mounting spare tire on f450/550
i know there is/was several guys on this forum with f450/550 trucks wondering how you carry your spare tire..mike mck in your pics I see you have your spare under the truck..
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Reality Check wrote:
Don't carry one, still. I carry spares on every trailer, even two spares for some, but after a couple of decades of dual's, both work and pleasure, none of them carry spares. I can think of two flats, and both came off construction site damage.
It's a good consideration, especially if you are seriously boon docking. To me, that would be alone, out of phone service and farther and in conditions that I wouldn't be comfortable driving with a single and farther than I could get out and back in a day for a change out.
I think of it a few different ways. At work, there are options that are much more economical that carrying a spare around, losing the space, etc. On pleasure, am I really in that big a hurry? Even if I lost one out in the back-forty somewhere, worse case is; drop the camper, take the flat off, and drive to town.
Choices..
You make some good points. Even though I carried a spare I also carry a tire plug kit and an air compressor. So for most of the time I could repair and inflate in the field unless I have cut a sidewall.
