Carrying Spares (was How High ?)

[Jeff Miller]

I agree to some extent.

I stopped carrying spares when I started buying new tires, never had a
new tire problem. However, I have much experience with newer SOB tires
blowing out, and I typically travel on weekends and holidays (working
man's curse). I have seldom been able to find a matching tire when
calling road service at night and on weekends, so carrying an un-
mounted spare would be useful (also avoids being "held for ransom" on
no-name tire prices at the side of the road on a weekend, been there
anyone else?).

I would never again carry a mounted spare. When I have a blowout (5 to
date on Wanderlodges), the tire is never salvagable, usually lots of
sharp wires sticking out of what is left, so why would I want to hoist
that mess to the roof? Road service can usually mount the tire on a rim
at the side of the road, and if it is not an inner-dual I have had the
tire mounted on the rim without removing the rim from the coach further
simplifying the process. Besides, it is unlikely that the tire-service
truck will show up with a forklift to put the mounted blown-tire on the
roof, and I don't want the old tire.

I have had some trouble locating 12R tires, some trouble locating
11R/LRH tires, and some of the 315s etc. in LRJ can't be easier to
find. If traveling in the "boonies", on weekends/nights/holidays, it
might be justifiable to carry an un-mounted spare on the coach.

- Jeff Miller


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, George Lowry
wrote:
> I don't understand the reason to carry a spare these days unless you
> are WAAAy out in the boonies <<snip>>