BOOM.
Um, Houston, we have a problem.
Yes, a 19.5 G rated tire will fail..
Things I learned about this incident:
1) Ford Superduty have a lock on the tire carrier. Do you know where the key is?
2) Yes, there is a way to bypass that lock.. No, I did not know about that at the time.
3) AAA+ is a tire change/tow service. Be sure to ask for the proper sized tow (with camper, it's consider medium duty).
4) Try the local 24x7 tire service. It's expensive, but your rolling in a matter of hours, instead of being towed somewhere. Be sure to tell them load rating, when you tell them the size.
No damage to the rim, tire was still seated on the back side.
Now, anyone want to buy a F rated 19.5" tire? Slightly used..
Um, Houston, we have a problem.
Yes, a 19.5 G rated tire will fail..
Things I learned about this incident:
1) Ford Superduty have a lock on the tire carrier. Do you know where the key is?
2) Yes, there is a way to bypass that lock.. No, I did not know about that at the time.
3) AAA+ is a tire change/tow service. Be sure to ask for the proper sized tow (with camper, it's consider medium duty).
4) Try the local 24x7 tire service. It's expensive, but your rolling in a matter of hours, instead of being towed somewhere. Be sure to tell them load rating, when you tell them the size.
No damage to the rim, tire was still seated on the back side.
Now, anyone want to buy a F rated 19.5" tire? Slightly used..
Bottom line, doing the spare wheel, removing rear generator and moving propane tank from the rear to behind the cabin I took off close to 1000 lb from my F250 rear, so I was able to take about 4500lb camper on the road.
Still was too scary if you start carrying waste in holding tanks placed about 8 feet behind rear bumper.
Still was too scary if you start carrying waste in holding tanks placed about 8 feet behind rear bumper.
No lead. Just physics.
When you place a load behind rear axle, not only the whole weight goes on the axle, but cantilever action takes off load from front axle and adds it to the rear.
This way 200 lb wheel can add 350 lb to the axle. (sample numbers, so don't catch me on it)
If you move the 200 lb in front of front axle, not only you take off initial load of 350, but cantilever action will take additional 150
When you place a load behind rear axle, not only the whole weight goes on the axle, but cantilever action takes off load from front axle and adds it to the rear.
This way 200 lb wheel can add 350 lb to the axle. (sample numbers, so don't catch me on it)
If you move the 200 lb in front of front axle, not only you take off initial load of 350, but cantilever action will take additional 150
For those having "slightly overweight campers" moving spare wheel onto front bumper takes 500 lb from rear axle.
I bought my heavy camper with F250 and tried few tricks to make the set working, before I gave up thinking that vacations should not be worry about tires popping up and bought dually.
I bought my heavy camper with F250 and tried few tricks to make the set working, before I gave up thinking that vacations should not be worry about tires popping up and bought dually.
As to the Ford key yes a problem waiting to happen. If you still have the pouch that it came in record all those numbers somewhere. I lost mine-fortunately I didn't know I lost it as I hadnt needed it on the road. I spent a good 2 hours searching one day in the driveway when I realized its wasnt in glove box. Luckily I found it. (then remembered I had laid on seat to address issue with key last time I used it. It fell down between seats and I forgot about it)
Lookin at what the original reason was for not putting back in gloved box discovered the Key wouldnt engage, at all. Kept trying until the key popped off handle- inside access tube. Great...Gave up and I ended up deflating tire to shift it over, removed access tube to access the mech. Manually dropped tire and removed the hoist. Found a piece of dried tar in slots. This would have been a major pain on the road. So my suggestion is dry run at home. Even if you have someone else change tire they need to be able to retrieve spare.
The 'lock' is simply inserted into hoist & held in place by a washer, it will pop out of hoist easily. Exposes standard slot that jack handle can be used with for 'keyless' retrieval. It is a tad bigger than jack handle slot.
After removal I welded the lock & key together and attached to end of jack handle. Bit of a wobble key. Chamfered edge id of hoist slot, rounded end of 'key' so it self centers and easily inserts into hoist. No more key.
Lookin at what the original reason was for not putting back in gloved box discovered the Key wouldnt engage, at all. Kept trying until the key popped off handle- inside access tube. Great...Gave up and I ended up deflating tire to shift it over, removed access tube to access the mech. Manually dropped tire and removed the hoist. Found a piece of dried tar in slots. This would have been a major pain on the road. So my suggestion is dry run at home. Even if you have someone else change tire they need to be able to retrieve spare.
The 'lock' is simply inserted into hoist & held in place by a washer, it will pop out of hoist easily. Exposes standard slot that jack handle can be used with for 'keyless' retrieval. It is a tad bigger than jack handle slot.
After removal I welded the lock & key together and attached to end of jack handle. Bit of a wobble key. Chamfered edge id of hoist slot, rounded end of 'key' so it self centers and easily inserts into hoist. No more key.
