Spare motor home wheel and tyre

Ah  yes,  that  takes  me  back  to  the  glories  of  a  Bay Window  VW  !!  Mine  had  the  spare  inside  alongside  the  bed  !  Took  me  all  of  2  nights  of  my  first  holiday  to  work  out  where  it  belonged.  One  bracket,  four  bolts ( I think )  and  a  steady  hand  with  a  drill.  And  there  it  was  A  Front  Mounted  Secondary  Bumper  !

Oh  for  those  simple  days  !!

Luckily, our MH had a towbar and we were able to have a bracket made to fit the towbar, HBW, so the wheel was carried against the rear wall of the MH. Again, weight was a consideration.

just out of interest  but I never gave it a second thought and just assumed that all MHs had a spare so interested to find out this wasn't the case. How many do and how many don't? It appears from the replies that many want one? Also do people carry inflation kits? And if you had a spare I would imagine it's quite difficult to use a jack because of the weight? Some caravaners myself included, have ditched the screw up one and carry a hydraulic jack (in the car), do you do the same?

The supply of a spare wheel varies, Corners. Our current Peugeot has one which winds down. It is the original Pug chassis with no bolt on Alko extension. A previous Fiat, 10 years ago and almost it’s brother, with the Alko extension chassis also had one in an underslung carrier which bottomed on a ramp.

Our Merc on the original Sprinter chassis had no spare but came with a compressor and can of goo. However, later models had a spare wheel.

Sometimes, it depends on the chassis as the Alko may not leave space for a spare and, similarly, the placement of underslung tanks may intrude into the required space. Also, it became fashionable some years back not to have spare wheels on anything. Fleet operators of panel vans may not want spares as they could find it more cost effective to send a rescue crew out to white van man if he gets a puncture. Therefore spare wheels may not be standard on the very same vans on which MHs are built.

I have had two compressors in MHs and neither proved capable of reaching a high enough pressure for the requirements of the MH.😤

Due to the weight of the wheel and difficulty of changing at the roadside, it will be RAC Arrival for us in the event of a puncture and hydraulic or trolley jacks are surely the way to go.

thanks TW

Similar to  our  Cornish  Friend,***  my  Ducato  has  the  wind  down  spare  which  I  will  rely  on  Green  Flag  to  reach  &  fit  should  one  of  my  wheels  need  attention  --  I'm  regularly  told  "yer  too  old  n  K######ed  to  do  such  things  yersen"   !!

As  for  the  inflation  I  use  a  Halfords  12v  jobbie  which  does  ok,  only  takes  about  two  to  three  mins  to inflate  to  65p.s.i.  but  will  stop  automatically  when  it  reaches  that.  It  also  stops  if  I  try  to  inflate  more  than  2 to  that  pressure  without  giving  it  a  rest  !!

***  Have  to  be  careful  with  TW,  'cos  I  did  threaten  him  with  my  company (  )  this  year  &  I'll  be  darn  sarf  wes'  twice  this  year  and  he  might  get  the  Border  Patrol  out 

Like K&M suggests I just carry a spare tyre strapped to my bike rack when touring across the channel. In the UK I take my chances.

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I've got one on a cable under the van. Wound it down to check tyre pressure and see how the system worked. OK in the sunshine on the drive. Not so sure about a cold wet night at the roadside. A Mayday job, methinks.

Oddly enough I've just stumbled across a bracket which fits on a tow bar, could be a good solution when I'm not towing anything.