JRscooby wrote:
JaxDad wrote:
JRscooby wrote:
And real important, IMHO, is how sure are you the guy that can't mount a tire on the side of road will be equipped both on the service truck and between his ears, to safely change the larger/heavier than normal wheel on the larger/heavier than normal vehicle?
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics there is some 13 MILLION transport trucks in the US. That’s north of 230 MILLION heavy truck tires.
Any reputable tire service doing roadside service calls will know how to dismount / mount a tire correctly.
Your call will NOT be their first rodeo.
I think you missed my point; I have no doubt that if I call for tire service truck, unless it is for antique with split rims, the guy that shows up will know what he is doing.
OTOH, I would not place a bet, if cripple A or some other service that declares they can't mount a tire on wheel could safely jack up the RV, or deal with a tire larger than a car. Will he have wrench to fit the larger nuts? Or one to handle the torque to remove?
No, I don’t think I misunderstood anything. They don’t dismount / remount 22” tires on a Caddy CTS on the side of the Interstate.
The tire service coming out to break down and mount the new tire will be quite accustomed to doing so with truck tires on the side of the road.
BTW, if you’ve never done it yourself (I’ve done so dozens of times) a truck tire on a steel rim is MUCH easier to do compared to a passenger car tire.
