Tire and wheel help

[denmark]

I have searched high and low for a spare tire and wheel for my 1999 Safari. Airstream stopped dealing with their old supplier of wheels and is currently searching for a new one so they cannot provide me with a wheel in until they find one. I have an extended trip coming up and do not feel comfortable not having a spare.

If anyone knows where I can get at least the wheel for a ST205/ 75R14 tire please let me know. The Marathon tire is readily avaliable so no problem there.

Thanks,
Ken

[CanoeStream]

Welcome to the ASForums Ken! Many happy returns...

Colaws is a mega-RV recycling business in Carthage, MO. I googled on Colaws RV and the answer came right back to these forums! If you put 'Colaws' in the search box above I'd bet you'll get any number of responses. A wheel should be no problem for them! I don't know why an Airstream dealer couldn't answer this for you?

Colaws
877-548-2125
10389 Cimmaron Rd. (Right off Exit 22 on 44 .... West side of MO)
Carthage, MO
64836
Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sat - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

[CanoeStream]

You mentioned Safari? Your manual should be able to tell you that you can limp into town at under 45 or 40mph on 3 good tires if you've removed the bad one.

I had no spare with the Argosy but haven't had a problem in approx 2000 miles of towing. The new Safari does have a spare -- guess I do feel better with that quite honestly!

[uwe]

Originally Posted by denmark

I have searched high and low for a spare tire and wheel for my 1999 Safari. Airstream stopped dealing with their old supplier of wheels and is currently searching for a new one so they cannot provide me with a wheel in until they find one. I have an extended trip coming up and do not feel comfortable not having a spare.

If anyone knows where I can get at least the wheel for a ST205/ 75R14 tire please let me know. The Marathon tire is readily avaliable so no problem there.

Thanks,
Ken

Ken,

I bought my wheels here:

www.trailertiresandwheels.net

they have steel wheels also. Speak to Sara, she gave me great customer service.

[overlander63]

Ken, try these people. We bought a set of tires for a 77 Argosy from them, just make sure they sell you the correct weight rated wheels:
http://www.redneck-trailer.com/

[denmark]

Thanks all for your help. Will try your suggestions and report back what I come up with.
Ken

[Action]

In a worse case scenario bring the spare tire. If you have a service tire flat, you would have to unhook, and remove the service tire & wheel. Then drive to the nearest service store. That doesn't really help at 11pm on Friday nite. However it's better than not having the tire at all.

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