Where is my spare tire?

AstroRig57 wrote:

RVER wrote:
I have NO intention of changing out the tire but helps to have one on board but do understand the weight and size are unreasonable to carry around. Hope for NO flat tires!!!

I wouldn't go without. Even though we have Good Sam and AAA Premier with RV coverage, I have no intention of sitting around while road service looks for a suitable tire replacement. Then there's the time spent dismounting and mounting.

Our RV is also used extensively in remote off road sites where most road service won't tread so I have a substantial compressor, impact wrench, sockets and breaker bar should I need to do it myself (with a little help from my friends).

After our spare was stolen from the under-frame mount a few years ago, I went with one of these and I love it. No crawling underneath to drop the spare down.

http://www.roadmasterinc.com/products/spare_tire/

So, what was the total cost on it?
Maybe I should've had one ready for when I had my blowout and tried really hard to keep one of the 5 for a spare, but to no avail.
Decided to just change them all out, which I had planned to do the following year, anyway.
Naturally it cost me more, along with older DOT dates and getting caught like that with your pants down in NY state, isn't like being at home and dealing locally.

RVER wrote:
I have NO intention of changing out the tire but helps to have one on board but do understand the weight and size are unreasonable to carry around. Hope for NO flat tires!!!

I wouldn't go without. Even though we have Good Sam and AAA Premier with RV coverage, I have no intention of sitting around while road service looks for a suitable tire replacement. Then there's the time spent dismounting and mounting.

Our RV is also used extensively in remote off road sites where most road service won't tread so I have a substantial compressor, impact wrench, sockets and breaker bar should I need to do it myself (with a little help from my friends).

After our spare was stolen from the under-frame mount a few years ago, I went with one of these and I love it. No crawling underneath to drop the spare down.

http://www.roadmasterinc.com/products/spare_tire/

On the advice of coach net, actually the very nice woman begged us to carry a spare. She put it this way, you're in the middle of no where on a holiday weekend and no one has your size tire or as Michelin goes it's on back order. You'll get the closest size and pay very dearly for it. Then you'll have to purchase the correct size when you can. She told me how her parents had to pay $1,000 for a $600 tire. Since then we carry a spare in our towed car.

Mine has a spare tire and when I went to Alaska in 2006 I made sure I new how to change the tire with the right 6 point sockets and breaker bar. I removed and checked brakes for practice. Having said that I have never had to change the tire in over 80,000 miles of travel. I lubed my rear calipers last year and I can tell you the tires got a lot heavier in 10 years. If the next MH did not have a spare it would not be a show stopper.

I have NO intention of changing out the tire but helps to have one on board but do understand the weight and size are unreasonable to carry around. Hope for NO flat tires!!!

Thanks y'all. I just do not like being at the mercy of the tow truck company for a tire etc. AND what does Good Sam and/or Coach Net get off that pricing. HOPE for good tires and good times!!

Our 32' Georgetown (2002) had a complete spare wheel and tire. It was mounted in the propane bottle compartment, held in by a chain and padlock. In the four years we owned the rig, we never even took it out.It was still there when we sold the rig in 2012.

Whether it was a factory item or the first owner had it installed, I don't know. The tire would have been an '02 Goodyear.

Bruce Brown wrote:
No spare. We carry a cell phone and a credit card - that's our spare.

that works where tires are quickly delivered.

places like Johnson crossing Yk territories not so much. :)

closest tire probably White horse and a day out from most every where.
I believe I'll carry a tire next I go.

No spare. We carry a cell phone and a credit card - that's our spare.

lanerd wrote:

tropical36 wrote:

RVER wrote:
I bought a used Newmar Mountainaire gas model 2003. LOVE it but have not used it yet because it is winter here. Wondering WHERE IS MY SPARE TIRE LOCATED. I think the model is 3506 or 3605. Thanks for the info.

You didn't give the year and unless it's of an older vintage, then its doubtful that it even has one, let alone one that's mounted.
Our last coach and a 1998 model, even had it's own compartment in the back and a rare beast indeed, even for that year.

DG... look again, he says it's a "model" 2003. I thought at first that meant the model not year, but he goes on to say it's a model 3506 or 3605. So that means it's a "year" 2003.

Ron

OK, my bad and surely must have missed that big time....