Have you ever needed a full sized spare on an 80 series? (4 Viewers)

[Qball]

Do you ever need a full size spare? Well that's the same question as do you need insurance. No one wants it except when they need one. Here is a trick to not having your own, go with someone else that has the full size spare and get a flat before that person. Problem solved!

 

[Brentbba]

Yes - once first morning out on a 4 day Death Valley excursion. Sliced open a side wall on a sharp rock. Mounted spare and sweated slicing another one open for 4 days! Fortunately several others on the journey ran the same size tire if it'd been needed. Given the weight of the beast, a full size spare is the only option IMHO. I'll only run same size as well.

 

[NLXTACY]

my full sized spare drags snow like a plow, the swing arm is needed.

Is that with the spare tire leveler?

 

[NLXTACY]

Exactly. One of the local guys to QBall and I just put 315 Toyos on his DD 80 just so that we can minimize the spare tire issue. If we need spares we can burn @Dr Gil's truck to the ground so we can have four solid spares

Do you ever need a full size spare? Well that's the same question as do you need insurance. No one wants it except when they need one. Here is a trick to not having your own, go with someone else that has the full size spare and get a flat before that person. Problem solved!

Yes - once first morning out on a 4 day Death Valley excursion. Sliced open a side wall on a sharp rock. Mounted spare and sweated slicing another one open for 4 days! Fortunately several others on the journey ran the same size tire if it'd been needed. Given the weight of the beast, a full size spare is the only option IMHO. I'll only run same size as well.

 

[atomicshawn]

3x in 7 years. All sharp rocks to the sidewall.

 

[Dr Gil]

Exactly. One of the local guys to QBall and I just put 315 Toyos on his DD 80 just so that we can minimize the spare tire issue. If we need spares we can burn @Dr Gil's truck to the ground so we can have four solid spares

You suck!

 

[nuclearlemon]

toyos are not immune.

tally so far
toyo
bfg mt
trxus
duratrac
that's off the top of my head

 

[joemamma]

Hit a metal shank on the highway

 

[nuclearlemon]

you win

 

[bdac]

Once in 20yrs of ownership.

 

[rockstate45]

pic is worth words or something. yes.
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I don't know about a thousand but you got two out of me..."Holy sh*t"

 

[lakespeed]

If you drop down to 305s or 295s, you can get a spare to fit.

Also, this little trick will buy you more ground clearance: