Hope you guys are still lurking on here. I ended up making a third trip to Indiana from Florida since April. The last one was in September and I stayed almost 2 months. Unfortunately my 96-year old Mom had a stroke, then another, then died. Miss her a lot. Got back home to Florida, stayed a month and now I am on my way to my place in Mission, Texas. My daughter is with me in MinnieMee. Tight quarters for sure, since I have my dog too! I am pulling my 6 x 12 enclosed cargo trailer and so far, so good. Plan on bringing back all my personal stuff and my golf cart.
One problem though, and thought some of you had experienced this. I was doing a walk around the first night out and noticed the spare tire leaning forward. OOPS! Turns out most of the screws that were holding the mounting plate for the spare tire to the coach were pulled loose from the back side of the coach. The material behind it appears to be rotted. There were still screws holding it in and we didn't want to pull, so we first tried to remove the tire from the plate, but of the 2 screws, one would not budge. Those screws were long and I didn't have any long enough sockets to go around it. So we finally were able to get the plate mounting screws undone and got the spare tire off. Put it in the trailer so we are good to go. I covered the area with a plastic cutting mat, duct taped (horrors!) it to the back.
Have any of you had experience with this problem and how did you repair it? I'm guessing the best repair is to replace the entire back with new material, but that would be a job for an expert. I don't know of any other way to carry a spare. I normally carry a trunk on the back Terry had fixed with a custom hitch. It holds all the sewer stuff, water hoses, etc. It slides into the hitch receiver.
Would be interested in what you all might suggest. Thanks!
Dale
Dale Pace
Widow of Terry (Teacher's Pet)
Traveling with Brendon, my Scottish Terrier
2022 Honda Odyssey
2011 Mazda Miata MX-5
2021 Coach House Platinum III 250DT
Fulltimed for 15 years, now living in Florida
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