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Old 17 Jun 2007
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second spare wheel?

i'm looking for opinons on taking a second spare wheel with me on a trip to iceland. i have michelin xzy's on landrover wolf rims (vehicle is landrover 110)
looking through the web, i've noticed that VASS in the u.k do tyre and rim for £40+vat upwards. this doesn't seem too much for peace of mind plus i believe that the XZY is a pig to try and remove from the rim. it took my local truck tyre fitters an age to fit them and i won't repeat what they said!

what do you think?
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the tyres from VASS are certainly cheap. remember though, that the ones they advertise are on 6.5" rims, whereas the wolf ones are 6 or 5.5" IIRC. although it shouldn't make too much difference in the handling.

The XZY's are quite a tough tyre, and the sidewalls are more truck like than car link, but i've managed to swap one on a rim using a couple of crowbars, no problem.
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Check that you are getting a wolf rim as well as I believe the offset is different (I am sure someone will correct me here if I am wrong!!) The wolfs (Wolves??!)run on XZYs so should be no problems there, although Vass advised me that in their opinion the XCL was a better tyre, the XZY can have problems with the tread pulling out of the carcass if they are getting on a bit, not sure how the XCL will fit on your rims though.

I have had loads of tyres off Vass. As well as being very well priced and nice guys they are knowledgable and willing to show you a few tricks (like getting tyres off wolf rims!) they showed me how to do my split rims. May be of limited use given where you live but you may be able to squeeze a bit of info out of them.

I would definately advocate taking a second spare on an expedition. multiple punctures do happen, and it easier to change a wheel in the field than a tyre. It's unlikely you'll irrepairably damage one of your rims, given what wolf rims are like your more likely to shift the earths orbit! take a couple of tubes as well, in case you rip a sidewall on all that rock! It won't be safe on the road but could get you out of a fix.
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wolf rims are 6.5"
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The environment is different, I suppose the roads are alot harsher than Iceland plus you have to deal with the heat, but whenever I travel out of town I take two complete spares on the roofrack.

On average I do about 600km per day which usualy means about 8 hours driving a day and although changing a flat can be a good excuse for a brew up - I like to leave repairing tubes until after dinner in the evening.

My next trip is about 7000km to Zim and then Angola and I am now using a locally made Firestone Stallion (MT) which is 12 ply. I've changed alot of tyres here in Africa (my old 10 ply XZL's averaged 1 punture per day on safari) and I swear by the Ozzie Tyrepliers and tyre irons - sorry to say the ones I bought from Matt Savage just were not up to the job.

BTW: all the safari ops here carry two spares - usually on HD rear double wheel carriers. Make sure you remove the tyre from the rim and clean it up before you leave on expedition.
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Hi Jeremy, in my defence, you had the 51cm (£7) tyre levers (back in April '03!!).
The big macho 77cm ones (£16) are about half as thick again, and more for every day use on big tyres.
I think you'd have been better off with them.
Have a good trip to Angola.
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