Running 19.5" wheels; what about the spare?
I've got a set of Rickson 19.5" wheels recently and currently shopping for tires. In the meantime, I've been reading up about the 19.5" option and it would seem Rickson's website does not find having...
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Grit dog wrote:
If you have those kind of toys and don't think its a "safe" option to change a tire if you have a flat, prolly ought to examine where you plan on taking the off road toys.
I wish everyone well who THINK changing a flat on a top heavy 11,000+ pound truckcamper is a safe venture. It's not and not respecting the risk is going to get you hurt or worse.
These aren't off road toys. I said they were for unpaved routes. They are means of getting around a local area without having to haul, unload my camper or break camp to do it. I try to not take my TC off pavement if possible.
I totally get guys who take their campers off road. I don't but that's just me. I prefer to not take the camper off pavement, but I will if I think the road surface is a good one. An example of a road surface that is NOT a good one is the road into Bodie, CA Bodie is a ghost town that's well preserved and a California State Park. The last 3 miles is a dirt road. I tried and made it maybe 1/2 mile before turning around. It was too full of pot holes and I felt my rig was flexing way too much. I unloaded the trail bike and off we went!
