Do you carry a spare tire?

2gypsies wrote:

ppine wrote:
Maybe you have never had 3 flat tires in one day. It has happened to me twice.

Overloaded? Old? Inflation?

Don’t believe he operates a class A. Profile shows a hybrid type trailer. Those without experience with large class A tires have no idea what they are talking about.

Keith

I carry one, unmounted, waiting for a deal on a rim. Love to get it out of the basement.

2gypsies wrote:

ppine wrote:
Maybe you have never had 3 flat tires in one day. It has happened to me twice.

Overloaded? Old? Inflation?

obviously operator error. need to carry 7 spare tires?
bumpy

ppine wrote:
Maybe you have never had 3 flat tires in one day. It has happened to me twice.

Overloaded? Old? Inflation?

I carry a 22.5 mounted spare and coachnet has changed it for me, took about an hour and the price was right. And btw, it was 4th of July, glad I had it!

Maybe you have never had 3 flat tires in one day. It has happened to me twice.

I have always carried a mounted spare tire. I had to change 2 of them on our last MH, they were 19.5 and heavy but I got it done fairly fast. Our current MH has a mounted spare underneath just ahead of the rear bumper(19.5). I am glad to have it but would be worried about getting the bad tire back up in the carrier. I have never had a flat on this MH but if I did and couldn't change it myself, at least I have the tire for road side assistance to put on it.

We first started camping way back in 1964, We started with a M/C and a back pack, truck campers, tag along trailers and motorhomes I've had 1 blowout, It was on a BigFoot 25 trailer north Cascade Highway, prior to cell phones. we changed it, no big deal, but on a motorhome,,, IMHO it is much better to maintain your tires in the best condition possible and let the pros handle the emergencies.

You might better worry about loosing a fuel pump at Jacob Lake,
but it really boils down to how many spares will you carry.

I always carried a spare tire on our previous 4 coaches with 19.5 tires and changed a few over the years. But our latest coach has 22.5 and I don’t even know where I’d carry a spare. But since reading all of these post I am buying a tire only to carry. I want to buy an exact match of the tires that are on it and so far the best price I have found is $575.00 but it is what it is.

ppine wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

ppine wrote:
Sounds like a joke.
It is a good idea to carry two spares in remote country.

Maybe in Africa or Outer Mongolia

Or Nevada, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, central Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

X2 on this I have been many places in Eastern WA with no cellular coverage.