csukoh78
Well-known member
Good to know, thanks for the follow upUPDATE on the use of the Hummer spare wheel cover during Winter's icy grip:
I busted a tire sidewall late last week on a high curb in the snowing icy January weather. No problem: I switched the busted wheel on the roadside with the full size full use spare wheel, threw the busted tire wheel and the Hummer spare wheel cover into the bed, and moved on.
Resulting problem: Once I got the tire replaced two days later and tried to remount the spare full wheel in its under-bed location, I found the Hummer spare wheel cover was impossible to stretch back onto the spare wheel. Its flexible fabric side curtain with the stretch band channel had frozen into a nearly solid fabric wall, rigid and impossible to stretch back over the spare wheel. FYI, I did have the Hummer cover just sitting in the garden by the side gate for two days during the 3-day holiday, in freezing weather.
Easy solution: once I puzzled the issue out, I took the Hummer cover into a warm part of the house for 15+ minutes. The side curtain quickly thawed out, and presto the Hummer cover went back onto the spare wheel relatively easily.
Lesson learned: the Hummer cover's fabric sidewall must absorb significant moisture from all the under-bed splashing in wet weather... and when the temp is freezing, that moisture content freezes its sidewall curtain pretty stiffly in the right conditions. It's easy enough to take the frozen cover off the spare wheel, but to remount it, it needs to thaw out in a warm place for a short time. All very common sense, but it can be frustrating since we usually never touch this assembly until it's needed.
Note: the holes I had drilled on the Hummer cover's raised edge (post #41 above) does drain all accumulated splash water from the cover's inside - no ice block at all inside the Hummer cover
Hope this info is useful for others who have bought this Hummer spare wheel cover.
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