SAS Solid Axle Summit #7 Official Page (2 Viewers)

[cruisermatt]

 

[John McVicker]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.



’86 60 with one spare under the tail gate. 255-85-16. For SAS I have always brought a 2nd spare (tire only, no wheel) & carried it on my roof rack. I like the idea of a 2nd spare…but I’m doing my best to cut weight…where practical.


I‘ve ruined a tire on a trail in the past but NEVER at this event. Never even had a flat here. But if you do ruin a tire & then have no xtra spare…you almost feel naked. I want to have it…but at the same time I don’t want the weight. I’m leaving my Hi Lift at home & some other stuff I normally carry.

What Say ye??

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

We have a few cool things for the raffle this year. Will have a limited number of these custom SAS Trasharoo's available in Ouray while there.
See y'all soon.

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So rad!

 

[Trapper50cal]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.



’86 60 with one spare under the tail gate. 255-85-16. For SAS I have always brought a 2nd spare (tire only, no wheel) & carried it on my roof rack. I like the idea of a 2nd spare…but I’m doing my best to cut weight…where practical.


I‘ve ruined a tire on a trail in the past but NEVER at this event. Never even had a flat here. But if you do ruin a tire & then have no xtra spare…you almost feel naked. I want to have it…but at the same time I don’t want the weight. I’m leaving my Hi Lift at home & some other stuff I normally carry.

What Say ye??

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That looks like Poughkeepsie
Bring it. Without the rim, it doesn't really amount to a ton of weight but it represents way more than an ounce of prevention.
Plus, you jinxed it with the "never even a flat" talk...

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.



’86 60 with one spare under the tail gate. 255-85-16. For SAS I have always brought a 2nd spare (tire only, no wheel) & carried it on my roof rack. I like the idea of a 2nd spare…but I’m doing my best to cut weight…where practical.


I‘ve ruined a tire on a trail in the past but NEVER at this event. Never even had a flat here. But if you do ruin a tire & then have no xtra spare…you almost feel naked. I want to have it…but at the same time I don’t want the weight. I’m leaving my Hi Lift at home & some other stuff I normally carry.

What Say ye??

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I have 6 tire stores in Denver and could hot shot down in an emergency. I never carry two.

 

[Kleatus]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.



’86 60 with one spare under the tail gate. 255-85-16. For SAS I have always brought a 2nd spare (tire only, no wheel) & carried it on my roof rack. I like the idea of a 2nd spare…but I’m doing my best to cut weight…where practical.


I‘ve ruined a tire on a trail in the past but NEVER at this event. Never even had a flat here. But if you do ruin a tire & then have no xtra spare…you almost feel naked. I want to have it…but at the same time I don’t want the weight. I’m leaving my Hi Lift at home & some other stuff I normally carry.

What Say ye??

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I take an extra spare for the pickup (and trailer) when I'm towing anything or very far from home. For this event we're never alone, and there is always another 31-33" spare around close. I too have not a flat yet in 5 years at this event....

But...no good deed (or thought) goes unpunished, so I'll probably grab a 2nd spare from another rig and bring it now . I was always scraping off wheel weights and "tripping" my spare up under the bumper, so I put it on a swing out. I still have the spare bracket and winder so it's easy to tuck one in there for the trip and leave it in camp.

 

[John McVicker]

Space for the 2nd spare is one concern, me & wife tent camping (this time for 12 days) so it is crowded but i can make the room for sure. it is the weight that is the real concern…this spare weighs 60 lbs w/o rim

This picture is from last year

Also from last year.

 

[Trigger6]

Space for the 2nd spare is one concern, me & wife tent camping (this time for 12 days) so it is crowded but i can make the room for sure. it is the weight that is the real concern…this spare weighs 60 lbs w/o rim

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someone should always have a spare they can loan long enough to get back to camp… that is the most important thing. I think the odds are low you will need 2 (or should be able to find one within 24-48hrs max).

 

[sogncab]

Yeah that’s a ton of light. I don’t know if it’s my eyes or the way my brain processes the really bright white LEDs - which are really the only lights with that kind of output - but I see worse with those than lower output halogen. It’s like my brain can’t process the information as well. The Koito headlights with Osram bulbs I have are in the neighborhood of 1200-1500 lumens each, so adding 4000 more lumens of a warmer color temp LEDs will more than double what I have and that’s plenty for me. Some of the newer LEDs with cooling fans and such can be well above 10000 lumens each. Insane.

As I understand it... Warmer colors mute detail, which allows your brain to deal with the shadows more readily. I'm vaguely remembering a video I watched a while ago.

 

[FJBen]

Well that’s soaked.

Not sure that any redneck 90wt crab-boil will clean this disk out.

That said bjowett sold me one from a 1kd Prado that should work and shipped it within 20mins of me paying today. Should be here Monday.

 

[SoTexCruiserDoc]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.



’86 60 with one spare under the tail gate. 255-85-16. For SAS I have always brought a 2nd spare (tire only, no wheel) & carried it on my roof rack. I like the idea of a 2nd spare…but I’m doing my best to cut weight…where practical.


I‘ve ruined a tire on a trail in the past but NEVER at this event. Never even had a flat here. But if you do ruin a tire & then have no xtra spare…you almost feel naked. I want to have it…but at the same time I don’t want the weight. I’m leaving my Hi Lift at home & some other stuff I normally carry.

What Say ye??

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Leave it! You’ve got plenty of backup

 

[sogncab]

I should bring extra lug nuts if somebody needs my spare.

I should also bring extra nuts if I need to use somebody else's.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Speaking of spares…my son seemed to have misplaced his. He claims he never had one…sure…thank you @2fpower for the rim. Plucked a decent used from our pile and all set

 

[DangerNoodle]

spares? what are those?

/s

 

[John McVicker]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.


Thanks for everyone’s input. Bringing only 1 spare tire. Weight savings win!

 

[Kleatus]

Help me make up my mind please: How many folks are going to bring a 2nd spare tire.


Thanks for everyone’s input. Bringing only 1 spare tire. Weight savings win!

That's less than a 1% weight savings for me. I'll bring an extra one just for you John .

 

[John McVicker]

That's less than a 1% weight savings for me. I'll bring an extra one just for you John .

@Kleatus I’m fully with you on this weight thing.. In the past I’ve never given weight all that much attention…that’s why when I’m fully kitted out for a camping trip, full of fuel & one passenger I weigh in @ 6,700 lbs.

Thats pretty heavy & you’re right, 60 lbs isn’t that much, one way or another. But I gotta start somewhere. This year I’ve eliminated the tire, Hi Lift Jack, last year I carried a spare long axle & some other stuff in the interior have also been eliminated this year.

The Hi Lift, 2nd spare & the long axle, just to name 3 items…I’ve carried for years…and NEVER have had a need for any of them.

So anyway, I’ve decided to quit talking about weight and instead…try to do something.

 

[Yackster]

Hey, everyone you can carry as many spare parts,pieces and tires and whatever you want still doesn’t make it reliable

 

[CenTXFJ60]

I have a camping spot for 2 nights at Ampitheater that I won’t be using 7/31-8/2.
Shoot me a msg if interested.

@orikawa

 

[sogncab]

Hey, everyone you can carry as many spare parts,pieces and tires and whatever you want still doesn’t make it reliable

100%

But, if you've spent thousands of dollars.
Large amounts of time preparing and traveling.

Why not enjoy some security knowing a few things aren't going to knock you out and send you home day one?

Murphy was an optimist