Well, the winter rains have arrived and this is my first experience with the 98. The other truck is a duelly, so it's kinda a whole different ball-game. On the 98 I have a good 50% of tread on my Toyo M55's. So Im not as concerned about them. But man, you pair up a Cummins with an auto bombed with a Trans-Go kit, a 100 plate, and every corner I'm taking takes extreme care to keep the darn rear tires on the wet pavement. Guys, I'm not really pushing it either! Honest!

Do you think I need to sipe the tires or just replace with new ones?

Or...

What do you do to get more traction to the rear tires?

Tom

 

Try some weight (3-400 pounds) in the back of the bed.


I am not sure (somebody might be able to elaborate), but a valet kit might help some. A valet kit turns the fuel down when not needed.


Good luck - I have the same problems.

 

Well, crap.

I'm gonna bet that switch thing is for a 24 valve.

The weight idea seems easy enough..

Tom

 

The valet switch is for 12 valves.......you can get it at piers diesel for $95 I think.

Waylan

 

I looked all over that page for Dodge (price list page) and didn't see it?

Tom

(by the way, what the heck is it?)

 

I just looked and it's called the performance override switch for $90. Not sure exactly how it works except that it is supposed to cut your power in half.

Waylan

 

I dont know about there, but around here, the tap water is very crummy so we use water softeners. Before snowy season, I load about 1000-1500 lbs of salt in the truck on a pallet all shrink wrapped up. I keep it in there until the snow is done for the season. Works great, then I can use it in the water softener until the next spring. I can go down the road in the snow in 2 wheel drive and not slide. For rain, you shoulnt need that much weight.