Yeah, we thought about doing the same thing recently after a few hours on the side of the road but it just didn't sound like a safe thing to do.  Luckily, somebody showed up after 4 hours.

Debbie

Debbie,

  It was reading your blog that I thought I would post the information to the forum.  It's safe since you had to ride on the single tire for a few hundred feet after your blowout.

Camping World sells a device designed to do this.

You put it next to the good tire on same side as the bad one, drive up on it and the bad tire is lifted up high enough to change the flat.

It's an old RV'er / Trucker trick. I've seen it done several times, never had to do it myself.

I'd guess it's safer than jacking up the axle, I've heard of more people being hurt from vehicles falling off of jacks. In fact my new truck didn't come with a spare or jack, the reason given- GM had to stop providing spare tires on medium duty trucks due to a lawsuit. Now they provide 3 years of roadside service as part of the warranty.

Bear, you are sooo correct there. More people get hurt with jacks than any other. This method is tried and true. It is the safest way to change a tire there is. Jacks require you to expose yourself to traffic dangers and laying on the ground is not fun on a hot highway. Pulling the RV up on a block AFTER you loosen the lugs is safe and it will not fall off. Now you do have to chaulk the tires, but there is no chance of a jack flying out or the coach falling to ther ground. Try it out....pull the tires up on the leveling blocks and you will see it is easy.

Sherri will tell you I don't know much but this I do know....and it works

Joe and Sherri

Just another follow-up to my previous post, is there any benefit gained from jacking up the camper if it is left sitting for extended periods? Such as over winter? I put it on blocks this past winter, not sure about next winter.....Any suggestions? Thanks Marty

A similar trick works for those times when you need to change an outside dual tire on motorhomes or dual wheel rear axle trucks.

Place a board in line with the inside tire only, drive up on it and the outside tire will be off the ground so you can remove it. Be sure to block the front wheels so the truck won't move.

Unfortunately this trick won't work with the inside tire on duals..... 
      if I have to explain why...here's your sign   


Everyone enjoy their Memorial Day Weekend, be safe !!!!

In don't understand why anybody would be changing their own tires when the cost of road service insurance is so Inexpensive.

We've had to use our Good Sam Emergency Road Service a few times now and the service has been extraordinary. They call back when they've dispatched the truck to give you an ETA, and even checked back later to insure that they got to us and we were satisfied.

I've read that there are a number of companies and they are all good.
I'm getting to old to keep crawling under there.

Fred

I changed a tire once on the 5th wheel instead of waiting for roadside service. It was in Bakersfield CA., it was very hot, the truck began to overheat with A/C on sitting at idle and it would have taken at least a half hour to cool down the trailer. My wife is bothered by the heat and we had two very furry dogs at the time, better suited for artic weather.

The dispatcher said they had a lot of calls and few trucks available (sunday) and it would take a minimum of 60 minutes for them to show up.

I had the tire changed in 15 minutes and we were back on the road headed for cooler climate.

You are write I have done this several times aver the last 9 years it works well. If you carryed 2 ft. block rather than 5' would save backing up space when leveling one sideways between tires stright an the outside. I also carry 2 4X8 about 12in'' long will help