I figured it was the time of year to remove my wheeling set of 35" KM2s and put the 33" Duratracs back on the T until the next wheeling trip. As a result it was time to replace the Moab H3T spare tire skid mod (a deflated OEM Goodyear 265/75/16 tire mounted to a OEM chrome 6 spoke wheel 
).
Here's my twisted logic: since I put my 35" KM2s on to wheel and throw the spare in the bed, I figured I'd lighten the load a bit for the April Moab trip by replacing my 33" Duratrac spare and steelie that usually sits under the bed. Guess what, I found that its works and IMHO it's one of the best rear end mods that you can do to proect the T's rear end if you are going to wheel at a place like Moab! :giggle:
Lots of Moab dirt still inside that wheel!
One might ask, Luis, what are the PROS to your Moab H3T spare tire skid idea? Well, here are the PROS:
1) I have found that the deflated tire slides and absorbs all those big, nasty rocks & rock ledges instead of beating the crap out of the bottom of the rear bumper. Who woulda thunk!
2) I save some weight carrying a deflated 32" OEM tire vs. a fully inflated 33" Duratrac (plus I would feel like a total maroon if I ripped a gash in the never-been-used Duratrac and really don't care if I rip a gash in a spare that I never intended to put back on one of our rigs!); and
3) I still can protect that electronic module that sits right above the spare - I have thought of just wheeling without the spare under the bed but since I haven't done the "JR3T module relocation," and an unprotected rear module is really vulnerable wheeling in Moab.
As you can see, the Moab spare tire skid did its job!
Another advantage to this set-up is that it is engineered with "double redundancy" in mind - in case the rubber tire skid is damaged and sheared off by a rock or rock ledge, the chrome wheel slider would take over, pick up the slack and slide me right over that rock or rock ledge! :giggle:
).Here's my twisted logic: since I put my 35" KM2s on to wheel and throw the spare in the bed, I figured I'd lighten the load a bit for the April Moab trip by replacing my 33" Duratrac spare and steelie that usually sits under the bed. Guess what, I found that its works and IMHO it's one of the best rear end mods that you can do to proect the T's rear end if you are going to wheel at a place like Moab! :giggle:
Lots of Moab dirt still inside that wheel!
One might ask, Luis, what are the PROS to your Moab H3T spare tire skid idea? Well, here are the PROS:
1) I have found that the deflated tire slides and absorbs all those big, nasty rocks & rock ledges instead of beating the crap out of the bottom of the rear bumper. Who woulda thunk!
2) I save some weight carrying a deflated 32" OEM tire vs. a fully inflated 33" Duratrac (plus I would feel like a total maroon if I ripped a gash in the never-been-used Duratrac and really don't care if I rip a gash in a spare that I never intended to put back on one of our rigs!); and
3) I still can protect that electronic module that sits right above the spare - I have thought of just wheeling without the spare under the bed but since I haven't done the "JR3T module relocation," and an unprotected rear module is really vulnerable wheeling in Moab.
As you can see, the Moab spare tire skid did its job!
Another advantage to this set-up is that it is engineered with "double redundancy" in mind - in case the rubber tire skid is damaged and sheared off by a rock or rock ledge, the chrome wheel slider would take over, pick up the slack and slide me right over that rock or rock ledge! :giggle:
