Spare Tire Recovery? - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

Gunner0311 · 12-28-2011, 05:10

Okay you guys, now that I have a M52A2 I have a serious question. This has not become a problem yet, but it easily could become one.

Question: If a get a flat tire I can get the spare tire off the rack and onto the ground okay. Jack the truck with my air/hydraulic jack. Use the gladhand air to
power my 3/4 inch impact wrench to remove/replace the lug nuts and get rolling
again...

But how do I get the flat tire back up onto the truck???

With assistance the tire and wheel is way too heavy to lift on my own, so I have
been contemplating some sort of swing-out arm with a winch to lift the flat tire up
into the rack so I can drive off w/o leaving it lying on the side of the road....

What options have you used in this situation?

dilligaf13 · 12-28-2011, 05:26

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NDT · 12-28-2011, 06:52

My plan is to bring a tire hammer and dismount the tire from the wheel. I can lift the wheel and tire up by themselves.

91W350 · 12-28-2011, 07:09

A come a long and a 4x4 post. Run the 4x4 through the center of the wheel and up into the bed. Use the come a long to get the weight up the 4x4. The board will keep the tire from plowing and catching. I use the 4x4 to load deuce wheels. 1100s and larger are too heavy to flip into the box. Glen

Scrounger · 12-28-2011, 10:58

I’ll give you a couple of scenarios and what my plans are.
Besides carrying the usual jack, wrenches and what not, I always have a sledge hammer, wedges, ring tool, pry bar and a spare tube.
If I’m pulling a trailer with 11:00 X20s it makes life “easy”.
If I get a single flat on a drive axle on the tractor or the trailer I usually just run with it till I get someplace where it can be worked on easier., and usually you won’t notice one of them flat until you stop anyway. I’ll keep an eye on it just to make sure it doesn’t throw the bead.
Steer axle obviously has to be fixed. If you are pulling say a M127 or a M129 just use the spare from the trailer and use the tire carrier to lift the bad tire up.
If you are bobtailing swap a rear for the front and you won’t have to mess with the spare, see above about running flat on rear.
If you want you can fix the tire by breaking it down and replacing/ patching tube, the tires usually are ok. I recommend still swapping tire to rear in that case because it is safer to inflate a tire on the rear. The ring is between the tires and won’t go anywhere if it were to come off.

DAS · 12-28-2011, 11:06

here's a tip for all tube tires.....carry a piece of wire to tie the valve stem to the rim so it don't get sucked into the tire and eat the tube up...that way you can patch the tube and use it again.......not on the steering.....old time tube-tire man....DAS

glcaines · 12-28-2011, 11:14

This should be in the deuce forum since you are talking about an M35A2 and not a larger truck.

The answer is simple. You simply crank the flat tire/wheel back up into the rack that held the spare you cranked down. There is no need to try to get the wheel up into the bed of the truck. Don't try using your air wrench for this. You need to have a deuce lug wrench to crank it back up. And be careful that the latching mechanism is actually latching good. Sometimes layers of paint and/or rust will clog the teeth of the latch and the wheel will fall, potentially throwing the lug wrench at you.

gimpyrobb · 12-28-2011, 11:42

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Originally Posted by glcaines

This should be in the deuce forum since you are talking about an M35A2 and not a larger truck.

The answer is simple. You simply crank the flat tire/wheel back up into the rack that held the spare you cranked down. There is no need to try to get the wheel up into the bed of the truck. Don't try using your air wrench for this. You need to have a deuce lug wrench to crank it back up. And be careful that the latching mechanism is actually latching good. Sometimes layers of paint and/or rust will clog the teeth of the latch and the wheel will fall, potentially throwing the lug wrench at you.

What is an M52? I think this is the right forum.

glcaines · 12-28-2011, 11:47

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Originally Posted by gimpyrobb

What is an M52? I think this is the right forum.

I needed my glasses - I looked at M52A2 and saw M54A2.

gimpyrobb · 12-28-2011, 11:48

No worries, just bored at work!