Spare Tire

Tom/Barb wrote:
What happens when you carry an unmounted spare tire until the age date runs out and never use it?

did you just waste a tire?

No, you carry a used tire that you paid less than $200 for or one of your own used tires, especially if it's a non truck size. IF roadside assist cannot get the right tire or they want an arm and leg for it you have the old tire put on so you can get to a place where you do not have to bend over.
Changing an outside dual is a lot easier than you might think. This one is a super single...even harder than a regular tire to change.

Jim@HiTek wrote:

hpdrver wrote:
Thanks for. All the info but I do not have the tools or strength change my flat. That is why I pay for roadside assistance. I carry a spare tire without a spare wheel rim.

Does anyone else carry just tire and has used roadside assistance to change their tire.

Will Good Sam do this?

I use to carry the 19.5" tire/wheel in my other RV, now I just carry the 22.5" tire. Reason is it's much lighter and I've seen professionals go at changing a tire with two tire irons and have it off and the spare back on in a matter of minutes. It's really simple. Then to set the bead, they just wrap a ratcheting strap around the tire, tighten it up, and it'll hold air and set the bead. I carry a ratcheting strap now just in case.

I HAD GS for a couple years and they let me down a couple times. I've also used Coachnet a few times over the years and I'd trust them with different situations much sooner.

Jim, cut 4 pieces of 2X8 about 16 inches long and put it in the head of the spare with a cloth between the wood and bead. If it has to be mounted, the head will seat itself. No strap or ether needed.

hpdrver wrote:
Thanks for. All the info but I do not have the tools or strength change my flat. That is why I pay for roadside assistance. I carry a spare tire without a spare wheel rim.

Does anyone else carry just tire and has used roadside assistance to change their tire.

Will Good Sam do this?

I use to carry the 19.5" tire/wheel in my other RV, now I just carry the 22.5" tire. Reason is it's much lighter and I've seen professionals go at changing a tire with two tire irons and have it off and the spare back on in a matter of minutes. It's really simple. Then to set the bead, they just wrap a ratcheting strap around the tire, tighten it up, and it'll hold air and set the bead. I carry a ratcheting strap now just in case.

I HAD GS for a couple years and they let me down a couple times. I've also used Coachnet a few times over the years and I'd trust them with different situations much sooner.

What happens when you carry an unmounted spare tire until the age date runs out and never use it?

did you just waste a tire?

msmith1199 wrote:

hpdrver wrote:
We carry a spare unmounted tire with our motor home as we have done in our previous motor homes. We have Coach net service but have never called them. Is it difficult for them to find roadside service to mount a tire on a wheel on the side of the road with?

I once pulled into a Burger King for lunch and got my food and ate in the car. When I parked I noticed a large two axle truck near by with a flat tire out one of the outter duals. It was a larger motorhome sized truck. The truck tire service guy had just arrived as I started eating. Before I was done eating he had the new tire mounted and the jack out and was packing his tools away. He had mounted the new tire without even removing the old wheel from the truck. Jacked it up, used pry tools to remove the old tire, used the same tools to put the tire back on, set the bead and put air in and they were ready to go. I was quite amazed how easy and quick it was for him to change out the tire. The only one that would be more difficult would be an inner dually.

To fix a flat inner,,, both wheels must come off. can you say nightmare :) with out power tools.

hpdrver wrote:
Does anyone else carry just tire and has used roadside assistance to change their tire.

Not me.

I elect to run good tires, have them inspected prior to trip, keep them aired properly. and hope for the best.

Some day.... a road hazard will get me,, I'll simply break out my cell and call Les Schwab, we bought our Mich-XA3s there and they service free.

hpdrver wrote:
We carry a spare unmounted tire with our motor home as we have done in our previous motor homes. We have Coach net service but have never called them. Is it difficult for them to find roadside service to mount a tire on a wheel on the side of the road with?

I once pulled into a Burger King for lunch and got my food and ate in the car. When I parked I noticed a large two axle truck near by with a flat tire out one of the outter duals. It was a larger motorhome sized truck. The truck tire service guy had just arrived as I started eating. Before I was done eating he had the new tire mounted and the jack out and was packing his tools away. He had mounted the new tire without even removing the old wheel from the truck. Jacked it up, used pry tools to remove the old tire, used the same tools to put the tire back on, set the bead and put air in and they were ready to go. I was quite amazed how easy and quick it was for him to change out the tire. The only one that would be more difficult would be an inner dually.

Thanks for. All the info but I do not have the tools or strength change my flat. That is why I pay for roadside assistance. I carry a spare tire without a spare wheel rim.

Does anyone else carry just tire and has used roadside assistance to change their tire.

Will Good Sam do this?

RoadsideBuddy wrote:
Hpdrver,
Thanks for your post. To clarify, Good Sam Roadside Assistance would cover to install a good inflated spare on you rig. If you do not have an inflated spare on a rim, Good Sam Roadside Assistance would cover the service call to bring a new tire to you and install on your rim. In that scenario the cost of the tire plus mounting would be at your expense.

Thanks again for your post.

Eric Seidl
Senior Operations Coordinator
Good Sam Roadside Assistance

So Eric, Am I correct in understanding that if I have GS road service and I have a tire failure and I am carrying an unmounted tire that the r&r of the wheel will be covered, but not the dismount and remount of the tire on the wheel?

jorbill2or wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:
handy tool kit.

Had many tires change beside the road .. I don't have or want to carry the heavy impact driver and truck mounted compressor to run it or even cheater bars. And all the other "stuff" Let the commercial truck service truck handle it while I have a beverage or if in the outback drive the toad to town to get someone to do it. ??
To answer the op question .. yes they will call a commercial truck tire service truck to mount your tire beside the road.normally covers the expense If you knew who to call you could also make the call. They have heavy impact driver guns and the bars to remove the tire along with the 20,000 lb air jack to raise the coach to take it off to work on it. Great to watch done, not do. Especially on the side of the road not in a nice clean shop. Didn't deal with it 30 years driving truck and certainly won't now ...... no no no !
Carrying a tire can be less costly if you have a hard to get size. Provided you have space !

What you say is all well and good, but try to call that service truck when you are half way up the Casiar Highway or half way between Watson Lake and Whitehorse.

Worse part is knowing which tire you can change and which one you can't, Coaches like
my Newmar have rear axles that when you remove the wheel nuts both wheels will come off.
My coach must be jacked to remove a rear dual. but you can slip the outer dual off the rim with out removing the wheel.
Airing a big truck type tire is what most people can't do. I've seen some that even the tire shops couldn't do. when you can't get that tire to expand onto the rim, you are not going to get it aired on the side of the road.

The best tool you have is your cell phone.
I can change my 1000X 22s but I wouldn't unless I had no choice.