Thread: Carry a spare wheel on your trailer? Yes or no...

My trailer has different wheels to the Disco.

My camper carries two spare wheels, second spare for the car and one for the trailer.

Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

I'm in the middle of a touring off road camper trailer build.
It will eventually be our base going around Australia but that will be in a few years. Till then it will be used for weekends away and the occasional week or so here and there. The trailer will be running the same wheels as the Puma 110 and in the interest of keeping the trailer weight down I'm wanting to carry just one spare to cover both the car and trailer.

What would you do?

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Ive been drawing up plans to use a Military 3/4 ton trailer as the base of my Camp Trailer when we visit Australia. Those plans include two spares mounted on the trailer. Same rims and tires as on the Perentie/trailer (tubeless steel wheels with 255/85R16 Toyo MTs). I will have 3 spares all together. Going anywhere off road with no spare is begging for trouble. Murphy is a bitch and will take advantage of your ignorance every time she can. Remember this. Proper Prior Planning Prevents **** Poor Performance. (the 7 Ps). A spare is worth its weight in Gold when you need it.


On another note. When I worked in Nevada for Nevada Bell I had a 3/4 ton work truck. They had installed a new utility bed on her. I checked the spare to make sure it had air in it and was as good as new. Well going through the sage brush a few months later on a very remote track (no one around for 200 miles) I had a sidewall puncture. A real bad tear. No problem. Pull all the kit out to lower the tire and change the flat. I then discovered that when they installed the utility bed they had covered the hole you access to lower the rear tire. SO plan B. Plug the tire and re inflate. 10 plugs later I was headed back down the road. about 100 miles from town all the plugs came out in a single blob flew up and forward then flew back into my windshield. Tire lost all air instantly. Again jacked up the tire and used some new plugs and some old ones (glad the plugs didn't fly out off the road) Again back on the road. Repeated whole process again. many hours later I come crawling into town. Not a very pleasant day to say the least. MY POINT IS going into the bush with no spare and or even one spare and a plug kit is not a good idea. Most likely you wont have a problem. BUT when you do Its a real problem. If you have your family with you its down right dangerous. A plugged tire is not a safe tire. If you put a nail in it then no big deal. But if you tear the side wall or what ever then you really need a real spare tire to be safe.

Along with a pump and all the necessary repair gear I also carry an assortment of large self tappers. They are great for a quick roadside fix if you have picked up a nail/piece of wire or similar through the tire tread. When you camp that night or get into town you can do the correct repair that is needed.
Cheers, Mick.

Two spares on the trailer, plus one on the roof of the P38. All P38/D2 rims so totally interchangeable...

Originally Posted by alittlebitconcerned

I will get to that eventually but first I'll have to get something worth photgraphing. Soon I hope.

hows that photograph coming along?

no pressure---

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

hows that photograph coming along?

no pressure---

Still nothing worth posting!
I swapped chassis platforms yesterday when I bough a Cooks army trailer to use instaed of the no5 I already have. Comes with handbreak, disc brakes, stabilizing legs, same track width as the 110, and tows much much better.

Having changed platforms I now have to do some redesigning so photo's wont be for awhile.