Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
Hey Guys, I was pulling a trailer, hit a small bump entering my long
driveway and saw something in the rear view, a tire sitting
in the driveway apron. Whoa! Somebody lost a tire. Looked closer,
it was MY spare tire. Looked at the winch, it was still cranked
all the way up, the little cradle was ok. So whats up with this? If the thing
had bombed away at highway speed it may not have been good for me
or anyone else. My theory is, it rattled the cradle loose form the spare
tire hub due to a small amount of slack in the winch, maybe an inch, and because I run air springs to tow a dump trailer, it STUDDERED the cradle loose from the tire. Not wanting a repeat, I drilled two little 1/4" holes in the cradle and tyrapped the thing to the wheel hub, won't happen again
to me! You may want to check your setup, my rig is a 94 4x4 with the
stock 245/75/16 spare & steel wheel.
driveway and saw something in the rear view, a tire sitting
in the driveway apron. Whoa! Somebody lost a tire. Looked closer,
it was MY spare tire. Looked at the winch, it was still cranked
all the way up, the little cradle was ok. So whats up with this? If the thing
had bombed away at highway speed it may not have been good for me
or anyone else. My theory is, it rattled the cradle loose form the spare
tire hub due to a small amount of slack in the winch, maybe an inch, and because I run air springs to tow a dump trailer, it STUDDERED the cradle loose from the tire. Not wanting a repeat, I drilled two little 1/4" holes in the cradle and tyrapped the thing to the wheel hub, won't happen again
to me! You may want to check your setup, my rig is a 94 4x4 with the
stock 245/75/16 spare & steel wheel.
