Spare tire info

[KS1267]

Hello,
My husband and I just bought a 2024 Thor hurricane 29M. ThisThor motorcoach does not come with a spare tire. The dealership has yet to figure out how we could mount a spare tire. I called Thor industries and they said no Thor motorcoach comes with a spare tire and they had no recommendations what to do aftermarket. Their concern was if you have a spare tire then the consumer would try to change the tire on his or her own. First, I really have a hard time believing that no Thor comes with a spare tire, so is what they say, correct? And have any of you done mounting of a spare tire post marketing and if so, what did you do?

 

[16ACE27]

Thor told you the truth.

For your RV the best (only?) solution is a hitch mounted spare tire carrier.

See this thread:

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/f27/roadmaster-tire-carrier-copy-38378.html

 

[KS1267]

Thor told you the truth.

For your RV the best (only?) solution is a hitch mounted spare tire carrier.

See this thread:

https://www.thorforums.com/forums/f27/roadmaster-tire-carrier-copy-38378.html

Thank you

 

[Lt Keefer]

My last RV, a Fleetwood class c came with a spare. In the 15 years I owned it, I had a couple of flats before I got rid of the Firestone OE tires. In the six plus years of owning my Thor with no spare tire, I have had zero flats. There is just no place suitable for a spare tire on a class a. I'd be more worried about all the automation installed in your coach than about it not having a spare tire.

 

[paulwadley]

I carried a spare on my Class C on the hitch. On my Class A it is just easier to call roadside assistance to get a tire and have it installed. I check my tires before every trip and have a TPM system on each tire to monitor them for pressure and heat. I do have a tire warranty service when I bought the Class A so it is just a phone call away if needed. I also had the Tyron Bands installed on the front two tires in the event one should blow out while driving.

Paul

 

[dkoldman]

I have SOB 2019 29ve that is similar to yours.

I carry a brand new spare tire under the bed. It has no wheel. It would be too heavy with wheel.

I had two flats in 4 years; so I used a spare tire twice.

I think it is more important to have a very good roadside assistance plan. Most will NOT cover the tire replacement cost unless you pay a lot more. Thus I have my own spare tire. My Roadside Progressive does not cover mounting my tire on the wheel, but both times that did it with no charge. Maybe out of necessity or just to close out the claim?

I also carry my own spare tire because I want to know I have very good tire ready to go and not have to pay $1000 for a used tire because I am stranded.

FWIW, if I did have full tire and wheel, I could change out my tire on the road myself if I was in a safe place. Earlier this year I replaced all of my OEM Goodyear G670 with another brand because there was no logical explanation for either of the blowouts. Right pressure, no tread wear, no pothole or foreign object, it just blew. The insurance company had adjuster go see the blown out tire but nothing ever came of it as far as I know.

 

[ADOR]

I carry a full spare tire on my 33.1 ACE. I calculated the TOTAL weight of ALL attachments by weighing them individually. I wanted to make sure I don't go over the allowed carrying weight capacity of the tow hitch. We are below the carrying weight capacity, below the GCVWR with the attached vehicle.

 

[RV Driver]

All you need to carry is a TIRE, not a complete wheel. Just put it in the basement somewhere.

If you have a flat on the road, you're not going to fix it yourself. A roadside service tech will have the tools to dismount the tire and put your spare on the same wheel.

I had to do that once, and even used my own jacks to lift the coach for the repair. As you can see, the tech didn't even have to remove the wheel, just the tire. It took him about 10 minutes to change the tire.

 

[SGilbert]

All you need to carry is a TIRE, not a complete wheel. Just put it in the basement somewhere.

If you have a flat on the road, you're not going to fix it yourself. A roadside service tech will have the tools to dismount the tire and put your spare on the same wheel.

I had to do that once, and even used my own jacks to lift the coach for the repair. As you can see, the tech didn't even have to remove the wheel, just the tire. It took him about 10 minutes to change the tire.

How the H can they do that without taking the wheel off?
Next, you're gonna tell me they can change the inside dually in 20 minutes?

 

[RV Driver]

All he used to dismount the tire were the three bars you see laying on the ground. Once the tire fully deflated, it took him maybe 2 minutes to get the tire off the rim. Same for putting the replacement tire on - 2 to 3 minutes at best. It took him longer to air up the tire than it did to mount it.

If the inner dual had to be changed, then yes, the wheels would have to come off.

 

[BonBonSimon]

My husband built a platform under the rear of our 2019 Thor Quantum WS31. And he plans on changing a tire out if needed. Tire & wheel to be exact.

