I know the RHO has a full-size spare, but changing a damaged tire on the trail (or any roadway) will be a nightmare using just the tools provided by Ram. Heck, just getting the tire down from under the bed can be a PIA.
Has anyone put together a “kit” of equipment to make such a task more efficient/easy? Like a high lift aluminum jack, battery powered impact wrench with appropriate socket, torque wrench & air compressor?
I picture making a bed-mounted board with provisions to secure such items for future use, but wondering if someone more creative than me has come up with a different solution or something clever?
Note as to why I thought about tire damage on the trail or roadway: I was driving my X5 yesterday & ran over a broken vise-grip tool laying in the roadway. Front tire flipped it into the rear tire, where it lodged into the tread & pierced the tire. Run-flat tires hopefully prevented damage to the rim’s barrel, but there was no way to remove the tool with bare hands & continue driving to the tire shop. So, I limped home (thankfully only 3 miles away) and installed the spare with my garage tools. Took me 15 minutes, including checking/ adjusting the pressure in the spare & torquing the lug bolts to spec. Would have taken over an hour with the X5’s kit, but the spare was 15 psi low & no way to properly torque the lug bolts.
Has anyone put together a “kit” of equipment to make such a task more efficient/easy? Like a high lift aluminum jack, battery powered impact wrench with appropriate socket, torque wrench & air compressor?
I picture making a bed-mounted board with provisions to secure such items for future use, but wondering if someone more creative than me has come up with a different solution or something clever?
Note as to why I thought about tire damage on the trail or roadway: I was driving my X5 yesterday & ran over a broken vise-grip tool laying in the roadway. Front tire flipped it into the rear tire, where it lodged into the tread & pierced the tire. Run-flat tires hopefully prevented damage to the rim’s barrel, but there was no way to remove the tool with bare hands & continue driving to the tire shop. So, I limped home (thankfully only 3 miles away) and installed the spare with my garage tools. Took me 15 minutes, including checking/ adjusting the pressure in the spare & torquing the lug bolts to spec. Would have taken over an hour with the X5’s kit, but the spare was 15 psi low & no way to properly torque the lug bolts.