Wheel removal on a Marquis County Hampshire

Went to a tyre specialist the other day and watched as they attempted to remove a rear wheel from our Marquis County Hampshire (2009 reg).
It took 2 men, 1 Trolley jack, 1 Bottle jack and a lot of effort to actually get the body work high enough to get the wheel out from under the wheel arch fairings.
Even if we had a spare wheel there is no way we could have changed it at the roadside.
Who on earth designed this motorhome?

Your Hampshire looks very similar to my Sigma which has air suspension on the rear. I can pump this up to raise the rear end quite easily: for example, increasing from 30psi to 40 psi gives a wheel arch rise of 1cm. I can inflate to 100psi but can't say that the rise would be linear.

I agree with you re design though.

Main thing is they managed it!

Peter Brown wrote:This is the case with most coachbuilts. Where necesary AS supply a plinth to use under the jack to get the height needed. A year or two ago AS did some trials and demonstrated that wheel changing was not a problem if the base vehicle manufacturers instructions are followed.

Peter

Our Hampshire was supplied by AS with neither a jack nor a plinth, in fact the jack had been removed from the footwell where it would normally be kept.
This I assumed was because AS did not fit a spare wheel.

Having watched 2 qualified tyre fitters struggle for 40 odd minutes to remove and replace a wheel does not in my book represent "Not a problem"

To have to do this at the roadside would have been nigh on impossible.

DG

It seems that some members are defending Autosleepers. As for fitting Air assistors, a great idea for ride improvement, but pretty expensive to try to use as a jack. The lift required in this case was (I know the owner) rather more than a few centimeters, so air assistors would not have resolved the problem.

I bet that Autosleepers would not be prepared to accept the challenge of removing this rear wheel with any standard Mercedes jacking equipment. I realise that in this case a jack was not supplied, however standard jacks are used by Mercedes white van man.

WE NEVER get Autosleepers coming up with a defence or an offer to " bring it to the factory or take it to our own sales outlet Marquis" and we will show you how it is done  . WHY ?? Dosn't anyone at A/S read the forum.
I would have thought that from a business point of view, a designated person, 10 mins a day for a quick scan, feedback to relavent design ?? departments, and helpfull replies on this forum would produce lots of good feedback on this and then reproduced on other forums--- " What a caring company they are"
Sell 1 extra motorhome with good publicity, lose several through unhappy customer comments - You do the maths. 

Dont they care ???

Yes I obviously have an A/S, but I had to pay a garage £35 for them to swop my spare with the Offside rear, so my comments over this issue may well be coloured. Would I buy another - yes - but there would be questions and possibly demonstrations required befor I spent my money.

Mike

Am I the only one that HAS got a spare wheel:confused3: Wouldn't fancy trying to change it with the jack though.