Trailer Spare Tire?

Do you carry a spare trailer tire?

  • Yes

    Votes: 33 84.6%

  • No

    Votes: 6 15.4%
  • Total voters
    39
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Do you carry a spare tire for your trailer with you? If so, do you have it mounted to the trailer or keep it in the truck? I am going to buy one but I'm not sure I want it to get all full of salt.
 

yes in the truck got mounting bracket but will cut down turning radius if i mount it ,,,,so i just throw it in the back of truck
 
Yes in-deed-ee.

Hate to lose a trailer tire and have to leave the sleds on the side of the road while I had to go scrounge one up.
 
Bischof said:
Yes in-deed-ee.

Hate to lose a trailer tire and have to leave the sleds on the side of the road while I had to go scrounge one up.
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Been there, done that, with a 4 place open trailer with 4 new sleds on it at the time.

It was a friends trailer, going to my cabin. At least we were only 30 minutes from Stevens Point where there is a Fleet Farm that has entire spares mounted on rims. We were back on the road witht he trailer again in jsut over 40 minutes. Yes, the driver was speeding to get to the store:)
 
I do carry one on the trailer......Altought I have to admit I need to fix it since it looses air......I will before the next trip...

Or you can do like a Jacka** I knew he had a 3 place dual axle and said that he did not have a spare because if he get a flat he had another 3 to drive to the shop....That was until he got a ticket for riding an unsafe trailer down the road with a flat tire shooting sparks off the rim. Ofcourse he told the officer, "how come is unsafe I have another 3...."

So carry, dont be like that Assh***....

Nick
 
we have always had a spare for all the snowmobile trailers. the open one went in p/u bed. my new to me enclosed it floats around inside the trailer where ever there is space. i am parinoid enough that i carry a spare hub and bearings with grease incase of trouble.
 
The spare hub is a great idea, I was thinking of getting a spindle and welding it to a plate to mount the the wall, then install the hub with bearing packed ready to go, and then mount the spare tire to the hub.
 
The first year I had a boat, we were driving home from the cabin on a late Sunday afternoon, when 10 miles down the road. I had a flat on the trailer and no spare. The boat was loaded with all our stuff from a 2 week stay. Had to drive another 8 miles into town, and hunt down someone to fix it. After that, I'll always carry a spare on whatever trailer I'm using.
 
keep my spare in the truck and check it for proper inflation every time I use the trailer. Be surprised how many people have a spare which has lost most of its air pressure.... a worthless and dangerous spare. I keep it in the truck to keep it out of the weather and to keep it from being stolen. I learned the hard way about carrying a spare, I'd never travel without one.
 
Spare mounted on trailer.

Had a friend that was pulling his rig up to the UP one weekend and went thru 3 on his way up. Turns out to have had a cracked frame but it sure got expensive.

Here is a funny story I had this past summer. I cut a tire on my boat trailer. Had an immediate flat. I was at the launch but my boat was already in the water. I have a spare mounted to my trailer but forgot the other important items at home (a mile away). So it really does not matter if you have a spare with you if you don't have a jack and lug wrench that fits the trailer lugs then it is pointless to have the spare with you.
 
I always have a spare with me for trailers along with a + tire iron.....I also through some grease in the bearing buddies every so often that way I don't have to worry about my hubbs!!!!!!
 
I had a wheel brg go bad on my traveling to Lake Erie. I was pulling a 36' 21k lb. boat. The left side center axle, triple axle trailer, brg. failed. The only thing which kept it on the spindle was the disk brakes. I limpt to the Marina to have the boat hoisted off, and launched. Once trailer was empty I simply removed the center tire and drove back 280 miles on 5 tires. Trailer was empty. I can not remember all of the tire failures I have had towing. One thing for sure is to ALWAYS check the air pressure before trip. Replace trailer tires at least every 5 years. If towing alot I change every 3 years. Repack or replace brgs. every year.
 
Also make sure your lug nuts/studs will break free. It doesn't hurt to run them out then back in. That way you know they "should" at least move for you on the side of the road. It's no guarantee, but a spare does you no good if you can't get the old wheel off....
 
Always carry a spare and tools to change it. Never want my chit sitting on the road side while I go look for a spare. Usually goes in the back of the truck under the cover to keep it out of the weather and out of site from the "bad guys" (thieves) when using the open trailer. We have one mounted on the top of the wall inside the enclosed trailer. Keep the bearings lubed as well. Just remember when truck is traveling at 70 mph those trailer tires are going much, much faster due to size. Really giving those bearings a work out. -Ed
 
alswagg said:
The spare hub is a great idea, I was thinking of getting a spindle and welding it to a plate to mount the the wall, then install the hub with bearing packed ready to go, and then mount the spare tire to the hub.
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The spare hub is a great idea. Or having a spare pre lubed bearing set in the toolbox is a great idea as well. I don't travel anywhere with my boat without the sopare bearing set all ready to install, in addition to the spare tire and wheel.

Bearings for boats seem to go more often due to the heat in summer, and constant dunking in water, despite frequent use of the bearing buddy and forcing any water out.
 
I carry a spare and hub loaded (bearings, studs, nuts, washer, axle nut, grease cap)
I sell alot of my customers loaded hubs for spares, even if they have brakes.
The hub is cheaper and smaller to carry than a brake drum!
 
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