Spare Tire Cover Went Flying!
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Topic: Spare Tire Cover Went Flying!
Posted By: podwerkz
Subject: Spare Tire Cover Went Flying!
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:16pm
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I ended up on a 3 day trip into Oklahoma and on the way out of Texas on a north-south highway, I had a pretty fierce broadside wind, 40 mph or so...with passing trucks going the other way, and somewhere, out there, my spare tire cover apparently took flight and is probably in Missouri by now! Check those spare tire covers! Your sway control thinga-ma-bob does NOTHING to prevent a case of the dreaded.... Nekkid Rubber!   ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:28pm
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Hmmm, nekkid tire, neet so goot! Almost had that happen once. Cured that by putting the bottom of the tire cover between the tire and the bar that holds the tire. Snug it tight with the bolt that holds the tire. No problems in the last 9.5 years even though we have been through some pretty significant wind events.
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:31pm
Yeah I was in a hurry to get gone and never even thought to check that thing...I was too busy forgetting other stuff! ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:31pm
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Curious as to what the antenna is for going up from your nekkid tire? ------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2021 at 6:39pm
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Ham radio...that's a small dual bander (VHF-UHF) antenna on a push-up painters pole....I had a local shop weld on an open piece of pipe along the vertical part of the spare tire mount, and the painters pole slips down into that, and secured with a bolt. The same idea could be used for any kind of small antenna, flagpole, drone beacon, deep sea fishing pole, windsock, kite anchor, outdoor lighting, religious or political symbols, whatever a person might need....  ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 6:32am
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When we lived in Hatteras I lost 3 tire covers to 3 hurricanes. Didn’t seem to matter how tight I had em on there. After that I just took em off before the storms and put them back after. Duh. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 7:59am
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I ended up wrapping the tire with a plastic trash bag....and securing it with tape and a cargo strap....Since the tire and the lugnuts were so visible and vulnerable, I figured a 50 cent trashbag might keep all the burglars and tweakers and ner-do-wells at bay...not to mention all the forces of nature and physics... AND IT WORKED! After 3 days and a few hundred miles, I still have the tire on the trailer, wrapped with a trashbag! Looks classy too!  ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 1:45pm
That must be a 'heavy duty' trash bag to hold up to all that wind without fraying. Maybe you should get a patent on that. People today will buy just about anything that looks "classy."------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 5:32pm
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Hi from another ham. KO4GOG I have not had the cover fly off. I am on my second one. The elastic on the first one was wearing out, so I got a new one. I still have the old one and have used it to cover an additional spare that was unmounted to keep it clean while it was in my shed. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2021 at 6:37pm
It IS 'classy'....for a trash bag! ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |