burquedoka
Adventurer
I'm going to make the leap to a set of Hutchinsons soon, and I would love to hear from folks with experience with them. I'm looking to see if a tire change in the field is actually all that hard or not with a proper set of tire pliers (like these for example http://www.tyrepliers.com.au/New/BB100.html )
I'll buy a fifth wheel if necessary, but can someone who is not traveling around the world get away with only four wheels and a spare tire? The savings in weight and money, and addiction of storage space within the spare tire is quite a lot, and should be considered.
The biggest draw back I can think of is damaging the cast wheel in the field and not having a spare wheel. Obviously that would suck, but it is a very slim chance occurrence, and like I said, this is not an around the world, weeks from help kind of scenario.
How often do we really need to field change our tires? Not that often, and I'd be willing to bet the procedure of changing a tire on a Hutchie, with the right tools, would not be that bad.
This guy has put together a really nice video tutorial on YouTube to reference. http://youtu.be/d5gJUAjqeWo
I am not looking for consult as to why I don't need bead locks, I know perfectly well the pros and cons so let's not turn this into that discussion please.
I'll buy a fifth wheel if necessary, but can someone who is not traveling around the world get away with only four wheels and a spare tire? The savings in weight and money, and addiction of storage space within the spare tire is quite a lot, and should be considered.
The biggest draw back I can think of is damaging the cast wheel in the field and not having a spare wheel. Obviously that would suck, but it is a very slim chance occurrence, and like I said, this is not an around the world, weeks from help kind of scenario.
How often do we really need to field change our tires? Not that often, and I'd be willing to bet the procedure of changing a tire on a Hutchie, with the right tools, would not be that bad.
This guy has put together a really nice video tutorial on YouTube to reference. http://youtu.be/d5gJUAjqeWo
I am not looking for consult as to why I don't need bead locks, I know perfectly well the pros and cons so let's not turn this into that discussion please.