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spare tire

Yahoo Message Number: 8573
Fellow travelers-We are new CC owners and drive to and from Alaska every year. Since we are in many remote areas, we like to carry a spare tire, just in case. Problem: the Toyo we bought STINKS, (literally). I am afraid to store it in a compartment, for fear it would stink up the compartment and coach area. I would appreciate any suggestions from those who have conquered this dilemma. Look forward to meeting you on the road.

Re: spare tire

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Yahoo Message Number: 8576
Haven't been to Alaska, but I do carry a spare Toyo tire. I wrapped mine in "shrink film". This is the type used to wrap palletized or bundled items for shipping. The film comes on a roll about 10 inches wide like saran wrap. In fact saran might do just as well. Anyway, I have seen it at Office Depot in the shipping supplies section.

Dave

2000 Allure 36'

#30444 blt. Sept. 1999

ann_tipton wrote:

Re: spare tire - where?

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Yahoo Message Number: 8577
I would love to carry a spare but can't fit it into a compartment on my '98 Allure due to a support post being in the way! Did CC move the post in later years?
Dave

'98 Allure #30187

Re: spare tire - where?

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 8578
Mine does not have any support posts.

Dave

2000 Allure 36'

#30444 blt. Sept. 1999

tandemsince83 wrote:

Re: spare tire - where?

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Yahoo Message Number: 8579
Dave -

Do you have the great room slide or kitchen?

Dave

'98 Allure #30187

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Re: spare tire

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Yahoo Message Number: 8582
Question: do you plan to change the tire yourself in the event of a problem? Over the years of RVing, we have had a few tire problems including one blowout on a 97 Magna, and a tread separation on a 2000 Affinity.
Each time we called roadside assistance and they brought tires with them on the service truck. When we had the blowout on the tag, they put on 2 tires. How could you do that change out yourself? Dale Hollick

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Yahoo Message Number: 8583
Ann:

I saw a CC owner that had a spare toyo inside a fiberglass carrier on the roof the Coach. When I ask him about how in the world he would get it down. His answer was he would have the 'tire' guy get it as he would not be able to change the tire himself anyway. Sounded good at the time.

He also said that most well equipped RV goodie stores had the fiberglass storage units in stock. (he had the tire only, no wheel)

We too make the trip every year in our CC We drove it for four years in our Diesel Bounder without trouble. Last summer we lost the radiator in our CC due to rocks. The Coach Care folks in Anchorage were great.

Are you one of the CC owners I see out on the Homer Spit every summer?

Jim Cook

2002 Intrigue #11446

Re: spare tire

Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 8585
Ann,

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I posted a note about Toyo tires smelling like sewage and got skewered by the rest of the group. We even had CC looking for the source of the smell and they decided it was the tires. As for a spare, every service truck should have something that will fit with them, but we are considering wrapping one [not a Toyo] and keeping it in the rear hanging locker.
Doug Allure 36' 30929

Re: spare tire

Reply #8 –
Yahoo Message Number: 8596
We had a flat tire on a trip in Mexico a few years ago and could not match our 8 x 19.5s . Mexico, like Canada, have metric sized tires. To find a match or have tire(s) shipped would be an expensive, logistical nightmare.
We bought a used Toyo for $150 at Schwab in Junction City (fortuneately odorless) for peace-of-mind insurance for our Alaska trip last year. CCI used approx.8" length wood blocks (along the bin's walls) to suspend the tire in the 3rd bin. That allowed our 1/2 length storage slide to glide beneath the tire. Its a tire -only, no wheel. The mobile tire shop trucks carry compressors and strong younger men that can change the tire at your location. The tire's diameter is about 2" less than the width of the bin.
If your spare tire is new, it may be the NEW rubber causing the stink. If the tires you're running on are odor-free, you may consider exchanging your smelly spare for one of those you're running on. That would get it out of the bin where the smell is confined. Just a thought.