 

[John & Diane]

Hello,
My husband and I just bought a 2024 Thor hurricane 29M. ThisThor motorcoach does not come with a spare tire. The dealership has yet to figure out how we could mount a spare tire. I called Thor industries and they said no Thor motorcoach comes with a spare tire and they had no recommendations what to do aftermarket. Their concern was if you have a spare tire then the consumer would try to change the tire on his or her own. First, I really have a hard time believing that no Thor comes with a spare tire, so is what they say, correct? And have any of you done mounting of a spare tire post marketing and if so, what did you do?

I believe your MH may have 245 70 19.5 tires on it. That size tire is not stocked at most tire shops, even truck centers that may stock the 22" tires. The "245" rv tires also require a wheel wider than the "225" tires used on the heavy duty pickup trucks and light delivery trucks. Back in 2015 when we bought our Windsport 27K it took me over a year to find the correct wheel for our spare. Until I found the wheel I carried an unmounted tire in our toad. I did not want to wait several days for a tire or pay an high price for a used tire.


Once we had a complete spare, I had a carrier fabricated that mounted in a tube welded to the top of the stock hitch. When we sold the Windsport this past July that same spare was still mounted on the back. Within a month of buying the new MH I had a mounted spare in a storage compartment. Peace of mind!!

 

[Evening-THOR]

For the time where you can …

I agree most of us would like to change the tire on our rig, but it could be very challenging. After reading a lot of comments on social media many years ago about waiting for emergency help, I decided to install a spare under my Class C Rig (16 inch with rim) and purchasing 2 x 5000 pds cissor jacks and a 24 inch breaker Bar : I decided I would try to make the change if I had to : on a front tire, an outside (back dually) tire on my rig if accessible in a safe environment.
But, even if you don’t change it yourself, the person doing it would have an instant fix by using the one you have instead of making a trip to the garage some hours later. I agree, it wouldn’t be just for any occasion.

 

[ducksface]

To all you
'I will change it myself' folk;
If you haven't actually done this in the comfort of your driveway...how many of us think you're fooling yourselves?

If you haven’t practiced changing a tire(more than once) why should we assume we can change the tire based on your consideration when indeed you haven't any recent rv experiences? Now add in 3000 road sharpened pieces of steel cable from the blow out...add the 180°f pavement and the 140°f tire...add the wheel stuck, even slightly, on the hub being a 90% chance of needing a big ass hammer to dislodge it...who are you telling to do this? Housewives and life long cube dweller and totally inexperienced folk who don't even own a hammer? Think of the audience and adjust to it.

I am just asking others because I have indeed changed the tire and installed the tire chains on mine as practice and posted picture proofs of such throughout the years here.
I'm a big guy who can easily lift just under 300lbs and manipulate that 300lb load and I carry a torque multiplier and an impact wrench but i sure wouldn't want to change a tire while sitting two feet off of the white line on i15.
One ham fisted tire store guy ruining a lug nut(and you very well know how common that is) and you're not changing squat.

Punchline;
Unless you're just totally out of funds, buy the spare and call a pro.
The cost of a tire change if you don't have a roadside plan is not much more than a yearly plan charge UNLESS you have to buy that mismatched tire at retail plus delivery and a wait for the store to open.
Towing is a different monetary ONLY bet, but still a bet with odds against you.

If you haven't changed a few rv tires there is no reason in the entire world to believe you can.


It's just a spare tire.
Find room for one in your rv.
Call a pro if you can.
Practice pulling an inside dual if you think you'll be doing it yourself.

 

[dkoldman]

To all you
'I will change it myself' folk;
If you haven't actually done this in the comfort of your driveway...how many of us think you're fooling yourselves?

If you haven’t practiced changing a tire(more than once) why should we assume we can change the tire based on your consideration when indeed you haven't any recent rv experiences? Now add in 3000 road sharpened pieces of steel cable from the blow out...add the 180°f pavement and the 140°f tire...add the wheel stuck, even slightly, on the hub being a 90% chance of needing a big ass hammer to dislodge it...who are you telling to do this? Housewives and life long cube dweller and totally inexperienced folk who don't even own a hammer? Think of the audience and adjust to it.

I am just asking others because I have indeed changed the tire and installed the tire chains on mine as practice and posted picture proofs of such throughout the years here.
I'm a big guy who can easily lift just under 300lbs and manipulate that 300lb load and I carry a torque multiplier and an impact wrench but i sure wouldn't want to change a tire while sitting two feet off of the white line on i15.
One ham fisted tire store guy ruining a lug nut(and you very well know how common that is) and you're not changing squat.

Punchline;
Unless you're just totally out of funds, buy the spare and call a pro.
The cost of a tire change if you don't have a roadside plan is not much more than a yearly plan charge UNLESS you have to buy that mismatched tire at retail plus delivery and a wait for the store to open.
Towing is a different monetary ONLY bet, but still a bet with odds against you.

If you haven't changed a few rv tires there is no reason in the entire world to believe you can.


It's just a spare tire.
Find room for one in your rv.
Call a pro if you can.
Practice pulling an inside dual if you think you'll be doing it yourself.

Not that you need proof or little ole me to say you are right, but for those that read and wonder.

When we had our 2nd blowout, Progressive had failed us 3 times by having professionals that showed up and all decline to do the job for their own reasons ranging from not having a jack to not being able to mount a tire on the existing wheel.

So eventually they ask me if I could find someone. I made one phone call and found an outfit 10 minutes away. It was a Mobile Tire Service with all the equipment inside their van.

So the guy come by and he could not get the lugs off. None of them? Huge compressor. I tried to look over his shoulder as he struggled, but I was already tired. Eventually he came to me to say he had called his supervisor and they were sending a 2nd truck that had a bigger compressor. It was going to be a hour wait I am thinking I removed a tire with my 1 gallon Makita to add a new valve stem on an inside. FWIW my Makita was onboard so I asked about his impact tool? He showed it to me and I immediately see where it had the dots that equate to low med high. I told the guy that when I used my compressor I had to set on the 3 dots. His was set on 1 dot. He changed to 3 dots and it came off like butter. So he had the tire off by the time the 2nd truck arrived.

I would later call this same company and spoke with same guy that did not know how set the impact driver to come by my house and install the 5 new tires I bought when I had reached my limit with Goodyear RV670s. I worked with the guy and got it all done at half the quoted prices from Goodyear or Discount Tire.

Even though I have my compressor, I don't carry my impact driver, so I could not replace on road anyway. My tire by itself was 75lbs. I am sure my wife could not get it out from underneath the bed. When I took one rear tire off for a new extender, It took me a good 10 minutes before I was able to successfully lift and get the wheel/tire back on the studs. I consider myself strong, but error related to perhaps not knowing how to do so? Anyway I would never try to do on my on. I have very good insurance. My focus is on better rated tires not some common household name and the 50/50 notion that it may actually be made in USA? If you buy from an American company, why should where it is made matter?

 

[ducksface]

18v ryobi impact.
For me
And
To negate the professional guys deficiency if need be.

 

[dkoldman]

18v ryobi impact.

I have the Earthquake XT works really well. Not sure what he had but it had similar settings. The guy was obviously not use to working with truck tires. I bet he never makes that mistake again, but it just shows the type of struggle a newbie DIY's er can have.

Other thing I would throw out, some will argue till you turn blue about never to use hydraulic jacks to lift the RV to change flats, and I am willing to bet good money some of the same folks will tell that it is okay if you level and one or two tires off the ground :whistling:

Dumb me break both rules.

I will lift tires to remove using jacks and I see that a tire is raised after leveling, I will put it back down move a foot forward or backward and place my leveling bocks or wood in the previous spot and drive up on it and relevel. I figure I have bought / made those leveling blocks so I starve to be able to use, it may be my sugar pill but I ain't on a diet

 

[duhaimeadventures]

Sometime before we bought our rig from my aunt and uncle, they had a spare tire mounted beneath the rig in the rear. There is a crank in the rear drivers storage bay. I can't crawl under there to see how it's mounted. But it can be done. I wish I could be of more help. For reference we have a 2011 Hurricane 32A.

Hello,
My husband and I just bought a 2024 Thor hurricane 29M. ThisThor motorcoach does not come with a spare tire. The dealership has yet to figure out how we could mount a spare tire. I called Thor industries and they said no Thor motorcoach comes with a spare tire and they had no recommendations what to do aftermarket. Their concern was if you have a spare tire then the consumer would try to change the tire on his or her own. First, I really have a hard time believing that no Thor comes with a spare tire, so is what they say, correct? And have any of you done mounting of a spare tire post marketing and if so, what did you do?

 

[Beau388]

[snip]
Punchline;
Unless you're just totally out of funds, buy the spare and call a pro.
The cost of a tire change if you don't have a roadside plan is not much more than a yearly plan charge UNLESS you have to buy that mismatched tire at retail plus delivery and a wait for the store to open.
Towing is a different monetary ONLY bet, but still a bet with odds against you.

If you haven't changed a few rv tires there is no reason in the entire world to believe you can.


It's just a spare tire.
Find room for one in your rv.
Call a pro if you can.
Practice pulling an inside dual if you think you'll be doing it yourself.

Well said.:bow::bow:

 

[Roadman-THOR]

I carry a full spare tire on my 33.1 ACE. I calculated the TOTAL weight of ALL attachments by weighing them individually. I wanted to make sure I don't go over the allowed carrying weight capacity of the tow hitch. We are below the carrying weight capacity, below the GCVWR with the attached vehicle.

I have the same setup.