Spare Tire

Xterrable · November 15, 2020

I was under my truck today and noticed that the spare tire on my truck, although full size, is actually a temporary tire. What tipped me off was the tread depth was about half the depth of a new tire... Anything to save a buck.

-X

SPASierra · November 15, 2020

Like donut tires, or any other spare, it is meant to be used for a short amount of time. No point in having you pay for an all terrain tire you will rarely use, if at all.

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OnTheReel · November 15, 2020

Even if the tire was the same, it’s not like they ever gave you a rim that matches the others. Save for the steel work truck wheels of years ago.

RWTJR · November 15, 2020

9 hours ago, Xterrable said:

I was under my truck today and noticed that the spare tire on my truck, although full size, is actually a temporary tire. What tipped me off was the tread depth was about half the depth of a new tire... Anything to save a buck.

-X

I think it's narrower and saves weight too, which saves MPG's. Anything for that 1/100 of a MPG. Add that to the other $5k worth of tech, i.e., grill shudders, DFM/AFM, start stop, air dams, etc., etc., and it saves a whole 1 mpg (I don't really know how much it saves, I'm just ranting).

I think trucks were the last vehicles to get away from a true "spare tire" and adopt an emergency, temporary-use-only, type tire.

All that said, (which amounts to nothing), I don't think many people would want a true spare tire with matching wheel and tire. To properly utilize it would require a 5 wheel/tire rotation. Everyone thinks they're going to do a proper rotation but in reality many don't and the matching spare rarely/never gets used. I see Jeep Wranglers all the time with their matching mud tire and fancy wheel mounted on the back with 0 miles on it, while the 4 on the ground are worn out (all that mall crawling is hard on mudders).

JMHO

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