Punctures in large tires

[Mjolnir]

Biggest thing here is get a quality plug kit and a better jack. I have one at all times in the bed and I've used it, lifted the truck fine.

You might not have been lifting it in the right spot.

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[brianinca]

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Got the idea for a bottle jack with a jackstand built in here on this forum. REALLY like it!

37's are no problem if you jack at the axle tube / a-arm / leaf spring pack etc. Not always the most comfortable, but jacking from the body is never going to be a happy result. The old H2 could be jacked up by the factory rock rails, BFD, who would do that?

I have a tire repair kit from ARB. Works great.
I have a bottle jack that I can unscrew the top to raise it before actually jacking it.
You can get these in all sorts of heights. Measure from underneath the axle tube to the pavement to determine which height you need and get one that is tall enough. You can then store it under the driver rear seat.
I also have base plates to make a level spot when jacking it up off road.

 

[Elff]

Especially because you would then have to jack up high enough to clear both the tires and the suspension droop.

 

[kb5zcr]

I have used my high lift jack and love it. I have stock bumpers and there is a hole on the bottom face that fits my high lift cradle perfectly.
You have to know how to operate a high lift jack and know how it can hurt you but they work for me great.
I have mine stored inside on the backside of the roll/sport bar.

PS. This is with 35 inch tires.

 

[trailless]

I don't know about a plug kit but for a jack, I have a harbor freight floor jack and it works great. I've had it since 2014 and it's still working just fine. I've used it to do 5k tire rotations for my JK that had 105k miles with 37's, beadlocks and a 3" lift. The jack was too short to lift from the frame though as the wheels would droop too much and wouldn't leave the ground. So I'd usually just jack it up from the axle towards the end near the wheel that needs to be taken off. I do usually have jack stand somewhere under the vehicle, usually the frame, just to be safe. BTW, make sure to always put on the handbrake and put the vehicle in 4wd just to be safe, or just use wheel chocks.

For the factory jack you could also carry a few 2x4's cut into 12" sections and use that on top or below the jack to gain some more height.

 

[Bug out]

Thanks for all the tips and advice
Great people out there
Good to be in a community where people do try to help
Thank you guys and ladies

 

[dcmdon]

This is kind of tangential to the actually question posed by the OP.

But whenever anyone else installs tires on your car you need to check them to make sure they weren't hammered on to 150 ft-lbs by some monkey with an impact wrench. Torque sticks don't work.

The right way to put a tire on is with a standard torque wrench. In this case running the nut up against the wheel with an impact gun set on low is ok.

You need to check every time that you can get the wheel off with the tools you carry. (throw away the wheel locks by the way and if you insist on using them then bring along an extra key or better yet a 18" pipe wrench that you can use to just grab the lug nut by the outside)

If you put bigger tires you need to check that you can lift the truck up enough to get the wheel off.

The point is that when you get a flat for the first time out on the road or off road, it shouldn't be the first time you ever change the tire with the tools you have with you.

 

[49Gramps]

whenever anyone else installs tires on your car you need to check them to make sure they weren't hammered on to 150 ft-lbs by some monkey with an impact wrench.

You need to check every time that you can get the wheel off with the tools you carry. (throw away the wheel locks by the way and if you insist on using them then bring along an extra key or better yet a 18" pipe wrench that you can use to just grab the lug nut by the outside)

If you put bigger tires you need to check that you can lift the truck up enough to get the wheel off.

The point is that when you get a flat for the first time out on the road or off road, it shouldn't be the first time you ever change the tire with the tools you have with you.

Whenever I get a new vehicle and/or wheels, I make sure I have a quality deep socket that fits, a short extension if needed, and a 1/2" breaker bar. These are always in the vehicle!

 

[dcmdon]

Whenever I get a new vehicle and/or wheels, I make sure I have a quality deep socket that fits, a short extension if needed, and a 1/2" breaker bar. These are always in the vehicle!

Yes. That's great stuff. I have a 1/2" Torque wrench with the correct sized socket in each vehicle. I just use a Harbor Freight torque wrench. Its good enough and the 1/2 in drive version is as long as a breaker bar.

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