Spare tire or not
We know that this topic must have been rehashed many times. But here we go. Seems like we mostly go short distances, couple hundred miles. With bikes and a folding ladder we don't seem to have the roo...
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Lowsuv wrote:
the spare on my komfort 21T came mounted under the chassis just in front of the axles .
it winds down just like the spare in my duramax .
the trailer supply outfits have that mechanism for sale for retrofit .
However on my boat trailer i travel very long distances at night without a spare .
on my boat trailer i raised my fender 1- 1 /2 inches , increased my wheel size by an inch , increased my tire width by about an inch , increased my load range by one rating , and increased my load rating on my tires by about 38 % .
i now have so much reserve capacity in my tires that i do not carry a spare .
i check the tire pressure before every trip and i put my hand on the tires at every rest / fuel stop to see if there is heating in any tire .
i have had no failures , to which i attribute the excess tire reserve capacity as stated in pounds on the tire sidewall .
I chose to spend the money i would have spent for a spare and put that money into the tires that are on the ground carrying the load .
One roofing nail will kill all of that reserve, and then what?
