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Originally Posted by Chuck v
Wayne,
Where will you carry and store a spare of this size? I know that as a senior citizen I would never be able to handle a wheel and tire of this size on the side of the road myself, so I always had the RV coverage adder on my AAA card. What jack do you plan to use to enable changing a tire on the road and where would you carry that?
I used to have a spare tire and wheel for my small travel trailer and even had to put it into service once, but that was an automotive sized assembly on a 15 inch rim -- and even then it was no picnic on the edge of the highway.
I watched as the commercial tire service replaced my 6 tires with new 22.5 inch monsters when I renewed the set due to casing age (not tread wear...) and was very glad such services are for hire. If you do decide to carry a spare, please post pictures of how you do it for other members here to benefit from your ingenuity.
Chuck
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As for carrying the spare, I found a mount on eTrailer.com made by Roadmaster, that can slide into my receiver hitch and still allow a trailer ball for pulling a trailer. It has an extendable lever to swing the mount down to tire level for mounting, long enough to reduce the leverage to lift it into the mounted position. As for as lifting the motorhome, I'm looking into a 22-ton hydraulic bottle jack. More to follow when acquisitions are completed. The mount should be here any day...still working on the jack and the spare. I'm told, the spare should weigh in around 120 pounds +/- a bit.
The reason I'm going this route (I do plan to have roadside added to my insurance) is to avoid the roadside hacks that charge three times the going rate and take forever to get to you. Many consider me a senior at 62, but I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in, so not afraid of a little work to save some money. Yes, I will post photos, when I have the "kit" assembled.