Spare tire
Just bought a 2006 coachmen 34ft epic. During my weekly checks I looked for the spare tire. Guess what there isn't one. The dealer told us that sometimes they receive MH with no spare. Does everyo...
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RLS7201 wrote:
While running up the Oregon Coast we had a flat. A replacement Michelin tire was 24 hours away. I installed the spare and proceeded to my next destination where I ordered a new tire. I know most owners are not capable of installing a spare tire but road service can't install a tire they can't get in short order.
So carrying a spare tire is dependent on time and aggregation.
Richard
And that is why the ones of us that have the room, carry a spare. Right here on this forum, we had a post from someone that was stuck, with his family, on the side of the interstate, just north of Tampa, FL. Unfortunately it was on a Sunday, on a holiday weekend, and they were on their way home. It only took about 8 hours to find a tire and someone to change it and he was right near a major city. Murphy's law sometimes enters in to the picture with breakdowns, and what seems like a non-issue can quickly become something that ruins a trip.
