Spare Tire Crane?

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "bubblerboy64"
wrote:
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> That is a very good point Leroy. A guy isn't going to spring for a
> new tire for a spare so the chances are good that about the time
you
> would need it might be totally worthless. If I could have figured
> away to carry one under the coach I would have considered it but on
> top just doesn't make sense for me. Now if you really want get
into
> the figurin: Figure what that extra weight costs you in fuel over
> the time its on the roof. Well, I take that back. If you're cutting
> it that close you better forget that "Bus" and ride a bike.
>
> John Heckman
> central Pa
> 1973 FC
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> > Possibly.
> > My simple approach to tires on the coach is this. Tires are a
> major expense on a coach. This is how I approach it, for good or
for
> bad.
> > First determine what your major vise is. It may be beer(mine)
> bottled water, cigars, coffee, candy etc. No matter the vise, you
> spend more than $2.00 per day on it. Just cut the vise spending by
> $2.00 day, put the cash in the bus safe and after 5 years you have
a
> brand new set of tires. It will not be painful and you do not need
a
> spare. Check it out.
> > $2.00x30x12=$720x5=$3600
> > Change tires every five years. There is no guarantee that spare
> hanging on the roof in the sun for 5 years is worth a damn anyway.
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> > Rob Robinson wrote:
> If I thought my travels would take me some place where it would be
> difficult
> > to find a new tire (Mexico or Alaska come to mind) I might
> consider putting
> > one on the roof.
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> > On 12/11/2007, Leroy Eckert wrote:
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> > > Personally, I don't need the extra weight for more reasons
> than a spare
> > > tire. If you have a spare, you need a 20,000 pound jack and
> tons of other
> > > crap also unless you intend to call road service to change the
> thing. I
> > > ain't changing a tire using the bus jacks. Just my opinion.
> Most folks
> > > ignore my opinion because opinions are like, you know,
everyone
> has one. lol
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> > > bumpersbird > wrote:
> Does
> > > anybody out there know anything about roof mounted cranes for a
> > > spare tire? I've heard of them but never seen one. My last
trip
> to
> > > Texas I lost a tag tire to a balloned side wall. Caught it in
> time. But
> > > it did pop the next morning. So I've decided that a spare is
in
> order.
> > > Any help would be great.
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> > > Kurt Horvath
> > > 95 PT-42
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> > > Leroy Eckert
> > > 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors"
> > > Dahlonega, GA
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>How about just having the crane in the back to lift to assist our
graying generation owners up to the top of there coaches sort of like
having an elevator.

But really how many people do use the top of there coaches? All
that extra weight up there must cause some extra imbalance to the
coach and what about those low freeway overpasses? I Think it would
be just easier to use what space you have on board and forget the
roof. I also wonder how people have had a close call with trying to
stow away extra junk and had a close call with falling over the side?
Maybe that's why that goats ralling is up there?

Jon