Thread: spare tyres - actual times you needed a second spare

Originally Posted by jbe

AFAIK, Stefan did Madigans. Not sure which direction.

i plan to chat with him.

I never needed a 2nd spare. I carry two inner tubes and five 15x15cm repair patches these days.

Originally Posted by harro

On the CSR last year we used both of our spares and plugged another puncture.

Made it to Wiluna ok and picked up a couple of tyres there (thanks Barney) but a tad nervous after the third puncture.

Paul.

I agree with Paul, never mind a tad nervous, I was sweating bullets when I got a puncture after driving past one of those signs that said something like 200kms to next fuel.

Cheers,
Randy

I staked 2 at once the other week that no sticky plugs would fix (i tried). Lucky i was less than a km from home, but......

If your non LR rims, changing a tyre is somewhat easier than with LR rims, genuine ones hold on at the bead extremely well.

I did Madigan's with a group and the lead vehicle (a D2) got 2 punctures yet only had 1 spare although he carried a spare carcass and tubes. He'd never changed a tyre before, indeed no-one but I had, but at least he carried Tyrepliers for the D2 alloys.

We did a year of remote travel in 2014 , I carried a spare carcass and never used it. Would be repairing tyres sometimes 3 nights in row but each to their own, I wouldn’t bother again.
Learn how to repair your tyres is a better skill to carry

I’ve always carried a second spare when going to remote areas, but since making the move from split rims and tubes to tubeless 10years ago and running sensible pressures off highway I’ve never needed the second spare. Last time I had a flat it was repaired without removing the rim from the car.

So unless I’m scrub bashing in remote areas I don’t think a second spare is essential, provided you have a repair kit.

Cheers

Steve

Two simultaneous flat BFG ATs on the rear of our D1 towing our camper on a stony road near the Lion's Den hotel near Cooktown, both repairable.