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lazydays
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Jul 09, 2014

Funny Spare Tire Story

Well it was funny at the time. My brother has owned his current 5th wheel for over four years now, a Primetime Crusader that he bought new. The first year the spare was on the back bumper but the last 3 years he's been carrying it in the back of his truck. The night before last he calls me as were getting ready to head out to Indiana on Friday. His family and mine generally camp together. He states " your not going to believe this, my spare does not fit my camper". He just noticed after four years that the spare is for an 8 lug axle and his is a 6 lug. I just had to laugh, not at the goof, but at the sight of him carrying that spare around for the past 3 years. Countless times of moving it from his garage to the truck and never noticing. Good thing he didn't need it in that time. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
  • RAINEYTXX's avatar
    RAINEYTXX
    Explorer
    Jul 11, 2014
    Yeah, I had a similar story. Bought a boat new 10 years back and insisted they throw in a spare tire with the deal. Well, they did. I left the tires on the trailer too long and when I went to change the 3 of them out (one at a time), I found out the spare they "threw in" didn't fit the trailer. But, it sure gave me piece of mind for almost 8 years! I had to laugh at that point....
  • oh_boy's avatar
    oh_boy
    Explorer
    Jul 09, 2014
    Bought a used trailer. Checked and aired up the tires and spare before heading north. Tire let go (slow leak) just outside Atlanta on I75. Went to get the spare and found out the two nuts holding it to the tire carrier where rusted tight. Took over an hour and a half to break those two nuts off the threaded rod. Only took a 1/2 hour to do the tire change.
    Lesson learned..do a dry run of a tire change at your convenience not at the side of the road and find out you have problems.
  • path1's avatar
    path1
    Explorer
    Jul 09, 2014
    Good thing he didn't need it real life, yet.

    I followed a suggestion someone posted here about changing the spare tire in your own driveway first. Just to make sure everything is OK. I found out that my lug wrench was not long enough to get the bolt off that holds it onto the carrier.

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