Like others I’ve talked to and seen posts from here and elsewhere, I'm wasn’t keen to rely on the puncture repair gunk and compressor provided by Burstner and wanted to carry a spare wheel in our Ixeo Time it 585. There's not much room in the locker of our Ixeo and I didn't want that much weight (around 25 kg) on the roof, so I decided to fit a spare between the chassis rails forward of the rear axle. I ended up spending more than I expected (€330) but think it's worth it for the peace of mind.
I bought a second hand 15" rim and virtually new tyre advertised on MotorHomecraic for €60 (thanks Marian and Ronnie!). I found a genuine Ducato (post-recall) spare wheel carrier on e-bay. This was as new (removed from a new van chassis by a coach-builder - ironic given I was now putting it back on a chassis from which one had been removed by Burstner!). I also sourced the winding tool from e-bay. The two items together came to the sterling equivalent of €70. The most expensive part of the project was to have a local garage (JR Motors of Ballydehob) make up a chassis-member to take the spare carrier and an out-rigger to take the winding mechanism and bolt these onto the chassis. Jason of JR Motors decided to run the new chassis-member fore and aft to avoid the need to reroute the brake pipes running along the inside of the near-side chassis rail. He also decided to use bolts and captive nut inserts rather than weld to avoid risk of damage to the floor. He did a great job and made sure that the winding mechanism was easily accessible from the side of the van and that the raised spare was snug against the new chassis-member and the two hard polystyrene pads he fixed to the floor to avoid any movement when on the road. As you will see from the photos the spare is not flush with the underside of the floor but there is still 10" (25 cms) ground clearance with the van lightly loaded so I think we're good to go.
PS Have uploaded 5 photos but not sure they are attached so may have to edit this post
I bought a second hand 15" rim and virtually new tyre advertised on MotorHomecraic for €60 (thanks Marian and Ronnie!). I found a genuine Ducato (post-recall) spare wheel carrier on e-bay. This was as new (removed from a new van chassis by a coach-builder - ironic given I was now putting it back on a chassis from which one had been removed by Burstner!). I also sourced the winding tool from e-bay. The two items together came to the sterling equivalent of €70. The most expensive part of the project was to have a local garage (JR Motors of Ballydehob) make up a chassis-member to take the spare carrier and an out-rigger to take the winding mechanism and bolt these onto the chassis. Jason of JR Motors decided to run the new chassis-member fore and aft to avoid the need to reroute the brake pipes running along the inside of the near-side chassis rail. He also decided to use bolts and captive nut inserts rather than weld to avoid risk of damage to the floor. He did a great job and made sure that the winding mechanism was easily accessible from the side of the van and that the raised spare was snug against the new chassis-member and the two hard polystyrene pads he fixed to the floor to avoid any movement when on the road. As you will see from the photos the spare is not flush with the underside of the floor but there is still 10" (25 cms) ground clearance with the van lightly loaded so I think we're good to go.
PS Have uploaded 5 photos but not sure they are attached so may have to edit this post
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