I am buying a new motorhome and buying a spare wheel to go with it. I will have a bike rack on the back, so does anyone travel with the spare wheel stored on the floor inside or does anyone have a solution to the carrying of the spare wheel? I have been told that it is not advisable to carry the spare wheel on the back as I will have two battery bikes on the rack and the total weight with the spare wheel on the back would be too much. Besides that, we do not know where we could mount the spare wheel on the back.
Is it not possible for you to find a blacksmith who could make and fix a wheel cradle under the van just rear of the axle. It may mean you might have to reroute the odd water hose or gas pipe depending on your van.
Carrying a heavy spare tyre inside yor van is not on, IMHO.
Giving a customer a can of tyre sealant is a favorite way around this problem by the manufacturer, a completly useless exercise.
For our vehicle we have one of these space saver spare tyres that is stored in the garage, one thing to think about is "will you be able to change the tyre yourself" especially if its a large vehicle - just something else to throw into the pot
May ask what is the base vehicle? Mine came with no spare wheel, but there was a location for it under the vehicle, all i had to do was buy a spare rim fit with a tyre and mind you i had to buy a lifting mechanism as well for it, its bloody heavy, and it fits very snugly in the recess that was made for it, the base vehcle is a ford mk7,
Yes it is if its a mk7, take a look at the back, at some point you should see a hollow sort of space ie like a doughnut, obviously its round, that is where the spare fits, and again looking toward the back/rear right end chassis, there is a hole to accomodate the winding mechanism for the spare, go to a ford dealer and get the part number, that will help you buy the right one on ebay, that is where i bought mine, half price, instead of the almost £100 at the dealer, also, you may find that somwhere you must have one of those emergency puncture bottle with a small compressor, Please note that the end of the wheel(the flat end) brace is the tool needed to lower and lift the spare into place, please let us know how you get on.
sjr66- My only thought was, that if there is not a dedicated space for a heavy steel wheel and tyre to be stored securely ie a garage storage area, then in an accident that wheel could become a lethal weapon.
If you are buying a van from new and you do find there is an area underneath as op as mentioned I would insist that one should be fitted in with the price agreed, or threaten to walk away, a dealer is hardly going to lose a deal for the cost involved.
If you think it through,a van with no spare wheel, miles from anywhere, the punctured tyre damaged beyond repair, could lead to a very long delay till one is sourced.
I bought a spare (from Transitparts on ebay - very obliging and reasonable, I thought) and for now have it laid flat in the garage and tied down to the rails we had fitted with a couple of ratchet straps (from 99p shop)
As no jack came with the van, only the compressor and goo, despite having run a tyre depot in a previous life, I reckon I'd put the kettle on and wait for the breakdown service to come change the wheel. Wouldn't want the jack to slip.
If I get a generator I'll probably make a fitting to store the wheel upright to make more space. Did this on a Tribby where it just fitted under the transverse bed.
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Excuse my (maybe) ignorence, but surely all the base vehicles are supplied with a spare before they are built. I believe thats the law on light commercials, and they have to be the correct type to carry the MGW of the van. So why have so many of you not got a spare with your new van??? All the chassis I have seen have provision for spare wheel, usually underneath. A few years ago my job was delivering new vans and HGV's and they all had spares, even the cab and chassis, which were strapped to the chassis until built.
Yes they do come with a spare, but it depends from the converter, ie, mine a hobby siesta on a ford mk7 was removed and thats the way it supplied and sold, ie, without the bloody spare, it cost me good money to retrofit one, ok done by me of course, and the parts found on ebay apart from the tyre itself.
Hi wineciccio, could you tell me the exact parts you brought from Ebay as mine is exactly same as your underneath Mk7 but different model of motorhome.
Thanks,
John.
Ps we used to have the similiar model Autosleeper.
Fitted my spare wheel today had all the info and pictures off wineciccio, got the winder mechanism off ebay £60, just had to drill chassis extension to fit.
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Topic: Spare Wheel
