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Postby mikeschn » Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:40 am

So Joseph,

Are you trying to tell us that you are almost 56 years old? I just looked at the calendar to see if you put your birthday in, but I couldn't find it. So you'll have to tell us if you want some birthday greetings or retirement wishes, which ever applies! :laughing8:

Seriously though, I haven't bought a spare for the teardrop yet, and now I may just do what you do. Get a 12v air pump and a repair kit instead! Thanks for the idea!

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Postby Shrug53 » Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:24 am

Not a bad idea, but what if it is raining, or snowing, or 110 degrees (like it is here)? It would be kind of hard to sit and patch and then wait to cure and then fill it.
If you are worried about tongue weight and still want a spare, consider something like a continental kit, where the tire folds back and down (on my Chevy this would be to access the trunk.

Or put a reciever on the back of your trailer and get a Universal Receiver Spare Tire Carrier that can be found at:

http://www.hitchcorner.com/trailer-hitc ... sories.htm

About halfway down the page. This will let you carry any kind of spare on the back of the trailer!
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Postby Joseph » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:29 am

mikeschn wrote:Are you trying to tell us that you are almost 56 years old?

Hey Mike,

Not trying to tell you anything other than how I deal with flats. Glad you like the idea!

And the Navy took away my birthday years ago, so no need to look for it anywhere. :tongue:

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Postby tdhombre » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:41 am

mikeschn wrote:Dave,

You could set it on your running board, and put 1 bolt through your sidewall!

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Yo - I didn't even think of that. I'll consider it. Thanks.
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Postby tdhombre » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:45 am

mikeschn wrote:You could set it on your running board, and put 1 bolt through your sidewall!


Duh! I didn't even consider that! It might even be better of over a fender so the weight wouldn't a factor. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Postby BufordT » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:48 am

Don who has a plan set called the Call of the Wild mounted his spare tire on the side like that and it looks great.

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Postby Joseph » Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:17 pm

Shrug53 wrote:Not a bad idea, but what if it is raining, or snowing, or 110 degrees (like it is here)? It would be kind of hard to sit and patch and then wait to cure and then fill it.

First off, if it's raining or snowing, then I've picked the wrong time to camp in a teardrop. I don't worry about 110 degree weather because we don't get it here. Finally, there's nothing in the patch to "cure" - in short, you plug the hole, fill the tire and roll. The actual plugging takes less time than it does to get the wheel off, and as for waiting to fill it, the pump can run while you're sitting inside the tow vehicle or the trailer - it has an automatic cut-off when you reach the selected pressure.

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Postby Nick Taylor » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:20 pm

I just had an interesting idea for the spare tire problem. Carry around a wheel adapter to fit your tow vehicle spare to the trailer.

My 1947 Ken-Skill already has wheel adapters on it since the aluminum wheels are a different pattern. I'll have to look into getting one to fit my 5x100 bolt pattern mini spare on the trailer.

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