Don, 36' 2000 Allure

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Re: spare tire

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Yahoo Message Number: 8606
From: "ann_tipton" ann_tipton@...>
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Fellow travelers-We are new CC owners and drive to and from Alaska > every year. Since we are in many remote areas, we like to carry a > spare tire, just in case. Problem: the Toyo we bought STINKS, > (literally). I am afraid to store it in a compartment, for fear it > would stink up the compartment and coach area. I would appreciate any > suggestions from those who have conquered this dilemma. Look forward > to meeting you on the road.
I've thought about carrying a spare tire (tire, only), vinyl covered, on the roof rack of our Subaru Forester toad. While that might look odd on a family sedan, it shouldn't look bad on an SUV (like our mini-SUV), for example.

Dick (& Geri) Campagna
'98 36' Intrigue #10571
Mfd: 11/97

(in Key West, FL)

Re: spare tire

Reply #10 –
Yahoo Message Number: 8615
This subject brings up a question I am curious about. Has anyone actually used their Roadside Assistance plans to have an unmounted spare installed on the roadside and had it covered by the plan? In reading some of the plans, they state that coverage is for a "mounted spare". This is what the Progressive and GS ERS plans have written in them. What are your experiences?

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511

Quote from: Dick Campagna

From: "ann_tipton"

> Fellow travelers-We are new CC owners and drive to and from Alaska > > every year. Since we are in many remote areas, we like to carry a > > spare tire, just in case. Problem: the Toyo we bought STINKS, > > (literally). I am afraid to store it in a compartment, for fear it > > would stink up the compartment and coach area. I would appreciate

any

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suggestions from those who have conquered this dilemma. Look

forward

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to meeting you on the road.

I've thought about carrying a spare tire (tire, only), vinyl
covered, on the

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roof rack of our Subaru Forester toad. While that might look odd

on a

Quote
family sedan, it shouldn't look bad on an SUV (like our mini-SUV),

for

Re: spare tire

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Yahoo Message Number: 8616
This subject brings up a question I am curious about. Has anyone actually used their Roadside Assistance plans to have an unmounted spare installed on the roadside and had it covered by the plan? In reading some of the plans, they state that coverage is for a "mounted spare". This is what the Progressive and GS ERS plans have written in them. What are your experiences?

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511

Quote from: Dick Campagna

From: "ann_tipton"

> Fellow travelers-We are new CC owners and drive to and from Alaska > > every year. Since we are in many remote areas, we like to carry a > > spare tire, just in case. Problem: the Toyo we bought STINKS, > > (literally). I am afraid to store it in a compartment, for fear it > > would stink up the compartment and coach area. I would appreciate

any

Quote
suggestions from those who have conquered this dilemma. Look

forward

Quote
to meeting you on the road.

I've thought about carrying a spare tire (tire, only), vinyl
covered, on the

Quote
roof rack of our Subaru Forester toad. While that might look odd

on a

Quote
family sedan, it shouldn't look bad on an SUV (like our mini-SUV),

for

Re: spare tire

Reply #12 –
Yahoo Message Number: 8619
Jim,
have been there, done that. Recently was forced off the road and destroyed an RR wheel and thought maybe the tire. The Smartire sounded telling me of an RR low on air. Was able to limp 3 miles in the foothills to a phone. Called Coach Net and got the ball rolling. They arranged for a wheel and tire plus someone to travel to us. The repairman picked up a tire and wheel, drove 70 miles, checked the original Toyo tire and found it to be sound. He mounted it on the new wheel, put the extra tire in the trunk, had me sign a bill for $270.00 labor and sent us on our way. Good Sam paid for the labor and we paid for tire and wheel. After returning from our trip, we returned the tire for full refund. Good Sam was great to work with as was Coach Net. The only problem was that even in the greater Los Angeles area, they could not find a Toyo tire of the correct size and had to send me some off brand that would work, but was narrow. I recommend Good Sam highly, Dr. Stan