second spare?

[ralph_day]

Hi all
Planning our first major trip with the new (last year) TT and TV. This will be from Ontario to Newfoundland, 6 weeks in duration. What is the general feeling of carrying a second spare tire for trailer and TV?

I think if you hit a piece of road debris that does in one tire on the trailer, it might just do the second one too. Same with the truck. Any experiences like that (I haven't had any)? Or am I just getting the pre-trip jitters?

Ralph

[robrose1]

I carry two since I blew a tire on I-8 in 105 temps several years ago. I worried about making it home with no spare. Never again.

[Ron3rd]

Though I've never carried a second spare, the thought has occurred to me and is a very good idea for long trips IMO.

[time2roll]

Is the size common or hard to find? Mine are common and just carry one.
Needed the trailer spare twice in ten years.

[bhall]

I carry a 2nd spare as well.

[mosseater]

I carry two on very long trips, like 6 hours or more. Had two the whole month we went out west and used one in Wyoming. Still had one left to get me home to PA. I was pretty happy about my choice at that moment.

[Airstreamer67]

I carry a batch of plugs and a 12vdc air compressor. It works unless the tire is too damaged for a repair.

[carringb]

I always carry two spares when I'm towing the enclosed car hauler. I've lost 3 tires on a trip! And sometimes it's a long ways between tire stores.

I don't carry two spares with my TT, since it has pretty good tires, and push come to shove I could remount my van's spare on a trailer rim, and since the van has two built-in spares I could always run rear singles in an emergency.

[samsontdog]

I carry two

[BenK]

My decision tree:


How good will my cell service be
How far from nearest service shop
How long do I wish to wait for service to arrive
How much will my auto club charge, if they can get to me
Will this happen on a weekend when everyone or most everyone is closed


I rotate in my spares for all vehicles, except for the mini van, which has a
space saver...but I check it's PSI whenever the other tires are rotated

If me, I'd get another spare if I could afford it (both $$$ and space)

[Bedlam]

I am never so far off the beaten track that I cannot get road service or leave the trailer to get a second replacement. I always carry one spare for the trailer and one for the truck, but I doubt I would ever carry two spares unless I was heading into remote areas with questionable roads. I have never traveled that far NE in North America to know the conditions, but I would carry two trailer spares and plug kit if I was going to Alaska along the Pacific.

[Shadow_Catcher]

I do not carry a spare unless we will be off road, what I do carry is an adapter so I can use the TV spare.

[ronniedean1234]

We have always carried 2 spares, we just do not want to get stuck in the middle of no where on some of our long distance trips through the desert heading south...

[Dick_B]

I'd be willing to bet that virtually no RVer carries two spares EXCEPT me. I also incorporate the spares into my tire rotation.
I once had a flat tire about 20 miles into a 1000 mile trip which convinced me to carry the spare for a spare. BTW all the tires are XPS Ribs.

[tvman44]

I do now, last year had a blow out on a tandem axle trailer, when the rear tire blew the shrapnel took out the valve stem on the tire in front of it and I was there on the road side with 2 tires down. 🙂