Do you carry your spare?

[LaserBlueZ71]

I am thinking about taking my spare tire off and leaving it at home.

 

Do you guys still keep yours with you? 99% of my driving is all local, never too far away from help or shops. Plus, I am getting bigger tires soon, so really, the factory spare will be useless to me anyways.

 

Thoughts?

[AzDragonLord]

I do carry my spare, but then again I commute over 100 miles in mountainous terrain for work.

[Mikeb52r]

Never thought about going without the spare just to save a little bit of weight. Myself, I prefer to have keep mine for the extra security. Easier to change the tire myself than to pay someone else.

 

Besides, when I worked in a tire shop, a guy brought in a really nice truck that was low on air. Long story short, I ended up changing his tire for him because he either didn't know how, or was just too lazy to do it. His girl friend wasn't too impressed, neither was I....

[waumo1]

Yes I carry the spare. However if it was useless, I would not carry it, I would carry plug kit, pump, etc like I do in the Challenger which has no spare.

[8.1HD/ALLISON]

Always carry a spare. And jumper cables too. Even if you have larger tires, you can put a stock size on front to limp down the road if needed. So long as you dont lock in 4wd.

[RyanbabZ71]

Yes and a 4 ton jack

 

 

 

Ryan

[kstruckcountry]

I see no reason not to... The .01% of the time you need it, you may really need it.

[Daryl LBZ]

Always have, always will. I like the old saying better to be safe than sorry.

[j-ten-ner]

The fuel savings or .02 sec better acceleration aren't worth to be stranded w/o a spare tire.

And as far as my experience goes...one will have a flat when least expected and no one is around.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

[MikeNH]

I can't think of a single real benefit to ditching the spare. It's not heavy enough to see any real gains in power or efficiency.

[Silverado4x4]

The fuel savings or .02 sec better acceleration aren't worth to be stranded w/o a spare tire.

And as far as my experience goes...one will have a flat when least expected and no one is around.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

 

Plus as soon as you take it off you will have a flat and your cell phone battery will be dead. That is just the way it works.

[Imcrazy]

I'd never consider taking mine off.... Its cheap insurance.

[02suburbanZ71]

Isn't it also near impossible to get the spare tire off?

[Imcrazy]

Isn't it also near impossible to get the spare tire off?

No it's easy as pie

[02suburbanZ71]

No it's easy as pie

I thought people were having problems with 99-06 spares not releasing from under the vehicle due to a stuck cable or rust