Protection for underslung spare wheel

Every time, (very rarely),  I take my spare wheel from the Alko carrier under the van I'm surprised how clean the wheel has kept therefore I would suggest that yours should stay the same without a cover.

Modern caravans usually have mud flaps and these obviously help keep muck from getting to the underside of the caravan.

Hi MeatHome, I would first suggest a dry run at home in getting the wheel out and off the underslung carrier, when I tried mine it was such a messing about I never put it back and carry it in the boot, because in an emergency you need it swopping quickly. So mine stays dry and clean etc 

The underslung spare on my 'van is removed once a year at its service and it remains fairly clean. As far as getting the whell out if I have a puncture, I will leave that to the Mayday operator.

I keep mine under the fixed bed in a nylon bag I liberated from our local tip. Saves the weight of the Alko carrier as well.

If you have a fixed bed I would follow cyberyacht. It will be readily available and clean if needed. Never thought of putting the spare in a bag but doubt it is worth the effort.

It keeps reasonably clean in the carrier but as has been mentioned it will be a struggle to remove and even more difficult to put back. Still, in 30 years of caravanning and about 60,000 miles I never had a puncture so despite the accessibility issue I would leave it out of the way and underslung.

On our c/van the spare is not in the dreaded alko carrier,it is under the van on a wind down cable from inside the van 

Since I bought the caravan, I had been pondering whether to stow the spare wheel elsewhere. Whilst the servicing man was servicing the caravan in the winter, I made a decision, and as he was working in the area of the spare wheel I asked him to remove it from the carrier. The air was blue as he struggled to remove it! One of my (rare) good decisions! It is now in a bag kept over the axle inside the caravan whilst we are in transit.

Alko wheel carriers are the work of the devil. We stopped using ours and carried the spare wheel in the car with the last two caravans we had. 

Having watched my neighbour trying to get his alko off in his driveway I think it would be a nightmare on a motorway 

Just not sure where in the caravan to put it