Factory jack enhancements?

[W4RL0CK]

Great thread! Already got some items.

 

[Lucy Girl]

I call "AAA"

I call USSA.

 

[PoMansRam]

Had to update to share this. I ran on the spare for a week or so until I had a chance to visit the tire shop to have them fix the flat or replace it with the good used Wrangler SR-A I mail ordered.

I couldn't believe my eyes when the mechanic showed me what he retrieved from inside my blowout. A hitch pin! The tire wasn't repairable. I'm glad this thing didn't bash my TPMS sensor to bits. LOL

 

[EdGs]

Wow!

 

[W4RL0CK]

Holy cow... that’s crazy!

 

[TOTALCHAOS69]

Did somebody snatch your insert and prop the pin against your tire??? Effin ******... Or did you really run over it and become the lucky 957,000,000:1 odds of that ever happening winner?

 

[Wild one]

Had to update to share this. I ran on the spare for a week or so until I had a chance to visit the tire shop to have them fix the flat or replace it with the good used Wrangler SR-A I mail ordered.

I couldn't believe my eyes when the mechanic showed me what he retrieved from inside my blowout. A hitch pin! The tire wasn't repairable. I'm glad this thing didn't bash my TPMS sensor to bits. LOL

About all i got is "hey a free hitch pin",lol. I was at a tire shop years ago when they pulled a 3" long 3/8" carriage head bolt out of a rear tire once. The velocity of the bolt or your hitch pin must be alot more then a guy thinks when a front tire picks it up and throws it at a rear tire

 

[crash68]

About all i got is "hey a free hitch pin",lol. I was at a tire shop years ago when they pulled a 3" long 3/8" carriage head bolt out of a rear tire once. The velocity of the bolt or your hitch pin must be alot more then a guy thinks when a front tire picks it up and throws it at a rear tire

If something gets picked up and thrown through your tire is one thing. There was some scrap metal blanks on a freeway offramp that took out a rear tire on my work vehicle and the guy behind me lost a front wheel and windshield to them. There was a bunch of these metal piece all over the service drive.

 

[Sprink183]

I carry a bottle Jack, floor Jack, tarp and blanket, Milwaukee cordless impact, an assortment of 4x4’s around a foot long, a couple 2x4’s about the same. I got chain, straps, clevis’, compact shovel, a little of each fluid that the truck uses and I just picked up a set of chains for the tires.

 

[Jebbuhdiah Dean]

******** DO NOT JACK FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM **********
On the new models the lower control arm is cast aluminum jacking from it can cause damage. Damage that may know show up until you hit a pot hole or similar at speed and the arm cracks and breaks.

******** DO NOT JACK FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM **********

After tons of web searching just now, your three-year-old post here is the only thing on this topic that I could find. I was searching because I noticed very slight marring (less than 1/16" deep) when I used the OEM scissor jack in exactly the way specified in the official Mopar video and manual for my truck (2023 RAM 1500 Classic, Warlock, V6, 4wd), which is, for a front wheel, jack from the rear portion of the control arm. The vehicle was on the garage floor at the time and the truck was unloaded, so there were no weird angles. Is the marring on a soft coating of the control arm? Seems like this is in reality a non-issue but I'd prefer zero marring myself; is there a jack pad for the OEM scissor jack? I wonder what the manufacturer says on this; I sure can't find anything.

 

[turkeybird56]

After tons of web searching just now, your three-year-old post here is the only thing on this topic that I could find. I was searching because I noticed very slight marring (less than 1/16" deep) when I used the OEM scissor jack in exactly the way specified in the official Mopar video and manual for my truck (2023 RAM 1500 Classic, Warlock, V6, 4wd), which is, for a front wheel, jack from the rear portion of the control arm. The vehicle was on the garage floor at the time and the truck was unloaded, so there were no weird angles. Is the marring on a soft coating of the control arm? Seems like this is in reality a non-issue but I'd prefer zero marring myself; is there a jack pad for the OEM scissor jack? I wonder what the manufacturer says on this; I sure can't find anything.

