Why I'll never run a spare tire delete..

[LightRefined]

Well, an hour into an 11 hour road trip from Kentucky to Mississippi Thursday night, I get a low tire pressure warning.

Pull into a gas station and lo and behold, there's a screw poking out of my passenger rear tire. What could've been a much more annoying situation turned into an hour's work swapping in the spare. So glad the Bronco comes with a full size spare with TPMS, it's a huge stress relief.

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[Newbie]

No need for a tire when you can use this:

 

[Lcubed]

No need for a tire when you can use this:

that looks like way more effort than swapping out the tire for the spare

 

[Tricky Dick]

No need for a tire when you can use this:

But seriously, one of these kits and a Trickflate would have also worked here.

I'm still in the keep-the-spare camp though.

 

[tock13]

kinda crazy how that thing went in backwards. I am with you 100%. been saved more than once driving a truck with a full size tire hanging on the back.

 

[lapazleo]

I see more people driving around with no spare jack or anything. Not sure what happened to common sense?

 

[BigHoof]

I see more people driving around with no spare jack or anything. Not sure what happened to common sense?

Unfortunately, a lot of the new hybrid and electric cars have no spare and or jack. They give you a can of fix a flat and a tire pump. Most likely not going to work on a sidewall issue.

 

[LightRefined]

But seriously, one of these kits and a Trickflate would have also worked here.

I'm still in the keep-the-spare camp though.

I don't disagree, I'll probably have the tire plugged.. I just appreciate the reliability of being able to just throw another wheel on instead of wondering if a patch/plug/etc is going to hold for another 10 hours straight driving at highway speeds.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Well, an hour into an 11 hour road trip from Kentucky to Mississippi Thursday night, I get a low tire pressure warning.

Pull into a gas station and lo and behold, there's a screw poking out of my passenger rear tire. What could've been a much more annoying situation turned into an hour's work swapping in the spare. So glad the Bronco comes with a full size spare with TPMS, it's a huge stress relief.

Totally agree, plus I don't like the look either.

 

[Headsong]

Well, an hour into an 11 hour road trip from Kentucky to Mississippi Thursday night, I get a low tire pressure warning.

Pull into a gas station and lo and behold, there's a screw poking out of my passenger rear tire. What could've been a much more annoying situation turned into an hour's work swapping in the spare. So glad the Bronco comes with a full size spare with TPMS, it's a huge stress relief.

Damn screws. Had two within a year, one of them a 2" sheet metal! How did it stick the landing?

 

[AMTRV]

Why would anyone run a spare delete……didn’t know it was a thing.

 

[D-TownBorn]

Are we ignoring that it took an hour to change a tire??

 

[LightRefined]

Are we ignoring that it took an hour to change a tire??

Lol, rough estimate, using the screw jack was a PITA since I could only make a quarter turn at a time under the car.

 

[vzqhsg]

Unfortunately, a lot of the new hybrid and electric cars have no spare and or jack. They give you a can of fix a flat and a tire pump. Most likely not going to work on a sidewall issue.

Yet another reason not to have one...EV...not spare tire.

 

[cbrenthus]

Picked up my Bronco on a Tuesday, the following Sunday I heard something clattering in the wheel well during a drive and noticed the front passenger tire was low on the monitor when I got home. The next day, I looked at my Bronco in the garage and noticed the front end was much lower than the rear than I remembered. Sure enough, passenger front was flat. Not even 300 miles. I was parked to close to the side of the garage that I had to inflate the tire to back the Bronco out to change the tire. Took it to the dealer and had it patched. They did it for free since I had less than 300 miles LOL, but the point is that a flat can happen anytime anywhere!

Plugs work OK, but in my experience they eventually leak, so I don't recommend them unless you're near the end of life of the tire.

I just wish they would put the spare tire pressure on the TPMS display, you'll never know the spare is flat by looking at it since there is no load, need to check pressure quite a bit.

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