Im running 325/60/18 tires and take my truck on vacation a lot out of state. Ive always wonder what I would do If I got a flat being the stock jack wont go high enough and dont have a spare 325/60/18 tire?

I do have triple A and could call them to raise the truck and I have a tire repair kit I could use. I wonder what it would be like it my tire ripped apart if I could use the stock one under the bed of the truck with my other (3)325/60/18s?

Im sure a lot of people have bigger tires then me too. So im just curious whats your game plan if your out of state and have flat and bigger tires then the ford stock ones?

 

Get a Hi Lift jack and have peace of mind. It's a lot easier to use than the factory unit.

 

i would be chit outta luck.

 

Right now I am running near stock size tires, but when I do get a flat I have a tire plug kit. The plug kit has paid for it self many times over. Having on-board air helps get the tire back up to PSI. This method does not help a blowout though...I guess I would be calling someone, lol.

 

Just carry a 33" tall spare. I carry a 35" with a small floor jack and a block of wood to gain extra height. If you have a limited slip rear end it's good to have the rear tires the same height, the front dosen't matter unless you engage the front wheels on a 4x4.

 

my tires on my 20s are smaller then stock diameter and once i drop it i wont be able to use the spare in the front so i'd have to put the spare in the rear and move the rear to the front if i had a flat in the front

 

i run 325/60/20's on a rancho 4 in lift, blew a tire the other nite on the freeway, change the tire, put on the stock size tire, drove it straight home and parked it until discount tire could order me another one, took them two days, and i had road hazard but it only covered the cost of the maximum size oem tire, so i paid the difference plus a deductible, all said and done i got a new tire in two days, paid 98.47 for a kumho road venture AT 325/60/20....not a bad price at all. i just didnt drive truck because i didnt want the axle heights to pose a long term problem. oh, and with the stock jack, i just put it on the bottom arm of the shock.. not the greatest of moves, but it was 1045 at nite and in a bad area of town, not alot of options.

 

Id be in for a darn workout is what id be in for.

over 100 pounds each lol

 

can we say holy chit batman!! wouldn't won't that call at 2 in the morning

 

Nobody ever wants a call from me, but everyone calls me to pull them out.

the truck isnt even finished yet lol

 

oh did i mention once i do my drop my stock bottle jack wont fit under the frame rail. ill probably end up grabing a scissor jack to use to get the safer bottle jack under it

 

Right now for me id be screwed so i just stay local anyways bc i dont get good MPGs so i dont wanna drive it long distance's. Thats what the infinity G37 is for

 

Just keep a tar plug kit with you...it happened to me one morning...picked up a nail the night before and came out the next morning to find it sitting on rim...plug it enough to slow the leak, and pump it up to around 60 psi..drive straight to the nearest shop(15 minutes for me) and got a tractor plug put in it! haha!

 

Thanks everyone!

 

I've got 35x12.50x17 tires and have changed one twice using the stock jack and did so without any problems? I was kind of surprised that I was able to do it using the stock jack, but it did just fine and even on a dirt road too.

Thankfully it wasn't the rear tires that went or I would have had to do a double tire change to keep the diameter the same on the rear tires.