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Having just swapped the truck, I realised that my spare wheel is a 17 inch and I need a fifteen. Then I got thinking, I have had one puncture, actually split steel rim, in 80,000 miles and seeing as it was recently am I over worrying? I always have some kind of break down cover anyway but have always held the view that a puncture would ruin a weekend if I had no spare..
yes, twice! Both in France . One was changed to the spare on the aire with assistance from 2 french guys who worked for Michelin , and the other on the autoroute - I tried sealing it with the gunk foam, but it didn't work, and had to call out the breakdown van (I wasn;t going to play about changing wheels with cars flashing past me) - RAC arranged a local truck, sorted in an hour or so.
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Split rim jobbie in France, sorted it myelf.
Valve blew out at Cheshire show after being parked for 4 hours. I swapped the wheel, RAC came out and were B useless and could not put any more air in my spare.
Also had a traditional pucture up in the alps, miles from anywhere, no phone coverageand no people so always travell fully kitted.
I have had a puncture in the van, a big bolt through a tyre. I have Ultraseal in my tyres and although a little leaked out past the bolt the tyre stayed well enough inflated to allow me to drive to our destination and have it repaired a few days later.
I don't know whether to tick the yes box as the tyre didn't deflate and didn't inconvenience us or interfere with our trip.
I don't carry a spare although I know I probably should, Alan.
Yes, both on the rear near side tyres on the M5 going to and coming home from holiday within a few weeks of each other.
I had the off side tyre changed to the nearside when I had the new one fitted, i.e. new tyre fitted to the front, the old front fitted to the rear offside and the rear offside changed to the rear near side.
The RAC engineer informed me that the rear nearside tyre was the one that caused most problems.
The van was a 1993 Hymer 544 and both tyres shredded in July/August 1996. The Vehicle was fitted with Airides from new, and both tyres shredded on the inside of the rim.
Drew
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Front wheel blow-out on Autovia just north of Zaragosa. Oh driving at the time. Got breakdown to replace the wheel, which was NOT originally supplied with the motorhome. Gung would have been no good on destroyed tyre!
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Have you ever had a puncture
. One was changed to the spare on the aire with assistance from 2 french guys who worked for Michelin 
, and the other on the autoroute - I tried sealing it with the gunk foam, but it didn't work, and had to call out the breakdown van (I wasn;t going to play about changing wheels with cars flashing past me) - RAC arranged a local truck, sorted in an hour or so.
