Mounting DRW spare tire on front hitch
Short of custom fabrication, does anybody know of a commercially available tire carrier that will mount a dually spare tire on the front hitch? I've looked at several but none allow for the large back...
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FireGuard wrote:
Sleepy, just curious if you have ever had to use the spare tire?
i know better to have it and not need it, but I think if you maintain the correct air pressure and replace them when needed a failure is pretty rare.
Actually, I do use the spare about every 5000 to 8000 miles... it is in the 7 tire roatation that I do... all 7 have 80 psi all of the time. and every tire is the spare at some time in the rotation
My truck came from GMC with Goodyear Wrangler AT/S tires... with the 7 wheel rotation I got 48,000 miles on them... all of the tires were within 1/32" of the same amount of wear when replaced.
Another factor for everyone to consider... we have a very good alignment shop in Oak Ridge... and for abour $50 I had the alignment tweeked... the truck is only used to haul the camper...
I posted pictures at the time of the change to another set of the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S...
...the truck with camper loaded up on jacks at SAMS in San Angelo, TX... all of the wheels off. It looked like a flying T/TC carpet.
We are at about 70,000 mile now.... and have plenty of tread
we have never had a flat... I have OnStar... they'll send a repair truck to change it for me... becoming important...
When I was in my 60's I might have been able to get under the truck to retreve the spare.... now that I near mid 70's... and a knee replacement... NO WAY.