Carry at least a 3 ton jack I have a 3 ton bottle/jack support unit I carry when traveling not counting breaker bar and 22 mm 6 point. Socket to Use on lug nuts.

 

[turkeybird56]

I carry a bottle Jack, floor Jack, tarp and blanket, Milwaukee cordless impact, an assortment of 4x4’s around a foot long, a couple 2x4’s about the same. I got chain, straps, clevis’, compact shovel, a little of each fluid that the truck uses and I just picked up a set of chains for the tires. View attachment 234981

Need all that stuff in bad winter areas

 

[Doug Ram]

I keep one of these in both my truck and the wifes car,i used to drag a floor jack with me to swap tires at the track,but these little buggers are way lighter and easier to use.On soft ground you'd probably want to throw a piece of 2X6 under them though.

ttps://www.amazon.com/Electric-Hydraulic-Inflator-Flashlight-Replacement/dp/B07TJ6HHQS/ref=sr_1_14?crid=1WDM3EELJ6RGD&dchild=1&keywords=12+volt+electric+car+jack&qid=1610825139&sprefix=12+

Have you had to use that kit from Amazon? How’d it work?

 

[tron67j]

I use to carry a better jack and other stuff but I am now happy to wait for a service truck. Too much traffic on most of the roads I travel and they are all trying to get their flux capacitor engaged.

 

[Wild one]

Have you had to use that kit from Amazon? How’d it work?

They work good,my 2 have been used every weekend to swap tires at the track for about a 1/2 dozen years.I don't even use my floorjacks at home anymore,i use the 12 volt electrics instead

 

[Jebbuhdiah Dean]

Carry at least a 3 ton jack I have a 3 ton bottle/jack support unit I carry when traveling not counting breaker bar and 22 mm 6 point. Socket to Use on lug nuts.

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Looks to me like a good idea, thank you. What I have done so far is I have taken, and gotten a brand-new Scotch-Brite Scouring Pad (Green Color), cut a piece near to half length-wise of the original, and strapped that for storage with the velcro straps that come with the OEM scissor jackstand. Have not tried the scouring pad but it should just settle right on the scissor jack top to prevent any gouging on the front lower control arms. Ofc, I would only be using this for tire change in a pinch - got solid jackstand pads and have floor jack that accepts jackstand pads for all other work.

 

[turkeybird56]

Looks to me like a good idea, thank you. What I have done so far is I have taken, and gotten a brand-new Scotch-Brite Scouring Pad (Green Color), cut a piece near to half length-wise of the original, and strapped that for storage with the velcro straps that come with the OEM scissor jackstand. Have not tried the scouring pad but it should just settle right on the scissor jack top to prevent any gouging on the front lower control arms. Ofc, I would only be using this for tire change in a pinch - got solid jackstand pads and have floor jack that accepts jackstand pads for all other work.

But u gotta carry the floorjack in the truck lol, or remember to put it in before a long trip.

 

[QwikKota]

Makita mid-torque impact
Makita inflator
2x6
Tarp
Cheap **** HF torque wrench
Tire repair kit
Socket set

Years ago I bought a 22mm sized hex nut that I had planned to weld on to the end of the scissor jack to be able to use my impact with until I realized they sell a bolt on adapter for $7, hah. That and I suck at welding.

https://www.amazon.com/Scissor-Adapter-Ratchet-Standard-Sockets/dp/B09YNDFK2J

 

[TJP440]

Have you had to use that kit from Amazon? How’d it work?

Not available, mixed reviews

 

[TJP440]

Bottle jack here with a case that all fits in the factory location under the RF seat. tarp under the back seat . Hope I never have to use either
EDIT: Also oriented the jack with the fil pug facing up and wrapped the jack with 'PIG MAT", then double bagged it should it decide to leak