The tires were mounted, put inside metal housings with a chrome band around outside. They were in the roof area with the tie town bars. I never inspected how they were held there, nor were any taken off roofs on the trip.stevek wrote:Hi Ralph,
You mention "on an AK caravan who had just bought new units were told to have spares tied down on the roof.."
Has anybody actually seen a spare tire on the roof?
If so, how do they get up and down?
Or maybe it is just a loose tire on the roof, and not mounted to the rim?
Thanks..
That's the best of my memory, and I most certainly would not recommend the set-up.
Personally, I am not currently using the hitch carrier. We don't sleep in the overhead so mattress is removed. With Kim's blessing, the mounted spare is above pax side held in place with nylon ties to lag screw eye-bolts.
One needs to not put the eye bolts in too far! This helps add weight to the quite light front end.
Ralph