Spare tire/roadside assistance
Good day, SO I have never used roadside assistance and this might be a strange question. Our motorhome, class C 2017 23U Chateau, did not come with a spare tire. Do/can most roadside assistance u...
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I have a spare mounted on a rim with the C and also had one with the previous 5er. Good Sam saved us one time with a blow out on the 5er, and used our spare. I don't think they had any spare handy to use instead of ours. The alternative would have been to tow us to a garage on the flat tire or wait till they came back with ours fixed I suppose. How long do you want to wait?
With the C, more recently, I had a flat on one of the rear duallies. I can attest that changing a rear tire of the two duallies is not much fun. I chose this time to limp with one good one on that side to a garage not too far away (under two miles) and let them do it. Alternative there is to call Good Sam and let them use your spare and fight with the whole thing if it is the inner tire. Or what? Tow you backwards with the rear off the ground? Egads!
IMO, have a spare tire on a wheel mounted on your rear bumper, and if it is any of the four rear tires, let Good Sam do all the work! If flat on the front, you can do that if you are reasonably fit.
With the C, more recently, I had a flat on one of the rear duallies. I can attest that changing a rear tire of the two duallies is not much fun. I chose this time to limp with one good one on that side to a garage not too far away (under two miles) and let them do it. Alternative there is to call Good Sam and let them use your spare and fight with the whole thing if it is the inner tire. Or what? Tow you backwards with the rear off the ground? Egads!
IMO, have a spare tire on a wheel mounted on your rear bumper, and if it is any of the four rear tires, let Good Sam do all the work! If flat on the front, you can do that if you are reasonably fit.
