I think he wants to carry 2 spares instead of one.
Unbranded rear bumper - 100 Series ?
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that's stupid, no one should be doing that.
There are lots of places in the world where you’re a fool for only having one spare.
And that place is most definitely OP's location of Portland, OR
If you are a fool for only having one spare, you are probably a fool for using a budget bumper with questionable welds and materials.
That part of the world probably requires level 4 ceramic plates too.... but Portland? junkies aren't using AP rounds, level 3 would work fine.
Portland: I'm willing to bet there are plenty of places that 2 spares is handy.
Speculation: Plenty of logging land where you are deep into wilderness. Let's no forget the "mental toll" of having a non repairable flat and running w/o any further recourse if another flat happens.
Ask me how I know: in Baja 1.5 hrs out of Ensenada (1 hrs mild off-road). Got a sliced sidewall about 11p (admitted shouldn't have run after dark....sometime ya gotta). That stopped our progress and had to plan to run back to town next am. So, that ended up being a 10-12 her delay & end of trip. Second spare would have been insurance, especially if you are working with limited time off. Good news is we camped @ top of mountain burning petrified cow dung for fire to keep us warm.
How does that saying go:
Forgive me for rambling.....
Speculation: Plenty of logging land where you are deep into wilderness. Let's no forget the "mental toll" of having a non repairable flat and running w/o any further recourse if another flat happens.
Ask me how I know: in Baja 1.5 hrs out of Ensenada (1 hrs mild off-road). Got a sliced sidewall about 11p (admitted shouldn't have run after dark....sometime ya gotta). That stopped our progress and had to plan to run back to town next am. So, that ended up being a 10-12 her delay & end of trip. Second spare would have been insurance, especially if you are working with limited time off. Good news is we camped @ top of mountain burning petrified cow dung for fire to keep us warm.
How does that saying go:
Two is One and One is None | The Power of Redundancy
Forgive me for rambling.....
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You better have two extra drive shafts, 4 jerry cans, 15 gallons of water, 2 spare LCAs, a full set of wheel bearings, a set of spare u joints, 2 spare calipers and 2 bleed kits, 2 spare brake lines for every location, a gallon of brake fluid, 4 extra keys, 2 gallons of ATF, 2 extra bolts for everything on the rig..... I can go on and on. "Two is one, and one is none" Right?
The key here is bring a spare for the highly probability failures, don't be stupid, don't be in a hurry, and develop skills to fix what you can't replace....
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Point taken. However, need to consider the expertise (or lack there of) of passengers. Tire = easy, all the above = difficult for Joe average (that be me).
That is not my story and I'm not stickin too it.
That is not my story and I'm not stickin too it.
I wanted to move my spare tire out from under the rig because the most likely spot that I would blow out a tire would be pulling the bead off the rim in a rock garden. How'm I gonna get the tire out from under there when the truck is stuck between a rock and a hard place and I'm wishing I had 35s for one extra inch of clearance? I've been in a lot of spots where it would be super difficult to jack the truck up high enough to get the wheel off, let alone drop a spare tire out from underneath it. Dunno. I'm probably just paranoid, but I like the idea that I can get to it easily when I need it.
Now, as for that cheap bumper - that thing is f-ugly and the departure angle looks like it would be worse than stock. I'd look for other options.
Now, as for that cheap bumper - that thing is f-ugly and the departure angle looks like it would be worse than stock. I'd look for other options.
Now that's the best reason I've heard so far. Did not think of it as I have never experienced it in the mode I travel (car camping....er overlanding).
I had exactly this happen to me in Baja in September, though it was about 6 hours south of Ensenada. I had a spare on my roof, though it was for a 4-runner that was with our group, because the trail was not passable without the extra clearance not having a spare underneath brings. I got a puncture flat on the way in. Then I rolled a bead and sure as hell wouldn't have been able to access my own spare had it been under the truck. Luckily we were able to reseat it on the trail, otherwise I would have had to borrow the spare from the other 100 series in our group. Then, to top it off, I bent my steering arm in a hole a little further along the trail to the point where the tire was rubbing on the steering arm at the upper ball joint, and by the time we made it out, there was a deep groove in my sidewall. Not quite to the ply, thankfully. So I had a puncture in one tire and sidewall damage on the spare I replaced it with. All in the course of about 75 offroad miles.
So I'm all for getting the spare out from underneath, and have a new appreciation for carrying two spares (or at least two per group of 100's) when you're really out there.
Hardest trail of my life. It was great!
Baja sounds expensive
It eats fully supported race teams for breakfast.
