Spare motor home wheel and tyre

We bought a wheel on eBay, a budget tyre from our local depot and the steel wheel bolts from our local Merc vehicle dealership. 

A carrying bracket was fabricated by a local workshop, a wheel cover was purchased from Amazon and a bike lock from The Range. 

Watch your payload is my tip. 

Hi thank you for the info

who fitted the tyre to the wheel ? 

The tyre depot where we bought the tyre. 

We went in with the bare wheel and came out with the tyre fitted to it. 

As you live in Bristol, have you been to Baileys parts store  

Al-Ko make an underslung frame which slots into each side of the chassis members, providing there is enough room....ie no water tanks etc.

agree with TW, you have a very heavy van (MIRO 3392kg with no passenger or water in it.....) with a long overhang, which is running on the 'light chassis' which has a rear axle limit of 2000kg..

...you are probably getting pretty close to this limit already, adding a 25kg spare wheel (if behind the rear axle) will add about 40kg extra load to that axle.

a trip to the weighbridge (to get the axle weights) before doing anything else might be advisable.

good luck.

Bring back the Talbot Cabs where the spare wheel fitted in the engine compartment,so much for progressive design

Many MH owners take just the 'spare' tyre with them especially if weight is a problem.

If you are going to rely on the Breakdown service changing the wheel for you then that makes good sense.

It's sourcing a new tyre that usually defeats the breakdown people - MH tyres often have to be ordered and the delay in getting them means you could have a very long wait - especially when abroad.

We take a spare wheel, kept in the garage, and wouldn't be without one in the UK or abroad - the 'gunge' option is as good as a chocolate teapot if you have anything other than a minor puncture - any tyre damage is rarely repairable. 

Personally I hate being without a proper spare, I keep looking at getting one, there are several companies who will supply them just Google for it. My problem is simply where to put it when the MH isn't designed with one. I wish you could get a space-saver but quite understand the problem with weight,

You can buy steel rims from places like this They will also fit a tyre. One thing I noticed is that the rim only has a rubber valve when it should really be a heavy duty one.

David