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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Butch50 wrote: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.
Cutting a sidewall or a total blowout from driving with a nail or something that released most of the air, then blows out can not be repaired.
You can still remove one of the rear duals, and install it anyplace you need it. If towing, you can still get the truck to a safe place, and then unhook until you get the tire repaired. LT tires can drive over their rated loads at a slow speed, say under 15 MPH.
Fred.
