Spare

My 12 is the same way..

 

Its not just a black steelie?

 

Mine has a black steelie. It had a donut on it. I said "well...wtf...that shit ain't gonna work with some of the shit I get myself into. If I get a flat 38 miles off the highway out on a deer trail...I am ****ed if I only have a donut under the truck. I mean who puts a donut spare under a $60,000 pickup?"

So off I went to my local tire guy where I got an ACTUAL tire put on that rim. Incidentally, the rim is useable with a real tire, unlike most donut spares.

 

So if I get new tires at the stock factory size I should be able to have one mounted to the spare rim? AND it fits well under the truck bed? This is news to me...would be very beneficial. Although I do have AAA...

 

My 2015 had a black 17" under it too.

 

My '13 Longhorn came with a black steel wheel, but at least it was a 20" wheel with a 275 60R20 matching full size tire. I did change it though when I upsized my tires to 275 65R20s which is about all the larger you can fit under there.

 

my 2009 spare reads Temporary on it

my 2016 spare, so does it read Temporary

 

GTyankee, yup cost savings. Most models get a temporary use spare. My Longhorn came with the exact same 275 60R20 Goodyear Wrangler SRA that came at the other 4 corners. I imagine the Limited does also. The only thing it did not come with was a TPMS even though the owner's manual says that some spare tires may be equipped with one and it would take a short drive for the system to recognize the spare. The only time I had my spare on was for a 100 mile drive home from the mountains and when I got home it still didn't read the pressure in the spare. I used that to base my conclusion that the spare didn't have one. I find it irresponsible for a manufacturer of a 4x4 vehicle that might see off road duty to include a temporary use spare, even worse when it is a smaller diameter than the rest of the tires are. Ford did the same thing on my Explorer. It came with 255 70R16 Wilderness AT tires but came with a 225 70R15 temporary spare. One of the requirements for a 4x4 club I ran with was that the spare tire must be a full size tire, not a temporary one.

 

Mine was up on the hoist today so I had the opportunity to check. I have the black steel wheel with a temporary tire.

 

So far I have only seen the Longhorn, Limited come with a full size spare. It's possible that the Outdoorsman comes with a full size spare since they come with load range E offroad tires so it would be irresponsible to include it with a temporary spare.

 

Temp spare?

"If a Temporary/Compact Spare tire is used in a driven-wheel position, any differences in tire revolutions per mile require the vehicle's driveline to compensate continuously, increasing heat, wear and the possibility of failure. This is especially true for four-wheel and all-wheel drive vehicles, as well as any vehicle equipped with a limited-slip differential."

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=237

 

Yeah if a rear tire ever goes then I'll put the spare on the front and the good one from the front on the back so my LSD doesn't go out prematurely

 

Same here, my Explorer's Owner's manual said to do the same thing in the event of a flat, mount the spare on the front only. It had as much to do with the Borg-Warner Control Trac transfer case as it did with having limited slip. I've never bothered to see if Ram makes the same demands since mine came with a full size spare.

 

I don't remember it being in the manual, but I do know the 44-44 transfer case was developed as a joint venture with Ford, Dodge, and Borg-Warner. Not sure if that was the same t case though

 

Wow so I just checked mine I have the same thing... So weird haha

 

Here is pic of mine.

 

Now you have me curious. I know my rim is black, gonna have to crawl underneath and see if it says "temporary" on it.

 

Here's my 275 65R20 BFG AT (34") spare:

 

Does it look like there is room for a 285/6565R20 bfg at?

 

Mine is temporary

 

I think I read that 34 or 34.5 is about the max diameter that will fit

 

That's the Panhard bar, which is actually more important

 

You are correct, the sway bar is to the right in the picture, a little further away. My bottom picture is also my hitch, not the crossmember. Definately no more than .5" away. This time I went out and crawled under my Ram to verify.

 

Like a steel wheel instead of an alloy? Yes that's standard should be the same size and tire type that the truck was bought with new how ever.

 

Should be, but isn't. Ram equips nearly all models with a temporary use spare tire that is a smaller diameter than the rest of the other tires on a black steel wheel.

 

Finally got around to looking at mine. It is black rim but it is a full size spare and doesn't say "temporary" on it. Matches my standard GY wrangler silent armor tires.:smileup:

 

I figured the Outdoorsman came with a full size spare also since it is listed on the RAM website as included. It makes sense since the Outdoorsman comes with load range E Silent Armor tires at the corners. Why include a temporary spare when it's equipped with real truck tires.