How to drop spare tire on a 2005 Voyage 33V

[Vagabond1]

I have a new to me 2005 Voyage 33v on a Ford Chassis (first year Winnebago made Voyage and used a Ford chassis) and the procedure to drop the spare tire is not in the manual it came with. I called Winnebago and asked the question and they do not know how to do it. The answer I got was to bend steel angles out of the way after removing two large bolts. Then I needed to have a very large jack under the tire which is almost 20" off the ground, then lower the mounted tire to the ground. I am hoping there must be some other way intended. I was reminded that the MH was 20 years old and that I was the second owner and that is all they can do for me. Anyone able to help? Thanks.

 

[l1v3fr33ord1]

Vagabond1-

Interesting... In the past 10 years of reading about Winnebago coaches on this forum and iRV2, I've never heard of a factory-installed spare tire carrier, much less one that's under the coach. The Winnebago parts list shows one for your coach. The Ford manual for the 2006 F-53 chassis is no help, and- as you say- neither is the 2006 Voyage owner's manual.

If you are asking because you are at the side of the road, my only advice is to get some help from a roadside repair service. They should have the tools and the brawn.

If you are asking because you may want to use the wheel and tire in a future emergency, my advice is to remove it at home and leave it there. Then, if you are inclined, get a roadside service insurance through your coach's insurance carrier or through and independent, such as Coach-Net (link here).

I suspect that over 80 percent of coach owners don't carry spare wheels and tires. They are just too big and heavy.

 

[Morich]

I've thought the same thing when trying to help a fellow in a campground get the spare off the rear of his RV! At some point we have to admit that we are not up to the weight!
Two of us got it down off the mount but then it nearly wiped out the water pipe as it got away from us and rolled into the pipe!
At that point it was decided that we were not trying to lift it onto the wheel and assuming we were not going to get the flat off!
Overall, just a bad plan as he had started with checking the air in the spare and found it nearly flat, so he needed to take it to get it aired. That meant getting it into some sort of small car but after we found we could barely lift it, the plan changed!

If you can't lift it, don't bother hauling it!

 

[Winn2021]

2004 Winnebago Brave 34D. I've got a spare. Never gave it a second thought. But truly there is NO WAY I would ever consider changing a tire on that thing!