Traveling without a spare tire
Reaching out to those with experience. We are in planning stages to take our Jayco Greyhawk 29MV Class C to Fairbanks (about 12,000 miles round trip) from south Louisiana in mid May through June. ...
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Our present C is a Jayco, see Signature and it had he spare mounted "Lollipop Style" (with a bracket clamped to the 4" square tubular steel bumper) and a cover over it. That weight, bouncing all those miles, started to tear the tubular steel where it's welded to the brackets attaching it to the frame. We reinforced and re-welded the brackets BUT I took the bracket off and put the spare under the bed. Only space that'll fit it on the Escapade. No outside compartment is big enough.
That bumper LOOKS impressive at 4" square but the material is essentially sheet metal. For that reason, DON'T use it as sewer hose storage. It'll rust through from the rubbing and wetting.
That bumper LOOKS impressive at 4" square but the material is essentially sheet metal. For that reason, DON'T use it as sewer hose storage. It'll rust through from the rubbing and wetting.
