Part of the reason I had them remove the spare from the bottom was that our T@B has the 15" tires and aluminum rims, yet the spare was an inch smaller with the steel rim!?! Luckly I had the fore thought to have them remove the spare so I could examine it and insure the bolts on the aluminum rims would fit in the event of a needed change. It was a surprise to the dealer and me when we realized we were looking at two different sized tires..
Long story short, they sold me a matching 15" tire and aluminum rim as a spare. And that wouldn't fit on the underside tire hanger. So I had them remove the hanger all together.
Now I need to do some form of frame or box mount.
Darren
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, Carol Kelley <clkelley564@...> wrote:
>
> I've decided to keep my spare under the T@B and let Good Sam do the changing
> and crawling. It will take me just as long to do it myself as waiting on
> them and this way I'm not hot, cold, or wet :-)
>
> Carol
> On Jun 2, 2011 9:07 AM, "dar05wen" <darrenajames@...> wrote:
> > I picked up our new T@B yesterday and had the dealer remove the the spare
> and hanger, but forgot to ask if they filled the mounting bracket bolt holes
> with anything to prevent water from working in.. I'll have to crawl under
> and investigate.
> >
> > I got the clamshell model and it did not come with the molded propane
> cover, so i'm investigating a tongue box (Delta 33" model), and wondering if
> anyone else with a clamshell had clearance for the Delta tongue box and the
> Topos tire hanger? Or has anyone reinforced thier aluminum tongue box walls
> and mounted the tire on the side of the box?
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Altenes" <daltenes@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Tropos is the only way to go - a great solution. One bit of advice: after
> moving the spare, be sure and remove the old spare tire mount underneath the
> trailer - it's very likely something along the highway would catch on the
> hanger - not a pretty idea!!!
> >>
> >> --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "jrw136" <jrw320@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I know we've hashed this topic over quite a bit but for those who have
> done nothing now's the time to think about what you're up against. Knowing
> I'll never have a flat in a convenient location I decided to remove my spare
> tire the other day. How lucky I am to have done it in the carport. I started
> off wrong with the first action, I raised the front of the trailer rather
> than the rear. I think it would have been easier to do it the other way. Now
> the lug nuts holding the wheels on the trailer are 17 mm, but the bolts
> keeping the spare on are not. They are 19 mm. It took me three trips
> shimming under that thing to find out. And they must have been put on by
> King Kong. Not that I'm a wimp either, I made my way through college on a
> football scholarship and I had problems breaking them. One trip more for a
> pipe with which to get more leverage. After getting the tire off of the
> hanger I then discovered the bracket was so low I could not get the tire out
> unless I took the bracket off first. Another trip out to get yet another
> size wrench. This maybe could have been avoided by lifting the rear rather
> than the front but by this time it didn't matter. I reckon the moral of this
> story is to do this task at your convenience, and take an assortment of
> metric wrenches under there with you when you do.
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
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