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[Big-Foot]

Thanks for your note.
I’m in pretty good physical shape and have changed my own tires - even my larger truck tires for years. I do agree that having the RIGHT equipment is necessary and should be rolled into this thread.
A nunber of years ago, I had the unfortunate blow-out on the left front of our 92 Airstream Land Yacht DP. I had been injured in a racing incident and we were on the road afterward. Roadside Assistance from AAA-RV Plus showed up 4 hours after our call in the form of a 70+ year old fellow that could barely walk. He had a cross-bar and bottle jack in his corn-popping Chevy Luv pickup truck. Suffice to say, I ended up breaking out the correct tools from my trailer and had to use the leveling system to get the LF up in the air to change the tire. He watched.
Like a few others here, I rely on no one unless I absolutely have to. Even if you do want to use Roadside Assistance, unless you want to really elongate your downtime, you better be carrying a spare tire.
BTW, the Vegas and Axis use incredibly small 225-75 R16 LR-E tires...