Spare Tire....How many of you carry one?
I have a spare but it is heavy. I need to weigh it but probably around 70#. I have to carry it in a storage compartment and it takes up quite a bit of space. I know having a spare tire is essenti...
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YES to carrying a spare tire. For any and all the reasons above. Our older Holiday had a "Continental Kit" molded into the rear end cap. Sweet! Tire was right there and out of sight. On this Jayco, the spare was mounted "Lollipop Style" with a vertical bracket that clamped to the square steel box bumper. Like others have reported, the square bumper steel started to tear where welded to its frame brackets. Tire's been under the queen bed since. Like it? NO!!! Want a Spare more than the Inconvenience? YES!!!
I don't think I'd mount a spare to the back wall of an RV that either wasn't designed to support that weight, or where I could not find that it was adequately framed. I just might do a hybrid: REST the tire on the square bumper but hold it in place with a mounting on the rear wall. I don't think the weight of the spare is what tears the bumper. I think it's the leverage that weight gets when it's up on the Lollipop Mount.
I don't think I'd mount a spare to the back wall of an RV that either wasn't designed to support that weight, or where I could not find that it was adequately framed. I just might do a hybrid: REST the tire on the square bumper but hold it in place with a mounting on the rear wall. I don't think the weight of the spare is what tears the bumper. I think it's the leverage that weight gets when it's up on the Lollipop Mount.
