[travelin texans]

While on the subject of spare tires!
Apparently the OP had no problems putting the spare on, but with some that have aluminum wheels with a steel wheel on the spare the lug nuts for the aluminum wheels won't tighten down properly when using the steel wheel.
My last 5er I had to buy 8 open ended lug nuts to use with the spare, fortunately when I found this out it wasn't along the highway with a flat, I was doing maintenance & needed the spare on the ground for bit.