Unfortunately, AAA is only responded to by certain towing companies.
I just picked up a used Gladiator running on 37's. It has the factory spare. I can get a full size spare to mount underneath the bed? It is 37 X 13.5 x 17. I carried a full spare in the bed of my Silverado. That thing took up a lot of space.
Yes. You can even get a 38 under there with a new track bar.
And if at first it doesn't fit, just air it down a bit. Mine slides in there at about 20#.
You forgot to say, "Rant over." ;-)AAA and roadside assistance is unreliable at best - in my experience.
When I was moving to Montana, maybe 5 miles east of North Bend - if anyone doesn't know that's a major metropolitan area - I got a flat on my travel trailer. It took AAA 4 hours to get someone to replace it (my spare also went bad).
The following summer, moving to MT permanently, 15 miles east of Moses Lake (not major but a major destination with all of the main services available), I got a blowout, and again a spare went bad. I was stuck on the side of the interstate with no shoulder, so partially blocking one lane. I called AAA, roadside, and my insurance roadside. NOBODY was able to assist. Not one single person. After 6 hours, yes 6 freaking hours on the side of the road, of a massive interstate, 15 miles outside of a major 'summer destination' lake, I limped to the next rest stop. There I sat for another 24 hours. I guess angels were looking out that day and blew up my tires on purpose because the next morning a teenage girl flipped her car next to the rest stop, bad... I was the only responder with medical experience and a medic bag. She had major head trauma, CSF leak, internal bleeding brain swelling - in a bad way. Took the ambulance 45 minutes. FOURTY FIVE FREAKING MINUTES to respond. This was 25 miles outside of that same town. I never got word if she made it..... Since nobody would come to my own aid with blown tires, I cruised 25 more miles up the interstate to a no-name town with a small commercial tire operation. They had the tires I needed. 6 of them. I bought all 6 and 2 extra rim's - funny, they could help, but the people you give your hard earned money left me high and dry. I promptly canceled AAA and ripped them 5 new holes.
Then, last summer after I sold my truck and the Gladiator was on order, a local shop screwed up and forgot to put gear oil back in the rear diff of my TJ for a service. 10 miles outside of my now small town home (which is an hour from the nearest major town) my rear end grenades itself. Luckily I had cell service. Called my insurance, USAA, to request a tow, back to my town 10 miles away. I sat on the side of the highway, again, 2 hours. They finally called back and said they would charge me $2,000 bucks for a tow because they had to dispatch someone 4 FREAKING HOURS AWAY. I reamed them new holes and found my own way back.
needless to say..... After those events, and after having been left high and dry in a bad way while deployed under combat.....
I have learned the hard way to rely on NOBODY but yourself.
Unless you are in a huge $^&#$ city, roadside can never be trusted to help. Be prepared is my motto - always has been. Often times it results in friends, coworkers, soldiers, whome ever calling on me to assist because nobody else seems to be prepared or know what the &$!! to do. Funny how that works out.
Note to self: Avoid ever driving the Baja...
By that logic, I should also leave my carry pistol at home. Better to have and not need then to need and not have.
It has the Mopar Foxx 2" suspension lift. Will this make a difference. With out a new track bar, 37's should still be fine? I am in the must have a spare tire club. I have driven lifted trucks(35's) or higher for 15+ years. I knew if I had a flat, I was screwed, especially far from home. I always carried a full sized spare in the bed. It was a PITA when moving my daughter multiple times, who was attending college out of state.
Lift doesn't matter. But yes a 37" will fit under there. I have a 37 under there (and a MOPAR lift, lol).
I think we missed an opportunity to turn the entirety of Afghanistan into a big off-road desert resort. Every time I see pix of that place, it looks awesome. I would love to wheel there. Get all those guys to stop fighting over poppies and goat fields and set up some guide services. Its a shame the way it played out.
