BAL Hide-A-Spare
Looking for the pros and cons from anyone who has one on their fifth wheel, either factory installed or added. Thinking of adding it to our fifth wheel. Easy to use? Strong? Install? Or suggestions on...
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720Deere wrote:Dick_B wrote:
I'm not sure which one is BAL but we use the kind that have a magnetic base and the top slides open to insert the key. It also helps to wrap the key to keep it dry. Has worked for years.
Not a hide-a-key, this is a spare tire mount.
I put one of these on my 5ver and the thing I did not like about it was getting it down was a piece of cake because gravity did the work. BUT lifting it back up was a *****....I could not do it....I then put two furniture casters to the arms attached by u bolts to move it from the side of the rv back under the frame. I then took and old bumper jack I had and cut part of the post off so it would fit under the camper. Once I get it back into place I slide the jack under it and lift it up then a slight push on the carrier pushes it into place and I can put the bolt back into the hole. I also replaced their safety pin with one that was more user friendly. The one they put thru the bolt might work fine on some one's desk but laying on the ground under the rv was a PITA....
