Rustypipes12
Member
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2022
- Posts
- 53
- Reaction score
- 14
- Location
- Buffalo, NY 14207
- Ram Year
- 2008
- Engine
- 5.7 hemi
Sooo, I'm finally getting around to changing the differential fluids on my 2009 TRX4. It's only got 84,000 original miles but they've been hard ones! The truck was never garage kept and I live up north in western New York where they love to salt the roads! I've done quite a bit of towing and ripped three sets of running boards off going off road (they're now welded to the frame). A friend of mine who owns a shop in the country suggested I go with 75w-145 full synthetic in both axles even though we're in a northern climate. I had short mileage originally because I lived close to work and only got out to the country sporadically. Now I'm retired and own two properties that are both over 100 miles away so I'm starting to pile up the mileage. I have the 3.92 LS rear in this so I know I have use that highly toxic LS additive in the rear. I just wonder If It is okay to use this oil in the front?
Also, a little lesson I learned about towing: The first picture is of me leaving Country Turf and Trail in Sunbury, PA. with my new tractor, the second is of my trailer being held on to my RAM by the safety chains on the side of a steep gravel road with it on the way home to Independence, NY.! The third picture I still can't believe every time I look at it. I've had these hitches stuck in the receiver so bad I couldn't knock them out with a sledge hammer! I had to leave my new tractor and locked trailer on the side of the road so I could go get another hitch. The only damage was a noticeable dent in my bumper which actually left my happy all things considered! I no longer leave my hitch in the receiver and keep them both well greased.
Also, a little lesson I learned about towing: The first picture is of me leaving Country Turf and Trail in Sunbury, PA. with my new tractor, the second is of my trailer being held on to my RAM by the safety chains on the side of a steep gravel road with it on the way home to Independence, NY.! The third picture I still can't believe every time I look at it. I've had these hitches stuck in the receiver so bad I couldn't knock them out with a sledge hammer! I had to leave my new tractor and locked trailer on the side of the road so I could go get another hitch. The only damage was a noticeable dent in my bumper which actually left my happy all things considered! I no longer leave my hitch in the receiver and keep them both well greased.