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Not to derail what I resurrected this thread for, but actually your comments made me think of a question. The saying of "five spares on a dually" in particular. If you were to use any of those duals as a spare, you obviously must have the inner tires in place, but (and here's the question)...

Thanks guys for your helpful responses, but actually see my last post at the end of page one, which was actually the update to this 5-year old thread ;) http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?55919-Spare-Tire&p=1718461&viewfull=1#post1718461

***** So sort of a 5 year later thread update: I was inspired by this video (I'm sure most of you have seen) of using an old water valve wheel to raise and lower the spare tire: http://youtu.be/atYOye_gpC8 Those water valve wheels were fairly hard for me to find (I just used eBay until one...

What's a BII? I'm envious of your supplied tire irons, my truck didn't come with any irons so I'll have to put something together...

I suspected as much! I'm not too big stacking like that, or on carrying an 8x8 (or whatever I'd need). What if the flat is one of the tires in the duallies in the rear? If I was empty (i.e.: no load) could I not change the flat and just limp home? I can understand that it might depend on...

Hey all! I apologize, I'm still as green as summer peas as owning a deuce is concerned (and pretty green at working on vehicles in general), but I'm just trying to make sure I'm prepared for a road-side flat. I'm just wondering what everyone uses to lower their spare tire with? I saw a video...