Rene T
Site Team
Had to go to New Port Richey to pick up a fifth wheel for a friend of mine. It was a 2006. The first thing I did was check the tire date codes. They were all manufactured in 2005. Even the spare. The spare had a steel cable wrapped around it with a padlock on it. Off course, no key. We started cutting the cable with a small hacksaw but that was useless. The frame holding the spare was quite rusty and I was afraid the tire may fall off while traveling down the road so I decided to leave the cable attached. We drove all the way back to Lakeland FL using mostly State/County roads to stay off the major roads like I-75 and I-4. I didn't dare go over 45 MPH. And we made it. My fingers were crossed the entire way. That as a nerve racking drive. It took us 2 hours where it should have been a little over 1 hour.