I was looking under my truck for a place to install some aux reverse lights when I noticed my spare had a little problem. It certainly didn't look like this when I hung it up there about a year ago ...

 

Weird. How can that happen?

 

There's a blister in the area where the crack is. I don't know the history of this tire (came as the spare when I bought the truck used), but I'm guessing that first, it's not a very new tire, and second, someone hit something hard there sometime in the past. I'm just glad I didn't notice the problem at 2am in downtown LA in the middle of a rainstorm

 

got me a new one yesterday. mine was an old old firestone

 

I need to get a real spare. I often go to some pretty remote areas, and while I've never got a flat offroading, it's stupid to take the chance ...

 

right now one of my old bfgs is up there but next week im gonna be making a 35" fit under there

 

Good find, I think I still got the spare my truck came with.....

 

I checked my spare and it's missing

 

My spare has been flat for years.. I have towing assistance :o

 

And remember to top off the air pressure in your spare.

 

oh ****!!!!! well that made me run out and check my spare just now. I just bought the truck but never checked it... luckely its the same as all the other tires on my truck and still new

 

Make sure you can get it up and down with the winch. The wrong time to find a frozen winch is when you need the spare........

 

Im missing the bar to lower mine.... just been lazy and havent went to a salvage yard to get one. But my tire is new, when I bought the truck, it didnt have a spare so they gave me a brand new tear drop rim with a new Goodyear.

 

I carry two, just in case

 

Jbrew, that's a lot of tires underneath!