charlieaarons
Explorer
Regarding the one spare vs 2 issue:
on my 1st North america trip after shipping from Germany to Jacksonville and then driving to Palo Alto to store for the winter, we went to Baja. An aftermarket Koni shock froze up, broke in half and one half ate the inside sidewall of a very heavy duty 395/85R20 Michelin XZL. I had only one spare, which kind of psychologically crimped the rest of the Baja trip. In Tucson I found a "gov't take-off" XML, but it spontaneously blew out a sidewall in Saline Valley, Calif. So again no spare until Edmonton, Alberta where I bought 2 slightly used (>95%) XZLs. For my recent Australia adventure, I carried 2 unmounted spares on the roof plus one mounted on the back. I wouldn't have less.
Charlie
on my 1st North america trip after shipping from Germany to Jacksonville and then driving to Palo Alto to store for the winter, we went to Baja. An aftermarket Koni shock froze up, broke in half and one half ate the inside sidewall of a very heavy duty 395/85R20 Michelin XZL. I had only one spare, which kind of psychologically crimped the rest of the Baja trip. In Tucson I found a "gov't take-off" XML, but it spontaneously blew out a sidewall in Saline Valley, Calif. So again no spare until Edmonton, Alberta where I bought 2 slightly used (>95%) XZLs. For my recent Australia adventure, I carried 2 unmounted spares on the roof plus one mounted on the back. I wouldn't have less.
Charlie