How many do not carry a jack in their MH? (1 Viewer)

[ABZSteve]

Good Poker hand Andy

Oh bu993r, note to self, I am not the smartest ( no comments required) someone will have beaten you to the joke

 

[Robert Clark]

Sold mine for £30

That reminds me
I've got to advertise my ALKO rear steadies !

 

[Flamenca]

a caravan site

What are they Alan. I just can't remember the last time I visited one

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[Techno]

Never mind changing a wheel
I can take the wheel off, replace the disc and pads and refit quicker than my AA man will arrive bless him

 

[vwalan]

well i used one in 2009 i think it was . bit like recovery cant see the point of that either .
save several shillings not using either .

 

[scotjimland]

I can take the wheel off, replace the disc and pads and refit quicker than my AA man will arrive bless him

do you have a 24 hr emergency call-out number perchance ?


I'm looking for cheaper cover..

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[crabman]

last time I had a blow out and no jack in the car I got a local slack jawed local to lay underneath it, then I gave him a porn book to look at with in a minute the car was up high of the ground and I had it off in seconds

 

[scotjimland]

I had it off in seconds

ohh err misses ..

 

[Enword]

We have a Jack an Ian & a Pauline

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[busby]

you not lived until you have changed a truck tyre and humped the flat onto the back of trailer, and I undo the wheel nuts with my ass all the other ex truck drivers will know what I mean, MH tyres do those in my sleep

When i was 50 i could have done it easy,,at 71 i have more sense ,,on a truck that is,,easy on my motorhome,,BUSBY,,

 

[busby]

i carry 2 spares for the truck 2 spares for the trailer . tubes for both sizes . plus puncture outfits small or even big gaiters . oko tyre sealer . plus chewing gum stick repairs for tubeless tyres . truck halte levers and car spoon levers . trolley jack , high lift jack . 5 ton bottle jack .
if your in the wilds nobody is coming to rescue you . have air for trailer brakes so can pump up. use trailer legs as bead breaker so tyre changing repairs are ok.plus 3/4 inch sockets ,breaker bars and a long tube for cracking wheel nuts .
spare clutch just in case . plus heavy tow pole . and straps . also winches never know might need them . waffle boards for sand or mud . welder , tools .
mind if your just going down the road to a caravan site you might not bother to carry that much . but on long tours never know wjhat you might need .

Is your next trip AYRES ROCK,,?? BUSBY,,

 

[Jim]

Don't forget that a Jack can be a Godsend when you are stuck in mud. @Sheriff now convinced me to carry two Bottle Jacks. Say's his fiat would still be stuck if he didn't carry them. Using them to lift up wheels to get grippy stuff under them.

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[KeithChesterfield]

So, let's get this straight.

It's a Sunday in France and you've got a puncture in the front tyre, you've had to pull over to the side of the road just outside Poitiers and you haven't got a jack.

Okay, you've tried calling the Breakdown number on the documents you found hidden away in your garage after about a quarter of an hour of searching and despite you shouting as loud as you can down the phone the bl**dy stupid French person at the end of the line still doesn't understand your version of French with a lot of English expletives added for good measure.

You haven't a clue whether Johnny Foreigner has understood a word you've said and you're no nearer getting the puncture sorted.

Flag down a car?

Yes, and pigs will fly!

Kick the tyre again.

SWMBO offers you a cup of tea and a bickie.

It starts raining.

Cars pipping you as they go past your Motorhome, narrowly missing it and you dare not open the habitation door 'cos you've got a British made vehicle and you'd be stepping out into the road.

Half an hour and a bit of luck at last.

A Motorhome with the type of number plate you recognise pulls up and offers to help.

What, the bl**dy fool hasn't got a jack either!

“He's no help, is he?” you whisper to the wife.

He does offer to go to the nearest tyre depot next morning for you and see if they can come out and help you.

Tomorrow?

Yep, every-where's shut, Sunday isn't it!

Okay mate, that would be great, see you sometime tomorrow.

Hells bells, hour after hour stuck at the side of the road, car horns sounding off all day and night, hardly any sleep and the rains still pounding on the roof.

Bit drier in the morning but those damned horns still going.

Where is that bloke?

Quarter past two a van pulls up in front.

Monsieur Pneuman it says on the side.

Bon jour, Monsieur says the smiling Tyre man.

Shakes his head; he's not seen any tyres that size for années he says.

Lots of arm waving but the gist is he'll have to order them.

How long? - how long is a piece of chaíne?


Shall I go on?

And all because you couldn't be bothered to carry a jack and you'd rather rely on other people to do it for you.

 

[vwalan]

Is your next trip AYRES ROCK,,?? BUSBY,,

no i built it for traveling around africa . its been down as far as gambia . all over morocco across algeria .
get tyres damaged in most countries and you will wish you had spares .
mind if going further down might even put extra spares on board .
luckily there is a mitsubushi factory in casablanca and they will send spares if i need them. up to 6 years ago they were building same model truck as i have . but do carry lots of spares for mine .
desert thorns are the trouble not so bad on this truck but certainly on my old vw t2 soon punctured tyres . the trailer is not good with them as its only on 14 inch wheels so heavy truck tyres arent available . might change them to 16 inch one day to match tyre size as the truck.

 

[Techno]

Mmmm choices. Shall I lift the front the back or the side

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[Glandwr]

Plenty of payload, got it all covered jack, spare, even a 19mm brace for the euroliner lock nuts. But I have to be very careful which of my six wheels I puncture as the damn tyres are directional

Dick

 

[vwalan]

Plenty of payload, got it all covered jack, spare, even a 19mm brace for the euroliner lock nuts. But I have to be very careful which of my six wheels I puncture as the damn tyres are directional

Dick

tyres might be directional . but the important thing is they go round and you get to somewhere that can fix or replace the damaged one or spin the spare tyre on the rim.
so long as the vehicle can move you have won .

 

[vwalan]

in africa or asia you might split a tyre on the walls . just get a piece of another tyre and bolt it over the split with roofing bolts . heads inside the tyre . stick patches over the bolt heads . fit a tube , blow it up and away you go. as and when change it . best not drive in eu like it they get fussy.

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[Tootles]

I dont carry a jack. I cant see the point. I have a mobile phone.

 

[vwalan]

I dont carry a jack. I cant see the point. I have a mobile phone.

i can virtually guarantee if in cornwall, wales or many parts of spain etc if you do need help you wont have a signal. scotland is bad as well.
but your choice is ok .
i admit get in the sahara and its possibly the best phone signal place i have ever been . absolutely amazing .

 

[Candapack]

No jack... spare tyre only. Biggest tool in the van is a torque wrench.

That's what I thought too. Wife said only the second biggest. Still don't get it.

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[MR. FUSION]

So, let's get this straight.

It's a Sunday in France and you've got a puncture in the front tyre, you've had to pull over to the side of the road just outside Poitiers and you haven't got a jack.

Okay, you've tried calling the Breakdown number on the documents you found hidden away in your garage after about a quarter of an hour of searching and despite you shouting as loud as you can down the phone the bl**dy stupid French person at the end of the line still doesn't understand your version of French with a lot of English expletives added for good measure.

You haven't a clue whether Johnny Foreigner has understood a word you've said and you're no nearer getting the puncture sorted.

Flag down a car?

Yes, and pigs will fly!

Kick the tyre again.

SWMBO offers you a cup of tea and a bickie.

It starts raining.

Cars pipping you as they go past your Motorhome, narrowly missing it and you dare not open the habitation door 'cos you've got a British made vehicle and you'd be stepping out into the road.

Half an hour and a bit of luck at last.

A Motorhome with the type of number plate you recognise pulls up and offers to help.

What, the bl**dy fool hasn't got a jack either!

“He's no help, is he?” you whisper to the wife.

He does offer to go to the nearest tyre depot next morning for you and see if they can come out and help you.

Tomorrow?

Yep, every-where's shut, Sunday isn't it!

Okay mate, that would be great, see you sometime tomorrow.

Hells bells, hour after hour stuck at the side of the road, car horns sounding off all day and night, hardly any sleep and the rains still pounding on the roof.

Bit drier in the morning but those damned horns still going.

Where is that bloke?

Quarter past two a van pulls up in front.

Monsieur Pneuman it says on the side.

Bon jour, Monsieur says the smiling Tyre man.

Shakes his head; he's not seen any tyres that size for années he says.

Lots of arm waving but the gist is he'll have to order them.

How long? - how long is a piece of chaíne?


Shall I go on?

And all because you couldn't be bothered to carry a jack and you'd rather rely on other people to do it for you.

LOL if you think that story is bad enough, there is a guy on here who carries a tyre only without the hub and is expecting a full roadside tyre fit service in Europe in the event of a puncture

 

[Minxy]

We evicted the useless Fiat jack and put our 6 ton bottle jack in and a long extending bar, takes up less room too.

 

[busby]

So, let's get this straight.

It's a Sunday in France and you've got a puncture in the front tyre, you've had to pull over to the side of the road just outside Poitiers and you haven't got a jack.

Okay, you've tried calling the Breakdown number on the documents you found hidden away in your garage after about a quarter of an hour of searching and despite you shouting as loud as you can down the phone the bl**dy stupid French person at the end of the line still doesn't understand your version of French with a lot of English expletives added for good measure.

You haven't a clue whether Johnny Foreigner has understood a word you've said and you're no nearer getting the puncture sorted.

Flag down a car?

Yes, and pigs will fly!

Kick the tyre again.

SWMBO offers you a cup of tea and a bickie.

It starts raining.

