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Still trying to figure out if adding a spare wheel is worth the money & weight. So, being a Risk Management engineer (yeah, I know.....) if any of you would care to offer the following info, I would greatly appreciate it.
a) How many punctures have you experienced in your motorhome ?
b) Can you give an approx. year for each puncture?
c) Can you remember if the puncture was so bad that this modern injection goo stuff wouldn't have worked.
d) In total, (roughly) how many years have you been actively motorhoming?
e) In total, (roughly) how many miles have you clocked up motorhoming ?
An example answer would be:
a) 3 punctures.
b) They happened in 1970's, 1990(ish), last year.
c) 1 was minor (in the tread) but the other two were bad, side wall punctures.
c) 1970 till now with a 10 year break, so about 29 years in total.
d) About 2000 miles per year, so about 70k miles in total.
With this info I can work out the probability of suffering a serious puncture and then do a cost/benefit analysis against the cost of a spare, the effect of lugging all that weight around and the consequences of not having one !
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I know it sounds long winded but if I can get a reasonable number of contributers, it'll make for a valid statistical survey. I'll write up the results for the M'home magazines and give the Forum a mention.
Note: It's also important that I get contributions from people who have never had punctures !!
Thanks
Angus
a) How many punctures have you experienced in your motorhome ?
b) Can you give an approx. year for each puncture?
c) Can you remember if the puncture was so bad that this modern injection goo stuff wouldn't have worked.
d) In total, (roughly) how many years have you been actively motorhoming?
e) In total, (roughly) how many miles have you clocked up motorhoming ?
An example answer would be:
a) 3 punctures.
b) They happened in 1970's, 1990(ish), last year.
c) 1 was minor (in the tread) but the other two were bad, side wall punctures.
c) 1970 till now with a 10 year break, so about 29 years in total.
d) About 2000 miles per year, so about 70k miles in total.
With this info I can work out the probability of suffering a serious puncture and then do a cost/benefit analysis against the cost of a spare, the effect of lugging all that weight around and the consequences of not having one !
.
I know it sounds long winded but if I can get a reasonable number of contributers, it'll make for a valid statistical survey. I'll write up the results for the M'home magazines and give the Forum a mention.
Note: It's also important that I get contributions from people who have never had punctures !!
Thanks
Angus