Spare Tire Hanger

[rich85704]

The spare tire on my Class C is mounted vertically on the rear of the coach body. It’s about at eye level when it’s in place. I travel alone, mostly, and have serious back problems. It’s pretty much beyond me to lift the tire off the bracket and down to the ground. Just letting it go in a controlled fall would pose problems if I have stuff stowed on a gear basket mounted to the hitch. Putting a tire back up on the hanger would be pretty much impossible.

I recently considered driving up the Alaska Highway, where road service for a flat would probably be far away... not to mention expensive. Even in less extreme situations, I’d really like to be able to change a tire myself.

There are tire mounts which attach lower on the rear bumper, but these still require hefting the tire up and down. Has anyone run across a system — maybe some kind of winch? — which would raise and lower the spare tire?

Thanks! — Rich

[Cobra21]

rich85704 wrote:
Found the solution. Does everything I want. It’s a Roadmaster Hitch-Mounted spare time carrier. You can look it up on Amazon or etrailer dot com. Only problem is the cost: $563. Yikes.

I just looked at that "Road Master Spare Tire Carrier". That is Sweet. Pricey, but nice.

[bobndot]

I really don't see you can pull and lift a tire off a dually if you have a bad back.

Are you going to be able to jack the motorhome up and remove an inner dually tire ? Once the spare is off it's mount you're lifting a truck tire 5x and stretching inward at an awkward angle which IMO is more stress on your back than a standing straight lift.

[rich85704]

Found the solution. Does everything I want. It’s a Roadmaster Hitch-Mounted spare time carrier. You can look it up on Amazon or etrailer dot com. Only problem is the cost: $563. Yikes.

[wanderingaimles]

I wouldnt consider it a permanent solution, but to assist for the trip you mention, why not stand it on your cargo carrier and have a local welding shop make a bracket to add to the current carrier that would drop down to meet it and just hold it vertical, then you could carry a single ramp to let you roll it off and on the cargo carrier?

[bobndot]

Have a road service contract anyway. You might be surprised that they will come out to help you in a remote place, as long as you can have cell service or a sat phone.
Give Coach-net a call and ask them about the service they offer in that area.


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Have a welder make a bracket for your hitch .

or.....
have a welder alum weld a lightweight bracket to a rear rv ladder if you have one. Fabricate a boat winch to the bracket. It will be plenty strong for one time you might need it.

Rieco-Titan makes a free standing truck camper tri-pod jack have a welder do something like that. At least weld up a tri-pod and boat winch (handcrank model) That way you can use it to pull the tire on/off the hub as well.

[Hank85713]

As an idea, fo to a hitch shop and see if they have one of the dual hitch receivers. Harbor freight has them about $30, anyhow and ask if they could make a swivel, telescoping lift arm using the upper position and then install a small boat winch to raise/lower the tire as needed. This would allow you to still have your bumper carrier and an exposed spare tire. Not hard to visualize or fabricate just have to spend $$ to have done. Military trucks have a similar system to raise and lower their spares.

[happynow]

Good question.
We will travel to Alaska from FL late May of 2020,return thru Alberta in early Sept 2020.

We recently began to search for a tire hitch that sits higher as to not hit/scrape pavement,to also secure an aluminum ladder on.
While looking at various options for our needs, I have not seen what you describe.With that said, I have not looked for that specific item.

We plan to bring the appropriate size can of "Fix a flat"for the RV tire we have with hopes if a flat occurs, we can slowly make our way to a service station with appropriate equipment. We will not attempt to change a tire on an 11,000lb+ vehicle.
Wish you luck finding what you need.

[IAMICHABOD]

You could try what Baja Man did on his RV.

Spare Tire Storage