Spare tire confusion

doctravel

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I just purchased a 2025 Jayco Greyhawk 29MV and am confused about the spare tire issue. First of all with it having dualie's in the rear, can you travel to repair shop if one dualie goes flat. If not, then it appears that the rear and front rims are different so one spare tire would not work for both. Am I missing something in my understanding of this?
 
Per information posted on this forum, this is the spare rim I purchased. I haven't had the need to use it. My understanding is it can be used on any position. It might have to be flipped 180 to fit the inner rear.

Wheel: 8C24-1015-GA GRY HA WHT Does GA = GRAY HA = WHITE** [Ebay: 16in Ford E350 E450 OEM steel Wheel Rim dually Accuride 29398 32064 F8UZ-1015-CA | eBay]
Tire: LT225/75R16* [from Schwabbs]
WHEEL NUT: Dorman Motormite 611-127*** [OReilly or Amazon.com]



Product Specifications:
Product ID: STL3872U
Product: Wheel/Rim (Single)
Material: Steel
Style: 4 Hole
Finish: Powder Coat Grey or White
Size: 16x6
Lugs: 8
Bolt Pattern: 6.5 Inch
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I just purchased a 2025 Jayco Greyhawk 29MV and am confused about the spare tire issue. First of all with it having dualie's in the rear, can you travel to repair shop if one dualie goes flat.
Not recommended since you have double the load on one tire and rim. Many recommend just calling road service since you need a high capacity jack and a good breaker bar to do the work.
 
I made a place for spare and welded socket on end of four way nut tool. I can get nuts off with it easy. If you have levelers it will get weight off and jack up with 12 ton little jack. It is easier than it sounds. I am 67 now and rotate my own tires.
 
I have a friend with a Class C who's plan was to only carry a spare tire, no rim. If he got a flat, he would call road service and have them install. He checked road service prices, and said he expected it to cost ~$400, if he had a tire, and double that, if not.
 
There's a vigorous debate on the topic of carrying a mounted spare, carrying an unmounted tire, and just relying on roadside assistance. Search for "spare tire" on this forum and you'll find lots of threads to read. Based on the frequency of flat tires that I've experienced, on my RV and cars, I've decided to wait for roadside assistance. This decision also reflects my age and lack of desire to attempt a tire change on my own. YMMV.
 
Thoughts to consider:

If you carry an unmounted tire, it will require very close to the same space as a mounted tire would.

Not all roadside services are equipped to dismount and mount a tire but all I have used can change a tire already mounted on a wheel.

Many places I RV/Camp are not near any towns or cities and even in this day and time I find myself in locations without cell service which would make it hard to obtain any roadside service even if they would come out to a remote location.

If you have a high capacity hydraulic jack and proper tools (large, long breaker bar or electric impact) then it is not as hard as it may seem to change a tire. Proper techniques make a huge difference.

If you don't have a mounted spare, and only have an unmounted tire (or none at all) and a good samerican (such as myself) sees you stranded on the side of the road he may stop in an attempt to help you but unfortunately won't be able to help you. Perhaps he will make a call for you later if you are in an area with no cell coverage.

My thought is that it is better to have a mounted spare and not need it than it is to need a mounted spare and not have one. I would only suggest to not have a spare only if you plan to always be RV'ing near a city or town with services easily available and even then I would prefer to have one.

Last thought, as most know you should have the same tires all the way around but for sure matched for each side of the dually tires, with that and you don't have a spare and the roadside people bring out a tire, will it be the same mfgr as what matches what you already have? Keep in mind that even the same numerical tire size may have a slight difference in circumference between brands. ~CA
 
"If you have a high capacity hydraulic jack and proper tools (large, long breaker bar or electric impact) then it is not as hard as it may seem to change a tire."

And if you have a large storage space for ah high capacity jack and proper tools. Not commonly found in Class Cs.
And if you have a back that is capable of lifting 75 pounds. Many of us are seniors.
I'll call for roadside service no matter how long it takes.
 
I'll restrict my comments to these:
What Craigav said.
Don't drive with a flat on one of the dualie tires. Very likely you will ruin the tire and it might even get tangled up in the wheel well or chassis.
 
Just an FYI with what I was referring to regarding the use of proper techniques when changing a tire. I am not sure what a class c tire\rim weighs but certainly could be 75#. This reminds me of my first job in life where I worked at a truck stop after school and I changed many big rig tires likely 150# or more and I learned on my very first day that with proper techniques you never have to lift the tire, and the same is true for any vehicle but much more important to know how to do this if you need to change a very heavy tire\rim.

I can provide more how-to if anyone doesn't already know how to do this and would like to know. ~CA
 
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I might also add to have a good long 1/2" drive extension. Those lug nuts on the rear duals are recessed in quite a bit. You won't be able to fully use that breaker bar efficiently.
 
When we had our flat in the middle of BFE, and I found out roadside assistance was going to cost about 3x the cost of a tire, we piled in the toad and hit a Walmart. Their Hyper Tough branded electric impact wrench was $40 and worked well on the nuts. It now rides with us, along with a bottle jack, a set of impact sockets, roadside flares, etc.

All the stuff I didn't have but needed. :)
 
All good info. Appreciate responses. I have been able to obtain a used rim locally for $40 dollars and am going to have tire mounted. It will work for rear dualie but not sure about front. Also need to decide on carrier, either bumper or hitch mount
 
All good info. Appreciate responses. I have been able to obtain a used rim locally for $40 dollars and am going to have tire mounted. It will work for rear dualie but not sure about front. Also need to decide on carrier, either bumper or hitch mount
If your $40 dollar rim does not have the marking posted in the second reply photo it will not fit the front. So if you get a flat front u can take off a rear for the front and use your $40 rim for the back. Fronts have a bigger caliper that requires that rim. Somewhere around 21-22 they went to a bigger front caliper.
 
I just purchased a 2025 Jayco Greyhawk 29MV and am confused about the spare tire issue. First of all with it having dualie's in the rear, can you travel to repair shop if one dualie goes flat. If not, then it appears that the rear and front rims are different so one spare tire would not work for both. Am I missing something in my understanding of this?
The rims are all the same. If you drive a short distance to get the flat tire changed, you'll be fine. A longer distance can destroy the flat tire. There is a higher load on the one inflated tire, while the other is flat, but the tire can handle the load in most cases. Heat is the biggest enemy in that scenario.
 
I just purchased a 2025 Jayco Greyhawk 29MV and am confused about the spare tire issue. First of all with it having dualie's in the rear, can you travel to repair shop if one dualie goes flat. If not, then it appears that the rear and front rims are different so one spare tire would not work for both. Am I missing something in my understanding of this?
The first time I had a flat tire on my 2012 Jayco Melbourne 29D, I did not have a spare tire. Call road service, It took 6 hrs, I paid 600.00 including the tire. Waiting roadside in the middle of Summer is not fun and potentially dangerous. I invested on a spare wheel and tire. I ordered a spare tire rack that mounts on the back hitch from Road Master, wireless impact tool, socket and extension. I use my Big Foot hydraulic jack with an 8 inch wide wood block to raise the coach. The second time I had a flat tire it took me 30 min to change the tire. Is not a difficult task if you are well prepared
 

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