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Cahriad

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What are these sockets under the front of my 2500?

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Its for passing safety laws regarding vehicle height.

Lots of people take them off ;) (illegally)
I doubt its ever been an issue. I just know I dont want to be the first case where removing mandatory safety equip violated insurance terms.
 

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Its for passing safety laws regarding vehicle height.

Lots of people take them off ;) (illegally)
I doubt its ever been an issue. I just know I dont want to be the first case where removing mandatory safety equip violated insurance terms.
Im taking mine off. i see no way of them being a safety item. its my truck and ill do what i want with it.
 

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Im taking mine off. i see no way of them being a safety item. its my truck and ill do what i want with it.
It’s a safety item in case of a collision with a much lower profile vehicle than the truck. They “dig into” the vehicle to hopefully prevent you from riding over the top of the compartment the driver is sitting in.
I guess the question is- what can be gained by removing them? Horsepower? Fuel mileage? Or, is it just one of those things that you look at everyday underneath the truck, and you have to say “well, they shouldn’t be driving a shorter vehicle than I am”?
 

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Sure. Modify your vehicle to not be considered legally road safe (lifted). Then accidentally kill someone by driving over them with your monster truck. Good luck finding a kit that is certified legal BTW, yet to see it.

Now have fun spending the next 3 years 1)broke from lawyer fees and 2) defending an accidental death

Just because we see people driving huge trucks around, does not mean its legal.

Any lawyer would eat that case for breakfast and make the mourning family rich.
Insurance would try to deny the claim due to vehicle modifications. Huge headache.

To each their own. Thats too much risk for me personally.
And to be fair I have never heard of a case like this, again, I wont be the first *** that.
 

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What I know is if it COULD be left off, Ram would have left it off.

Obviously they needed to add it for legal issues and were willing to pay for a piece of metal no one will ever see or use.

Just think about that ;)
 

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Compatibility brackets. To prevent car from going under you. Yeah level truck or bigger tires they would be ineffective I’d think. Mine are long gone been gone for long time.
 

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Seeing as I have a 2019 3500 here in the shop right now and it does not have the brackets/mounts I'm not quite sure I buy the impact crash reason. This is a dealer vehicle, still has the window sticker in it. I would not think the brackets are dealer installed item if its a safey reason. I suppose the 3500s might be in a high enough weight class that it isn't a requirement?

I had always heard they were snow plow mounts, but it doesn't snow here so whatever. They do make some nice lift points for the front though.

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They are in fact “compatibility brackets”. Google em. Not sure why 3500 wouldn’t have em but who knows.
 

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Seeing as I have a 2019 3500 here in the shop right now and it does not have the brackets/mounts I'm not quite sure I buy the impact crash reason. This is a dealer vehicle, still has the window sticker in it. I would not think the brackets are dealer installed item if its a safey reason. I suppose the 3500s might be in a high enough weight class that it isn't a requirement?

I had always heard they were snow plow mounts, but it doesn't snow here so whatever. They do make some nice lift points for the front though.

Kevin
It’s not a guess. They are compatibility brackets. https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/811293.pdf
Since the 2019 HDs have a different frame, they may use a different method.
 

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My guess is the 3500 is out of whatever weight class those are required for. The 19 3500 doesn't have them, but the 19 2500 does.

Kevin
 

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My 16 3500 does not have those


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FRams version of a Mansfield bar.

No one wants to see a hot blonde with perfect breasts, decapitated.
 

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My 2500 came with them and on sticker it said snow plow kit bracket. Aev website for bumpers call them plow brackets. But could be for safety too
 

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Hmm! My 18 2500 doesn’t have those. Bought it brand new so I know there is no possibility a previous owner removed them as I am the only owner lol.


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