OK, I had an epiphany the other day while out shopping for a used Class A MH. How do most of you handle a flat or blowout? I don't recall seeing a single spare on any of the rigs we looked at, and certainly no room to store one. Surely you don't call and then sit around waiting for a tire service truck, do you?Oh, I did see a large cross-wrench in one of the pass thtrough storage bays. I think it was even in the one MH that is now running near the top of our list.

DryCreek wrote:OK, I had an epiphany the other day while out shopping for a used Class A MH. How do most of you handle a flat or blowout? I don't recall seeing a single spare on any of the rigs we looked at, and certainly no room to store one. Surely you don't call and then sit around waiting for a tire service truck, do you?Oh, I did see a large cross-wrench in one of the pass thtrough storage bays. I think it was even in the one MH that is now running near the top of our list.you need three things...a cell phone, a roadside service membership and a credit card. :B

Interesting that most Class A gassers that I have seen have a spare stored underneath at the rear of the coach. I don't know whether diesels carry spares or not, but if you're not seeing them, well, that's an answer. That said, changing a tire on a MH can be a bear of a job, and you may be waiting on the side of the road for assistance -- on board spare or not.

We do have a spare on board and the tools for tire changing, but depending on the circumstances, I would opt for using our emergency roadside service plan to have someone sent out to change it for us at no additional charge. They will even bring a new tire along if needed, which we would have to pay for of course. We use Coach-Net as our ERS provider, and there are others...

Wow, lots of quick replies!I have always been a "do-it-myselfer". I would go crazy sitting there and not getting to work on a simple problem like that. Of course I change all of our truck and trailer tires here, but even on our dually the largest is only a 16" - and I realize that the coaches we are looking at have 19.5" rims.Heck, I even have a manual tire changer and static balancer (bubble type) in my shop. I routinely change out tires on the old Jeep and all of our trailers here around the ranch when needed.I was thinking that I could carry the spare 3/4" ratchet and socket set, along with the 20 ton hydraulic jack for a job like that. I would even be tempted to take along one of my better impact wrenches if I had a diesel with a solid air source!So, since I'm looking at gassers, I should find one mounted underneath somewhere? I will have to pay better attention. The few I've crawled under I was focused on tire date codes, shocks, and general frame/chassis condition.

We real men...of the travel trailer set...mostly change our own flat tires whilst we smoke short stubby cigars and dream of bourbon in the late afternoon.

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Not_a_Yurt_
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Feb 27, 2017
Interesting that most Class A gassers that I have seen have a spare stored underneath at the rear of the coach. I don't know whether diesels carry spares or not, but if you're not seeing them, well, that's an answer. That said, changing a tire on a MH can be a bear of a job, and you may be waiting on the side of the road for assistance -- on board spare or not.
rk911
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Feb 27, 2017
DryCreek wrote:
OK, I had an epiphany the other day while out shopping for a used Class A MH. How do most of you handle a flat or blowout? I don't recall seeing a single spare on any of the rigs we looked at, and certainly no room to store one. Surely you don't call and then sit around waiting for a tire service truck, do you?

Oh, I did see a large cross-wrench in one of the pass thtrough storage bays. I think it was even in the one MH that is now running near the top of our list.

you need three things...a cell phone, a roadside service membership and a credit card. :B

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