younger days

You'll probably have to add the aftermarket bars or remove them entirely. Driving around should clear fine, but articulation is the issue. This can vary wildly from tire to tire. Not all 285/70r17s are the same size.

Running E load 33s and it's not bad. Fuel economy is worse in the city, about the same on the interstate.

The six speed is nice, not without its flaws, but a good time nonetheless. Spent a week with one up in North GA a few years ago. Had a great time and it climbed like a billy goat. It was my brother's for a good while until it got totalled in an accident. Here it is getting towed home from...

Whatever problems you're anticipating the transmission having with running a plow could not possibly be worse than a Wrangler. This is said with love - wranglers are great. However, they are significantly less capable as work vehicles compared to almost every other midsize truck available. If...

You'll be alright. It'll be a good idea to do the oil after the 6000 miles, but you're not gonna break down for running that long.

To the moon!

It's the 6" lifts in general. They're just not a real performance boost beyond sometimes including nice shocks. I think most here would agree you're better off focusing less on suspension height and more on wheel size and travel if off road performance is your goal. That being said, I do think...

regular floor jack and jack stands, one wheel at a time. Trust me, the job is so much easier with these extra steps. Otherwise you're fighting the sway bar and the weight of the brakes swinging around all while trying to keep the axle inserted. It's better to just knock it all out.

They're great, just keep the OEM shocks so you can have something to ride on when you hit the rebuild interval. I tow off road almost weekly without an issue. I also DIY'd the install and it's a piece of cake if you take the time to properly remove the following parts: - Sway bar: just undo...

Yeah I have to whip out steps every time my grandma rides in the truck. She gets so mad about it but can't get in without them!

I think in his build video he shows that he removed them. Crazy cool build. The bars are there for offset frontal collision that could push the tire into the cab. The amount of offset in the collision determines where the force is applied to the vehicle. In the case of like 40%-50% offset (i.e...

The Goodyear Workhorse HT or Michelin Defender LTX would suit you well. Long lasting and plenty of siping for wet traction on pavement. Any major brand of tire with a tread matching the above mentioned tires will suit you just fine. My MO is to just narrow things down to a class of tire and...

Youre right totally impossible scenario, never happened ever

Sure, that's true when the truck is sitting still, but what happens when the suspension compresses and the wheel moves up into the wheel well? It's gonna bump right into the same stuff it would hit without any lift All that to say: Crash bars gotta move if he's gonna fit that size with that offset

Yeah, I gotchu. You like the look and you want the tires to fit. My point was mainly that a leveling kit will do zero to address the issue. A leveling kit does look good though. The only things that will fix the your tire rub are either reducing the backspacing by removing the wheel spacer all...