Cars pipping you as they go past your Motorhome, narrowly missing it and you dare not open the habitation door 'cos you've got a British made vehicle and you'd be stepping out into the road.

Half an hour and a bit of luck at last.

A Motorhome with the type of number plate you recognise pulls up and offers to help.

What, the bl**dy fool hasn't got a jack either!

“He's no help, is he?” you whisper to the wife.

He does offer to go to the nearest tyre depot next morning for you and see if they can come out and help you.

Tomorrow?

Yep, every-where's shut, Sunday isn't it!

Okay mate, that would be great, see you sometime tomorrow.

Hells bells, hour after hour stuck at the side of the road, car horns sounding off all day and night, hardly any sleep and the rains still pounding on the roof.

Bit drier in the morning but those damned horns still going.

Where is that bloke?

Quarter past two a van pulls up in front.

Monsieur Pneuman it says on the side.

Bon jour, Monsieur says the smiling Tyre man.

Shakes his head; he's not seen any tyres that size for années he says.

Lots of arm waving but the gist is he'll have to order them.

How long? - how long is a piece of chaíne?


Shall I go on?

And all because you couldn't be bothered to carry a jack and you'd rather rely on other people to do it for you.

Most sense i have heard for a long time,,and if its Bastille day on either the sat or mon ,,well you will have a very long wait,,BUSBY,,,

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[busby]

I dont carry a jack. I cant see the point. I have a mobile phone.

Thats ok in Skegness,,BUSBY

 

[wigster]

Ive got a trolley jack a spare wheel with a tyre and a spare tyre. Only found the big old bottle jack and bar yesterday under the passenger footwell. Things you find in a motorhome .
Also got one of the 12volt wheel nut removers .
not the one ive got but nearly the same. They wouldn't stand up being used in a workshop i reckon but they do work.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

Shakes his head; he's not seen any tyres that size for années he says.

Lots of arm waving but the gist is he'll have to order them.

How long? - how long is a piece of chaíne?


Shall I go on?

And all because you couldn't be bothered to carry a jack and you'd rather rely on other people to do it for you.

So monsieur Pneuman couldn't fit the spare you were carrying? If you don't have a spare what's the point in having a jack?

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[sdc77]

We're one of those with only a tyre. Having checked with Adac they have confirmed that they would send a tyre company to repair the tyre if required. The same service a Hgv gets.
Obviously anyone with a puncture on an autoroute would be in that boat anyway. No matter how many jacks you have its illegal to change a tyre at the side of an autoroute and only police can direct a company to assist you.

 

[Billy23]

So, let's get this straight.

It's a Sunday in France and you've got a puncture in the front tyre, you've had to pull over to the side of the road just outside Poitiers and you haven't got a jack.

Okay, you've tried calling the Breakdown number on the documents you found hidden away in your garage after about a quarter of an hour of searching and despite you shouting as loud as you can down the phone the bl**dy stupid French person at the end of the line still doesn't understand your version of French with a lot of English expletives added for good measure.

You haven't a clue whether Johnny Foreigner has understood a word you've said and you're no nearer getting the puncture sorted.

Flag down a car?

Yes, and pigs will fly!

Kick the tyre again.

SWMBO offers you a cup of tea and a bickie.

It starts raining.

Cars pipping you as they go past your Motorhome, narrowly missing it and you dare not open the habitation door 'cos you've got a British made vehicle and you'd be stepping out into the road.

Half an hour and a bit of luck at last.

A Motorhome with the type of number plate you recognise pulls up and offers to help.

What, the bl**dy fool hasn't got a jack either!

“He's no help, is he?” you whisper to the wife.

He does offer to go to the nearest tyre depot next morning for you and see if they can come out and help you.

Tomorrow?

Yep, every-where's shut, Sunday isn't it!

Okay mate, that would be great, see you sometime tomorrow.

Hells bells, hour after hour stuck at the side of the road, car horns sounding off all day and night, hardly any sleep and the rains still pounding on the roof.

Bit drier in the morning but those damned horns still going.

Where is that bloke?

Quarter past two a van pulls up in front.

Monsieur Pneuman it says on the side.

Bon jour, Monsieur says the smiling Tyre man.

Shakes his head; he's not seen any tyres that size for années he says.

Lots of arm waving but the gist is he'll have to order them.

How long? - how long is a piece of chaíne?


Shall I go on?

And all because you couldn't be bothered to carry a jack and you'd rather rely on other people to do it for you.

No you used to be a truck driver and yes you know how to change a wheel and no you didn't put a jack on board and yes you rely on other people. NOT because you can't be bothered to put a jack on board. But because some are not a spring chicken like you, BUT because they are old farts like me (76) and perhaps couldn't get the bloody spare off let alone change it.

Or should I not have a MH...........

You ask if you should go on, please don't I feel bad enough being old (but better than the alternative) as it is.

 

[Chris]

I have got a wind up torch somewhere​

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