Do you carry a spare tire?

[mark52]

Just wondering if you all carry a spare tire or if you rely on roadside assistance programs. On our last motorhome, I payed to have a spare tire carrier made and mounted under the rear. I'm wondering if I should do the same for our new one.

[roam1]

I carry a 22.5 mounted spare and coachnet has changed it for me, took about an hour and the price was right. And btw, it was 4th of July, glad I had it!

[ppine]

Maybe you have never had 3 flat tires in one day. It has happened to me twice.

[olfarmer]

I have always carried a mounted spare tire. I had to change 2 of them on our last MH, they were 19.5 and heavy but I got it done fairly fast. Our current MH has a mounted spare underneath just ahead of the rear bumper(19.5). I am glad to have it but would be worried about getting the bad tire back up in the carrier. I have never had a flat on this MH but if I did and couldn't change it myself, at least I have the tire for road side assistance to put on it.

[Tom_Barb]

We first started camping way back in 1964, We started with a M/C and a back pack, truck campers, tag along trailers and motorhomes I've had 1 blowout, It was on a BigFoot 25 trailer north Cascade Highway, prior to cell phones. we changed it, no big deal, but on a motorhome,,, IMHO it is much better to maintain your tires in the best condition possible and let the pros handle the emergencies.

You might better worry about loosing a fuel pump at Jacob Lake,
but it really boils down to how many spares will you carry.

[Wire_Man]

I always carried a spare tire on our previous 4 coaches with 19.5 tires and changed a few over the years. But our latest coach has 22.5 and I don’t even know where I’d carry a spare. But since reading all of these post I am buying a tire only to carry. I want to buy an exact match of the tires that are on it and so far the best price I have found is $575.00 but it is what it is.

[msturtz]

ppine wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

ppine wrote:
Sounds like a joke.
It is a good idea to carry two spares in remote country.

Maybe in Africa or Outer Mongolia

Or Nevada, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, central Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

X2 on this I have been many places in Eastern WA with no cellular coverage.

[Mickeyfan0805]

Jayco-noslide wrote:
Being an old dumb guy I have no intentions of ever removing a tire from our Class C.

I have seen this comment made a number of times in this thread but, at least in my mind, it misses the point. Having a spare doesn't necessarily mean you plan to change it yourself. What it means is that you have a tire than can be put on if necessary.

Even with roadside service, they aren't going to pull up with a mounted spare to throw on your axle - they are going to be forced to tow your rig to who-knows-where for who-knows-how-long to get a new tire. Having a spare avoids all that by having something that a roadside tech (or a helpful good samaritan) could install if the circumstance called for it.

There are many class A's that I probably wouldn't mess with either - but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have the spare for the big-rig tow guy to slap on when he pulled up.

[rgatijnet1]

Those of us that travel regularly out West know that there are many areas without cell service and some places that are over 100 miles from the nearest GAS station, let alone a tire shop that stocks RV tires.
The decision to carry a spare is a matter of choice. Most of us that do carry one hope that we will never need it.
You don't need a spare as long as you have a back up plan, that includes ERS, a toad to drive to find cell service, and a major credit card. You will eventually have your flat tire changed, no matter where or when it happens. Carrying your own spare, even if it is unmounted, may save you a lot of time at the side of the road, as well as a lot of money.
Of course even if you do have a spare, you still would have to hop in to your toad to find cell service, or, if you are willing and able, change the tire yourself. There are always choices. :B

[ppine]

A thread like this really makes me wonder who I am talking with. People that rely on others to fix their problems. In a state like Nevada it makes no sense. Plenty of the state has no cell coverage. If I got stuck somewhere in the central ranges and could reach "roadside assistance" and asked for help they would probably just laugh.

[ppine]

Tom/Barb wrote:

ppine wrote:
Sounds like a joke.
It is a good idea to carry two spares in remote country.

Maybe in Africa or Outer Mongolia

Or Nevada, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, central Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

[Jayco-noslide]

Being an old dumb guy I have no intentions of ever removing a tire from our Class C.

[Tom_Barb]

ppine wrote:
Sounds like a joke.
It is a good idea to carry two spares in remote country.

Maybe in Africa or Outer Mongolia

[msturtz]

I have an unmounted spare and a fire extinguisher for the same reason.

[ppine]

Sounds like a joke.
It is a good idea to carry two spares in remote country.

[Ava]

Anybody looking for an easy to carry perfect tool to remove the 450-500 lb. ft. wheel nuts on the road or at home, I use a Homcom torque multiplier kit found on Amazon. I have easily removed wheel nuts on vehicles that could not be loosened a 6 ft. breaker bar. It has a 1 inch drive and the handle turns at a rate of 58 to1. I think the max torque is about 3500 lbs.