spare wheel (1 Viewer)

[Techno]

The Fiat bolts are far longer than necessary for the steel wheel as my picture earlier

 

[DiggerJon]

I'd love to carry a spare - but where to put it? There is no room underneath and my lockers are not big enough. I carry a pair of crossed fingers and the breakdown recovery number - oh yes, and a 'phone!

 

[Techno]

I'd love to carry a spare - but where to put it? There is no room underneath and my lockers are not big enough. I carry a pair of crossed fingers and the breakdown recovery number - oh yes, and a 'phone!

It's not really a problem in the UK but abroad you might have to wait days for a tyre.

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[Techno]

My neighbours Burstner with same bolts

 

[Speve]

I for one will never run without a spare wheel.

Mel

Totally agree first thing we did was get a spare there's no way I would change a wheel on the motorway call breakdown then at least you can be on your way and get tyre changed at your leisure.

 

[sparky]

Hi I also carry a 4 ton bottle jack don't trust the supplied sissor jack on dodgy ground and yes the wheel bolts are the same on my burstner alloys

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[Mack100]

Being new to motorhoming I thought we'd covered all the bases but didn't read the bits about spare tyres obviously!
I'm more than a bit paranoid about tyre safety and after realising there's simply no room for a cradle under our Fiat chassis I've decided to keep a spare tyre in our Fiamma 500 backbox. I've got lightweight chairs and a 25L water carrier in there as well and it's all well within the weight limit advised for loading the back panel.
Together with TyrePal I feel it's the best I can do.
Love it when people post stuff like "not fit for purpose" and "I wouldn't drive etc. etc.". Doesn't help folk looking for a solution.

 

[Movinon]

There's a lot of ifs and buts in this - it isn't just about whether you should have a spare or not. Can you get at a spare located underneath without having to jack up the van first? Crawling around under a jacked up van is not remotely a good idea. Do you feel confident and fit enough to change a wheel - are you a "hands on" or a "hands off" person and can you physically deal with the weight? If the answer to the above is yes, then a full spare wheel is the best solution, otherwise it would probably be advisable to never go anywhere there is not a cellphone signal as squirting goo into a tyre as a solution (no pun intended but enjoy it anyway) presupposes that all flats will be from a small hole. As someone who has ripped out the side of a tyre on one occasion, and lost most of the tread on another, I know that all flat tyres are not the same despite what some deal-hungry dealer may tell you.

I've had to change a wheel several times on motorhomes. A legacy of this is that I carry a full spare in the garage, along with a bottlejack, a length of wood to provide support on soft ground, a heavy duty pump and a rattlegun and protect all my tyres with Tyrepal.

 

[Ranger]

I'm in two minds about spare wheels. I used to run 3.5 ton trucks commercially and never carried a spare wheel but checked pressures religiously and carried a good electric pump. Used to average about one puncture every ten years or so but then it was usually finding a slow puncture, pumping it up and trundling off to a tyre fitter. But I do carry a spare wheel in the motorhome as we have plenty of payload.

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[Hel999]

we bought a spare wheel carrier designed for under a pick-up and then had someone fabricate it into something that would fit under the motorhome. Spare wheel now snug underneath and dont feel as nervous about going abroad now we have a spare.

 

[Drexxer]

we bought a spare wheel carrier designed for under a pick-up and then had someone fabricate it into something that would fit under the motorhome. Spare wheel now snug underneath and dont feel as nervous about going abroad now we have a spare.

Any info on the carrier please?

Andy

 

[busby]

our new motorhome has no spare just a repair kit how good are they or has anyone gone out and got a spare i know its all about weight

Useless,,bit like a chocolate fireguard,,,BUSBY.

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[robrace]

wouldn't go away in the motorhome without a spare wheel and a bottle jack!I did try the scissor jack supplied as standard.It wasn't very good!!So bought a bottle jack from machine mart.Doe'snt take up much room and not heavy.Our two road cars have a repair kit but as we have found out twice they are useless if you have a blowout!!I wouldn't like to imagine what it would be like when we are a 1000 miles from home and waiting for a breakdown service who would arrive and not have a tyre to fit!!Even a wheel from abreakers yard that's from the same base vehicle would be better than no wheel at all!!

 

[Techno]

My neighbours Burstner with same bolts
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Had a walk round my storage

 

[Hel999]

Any info on the carrier please?

Andy

It came off a Mercedes Sprinter chassis cab (our MH is a Sprinter coachbuilt) and had to be adapted to fit. We originally bought a carrier from a Sprinter van but it was too long. The chassis cab one was easily adapted.

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[Techno]

I have a MkII prototype for sale in the classifieds if my memory serves me for 16" wheels

 

[Techno]

http://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/260mm-deep-alko-chassis-spare-wheel-carrier.100801/

 

[mjltigger]

My spare is on the back door. As much as I'm probably going to get more benefit from life membership than most on here I still don't know if I could get it off and fitted by the motorway in the pouring rain..

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[Techno]

Just did my annual spare deployment check and air top up. All is well

 

[androidGB]

From your posts I realise you know your stuff , But stand by to fend off the coiled extension lead police

Andrew

 

[Techno]

From your posts I realise you know your stuff , But stand by to fend off the coiled extension lead police

Andrew

It has a thermal cut out device

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[Techno]

German engineering