Spare Wheel
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The Alko carrier is clearly an afterthought creation whilst the Avondale tray was a properly designed feature.
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The Alko carrier is clearly an afterthought creation whilst the Avondale tray was a properly designed feature.
I doubt the assumption is correct.
I am sure the Al_Ko concept was from day one to offer the market a modular system where buyers could specify what build up of items they wanted.
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OCSID your probably right but it is a useless bit of kit. Try changing a wheel in the pouring rain and struggling to get the spare from under the caravan. I put mine under fixed bed as close to axle as possible. In 40 years of caravanning have only had
one flat trye - a blow out with a tyre that was 7 years old (have learned my lesson now!).0 -
The Alko carrier is clearly an afterthought creation whilst the Avondale tray was a properly designed feature.
I doubt the assumption is correct.
I am sure the Al_Ko concept was from day one to offer the market a modular system where buyers could specify what build up of items they wanted.
Write your comments here...I think the ALKO chassis spare wheel carrier had a basic intention in that it's reducing the nose weight of the caravan. When you think how in the past the average caravan probably had, in the front locker, a spare wheel, 2 x 6kg
gas bottles, numerous levelling blocks, a jack and handle, and wellie boots....On top of this within the first five feet inside the caravan you had a 110 amp battery and maybe a full 10 litre hot water heater. No wonder the nose weight caused concern and
something had to be done by the makers.0 -
..and yet still manufacturers seem incapable of designing a van with a sensible initial noseweight. How often do we read of members commenting on the struggle to get down to a realistic noseweight?
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... Try changing a wheel in the pouring rain and struggling to get the spare from under the caravan. ...
The same can be said for many cars where the spare is stowed under the back end in a wind down cage ..... that's where my Dad's Kia Sedona spare is. I refitted his recently cos he didn't have the strength to hold the spare up while he connected the wind
down bit. And in a place where it's likely to be ignored ie tyre pressure0 -
I am quite happy with where ever my. spare is on what ever vehicle its on as long as it has one ,rather than ridiculous system that is being employed by some manufactures of "repair" kits ,and Mayday are our tyre changers !!
Write your comments here...Yes, same here, Mayday would be called out if a puncture occurred . The risk of being hit by other vehicles whilst attempting to change a wheel has to be taken into account.
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I think I'll stick with mine in the front locker. Yes I suppose along with 2 hook up cables, 2 Calorlites, timber packing, various spanners, aquaroll handles and all the other things one accumulates it is well over the noseweight limit. But as,in around
50 years of towing, I've never checked it I don't let it worry me0 -
I wont cary one ill cary two
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JVB that looks good! Has anyone done a retrofit for this (Ihave a Bailey with the ALKO carrier). MM, once had a Citroen Zara and agree the underslung spare was a pain and VERY difficult to both release and return. Never had to do it in anger.
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I removed my spare wheel carrier and the whhel is in a bag inside the van over the axel when travelling.
this saved nearly 7kg which on my van is nearly 5% of the user weight.
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The Alko carrier is clearly an afterthought creation whilst the Avondale tray was a properly designed feature.
Write your comments here...Avon dale did
..and yet still manufacturers seem incapable of designing a van with a sensible initial noseweight. How often do we read of members commenting on the struggle to get down to a realistic noseweight?
Write your comments here...again, Avondale did this year's ago, Gas cupboard in side of van, in line with,or just behind axle, Spare wheel set into floor in plastic moulded tray, again near axle line. Don't other Caravan design engineers even think of these
things ? I'm sure that any patents died with Avondale 's demise. Nose weight was then easy to control, and far safer.0 -
In the 1990's I had a Swift Corniche 14/2 caravan which had a locker at the back of the caravan, made just deep enough for the spare wheel to be stored in it. Why was such a good idea dropped and vans no longer made like this. It was common sense, good for
load distribution and easy access if needed.0 -
their was an alko spair wheel carrier on our van when we got it, I removed and sold it, it pulled out to the nearside, when I did need a spair on a caravan ther was a two and half foot kerc where I stoped, so the carrier would have not come out without
pulling to the other side of the road, our spair is clean and travles in the car boot, then on site it goes in the gas locker, their is a propper space between the gas cyls0 -
I'm not sure what others have a problem with. I carry mine in the front locker where it is easy to get at I never have a problem balancing the nose weight up to the max 76kg. The Al-Ko chassis has a place for underslinging carrier and this can be fitted
to either left or right side for continental use a must if you go abroad. I use this carrier to carry my satelite dish which is 1 m in size and fits snugly up to the bottom of the van floor in a foam lined case so we can get all UK channels when in France 0 -
Is checking and greasing the spare wheel carrier part of the anual service or is it a chargeable extra?
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Hi JVB,
I'm not sure why you ask this question since if you ever have to use the spare wheel you have a problem. Take the time to practice getting the spare down and when you do slap some grease on the poles at the same time - you just serviced it
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Hi JVB,
I'm not sure why you ask this question since if you ever have to use the spare wheel you have a problem. Take the time to practice getting the spare down and when you do slap some grease on the poles at the same time - you just serviced it
..I did not ask ,I was replying to previos post I pay Mayday to change ours
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Hi JVB,
I'm not sure why you ask this question since if you ever have to use the spare wheel you have a problem. Take the time to practice getting the spare down and when you do slap some grease on the poles at the same time - you just serviced it
..I did not ask ,I was replying to previos post I pay Mayday to change ours
...Ps new van spare has wind down cable to release from interior
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Hi JVB
It was intended for the previous post or any one interested - sorry. I often see people sat around broken down vehicles including caravans on the road side, sometimes out of reach of phone signals and motorways etc and for many reasons, often just punctures.
I hope you take note of how it winds down and how to service the winder mechanism in the event you ever find yourself in that position on some dark, windy, lonely place in the countryside - hope this helps and hope you don't take offence at the suggestion
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Hi JVB
It was intended for the previous post or any one interested - sorry. I often see people sat around broken down vehicles including caravans on the road side, sometimes out of reach of phone signals and motorways etc and for many reasons, often just punctures.
I hope you take note of how it winds down and how to service the winder mechanism in the event you ever find yourself in that position on some dark, windy, lonely place in the countryside - hope this helps and hope you don't take offence at the suggestion
of DIY. ...At night
I take cover if towing on run up to dusk0 -
Hi JVB,
I detect you are a man of great vision and wisdom...
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the trouble withn those carriers, is they pull out to the nearside, if their is a 1 foot + kerb, you are then in trouble, our van had one when we bought it, but it was designed to have the spair wheel in the gas box, as their is a place for it inbetween
the gas bottles, we soold the carrier, but we tow with it in the car boot as with it in the gas box it is nose heavy0 -
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