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Roof rack, spare tire, shovel mount, hi-lift jack mount.

Roof rack, spare tire, shovel mount, hi-lift jack mount.

Homemade roof rack, spare tire mount, shovel and hi-lift mount. $90 for the whole deal. Bought all the stuff at Home Depot and stepson Harley and I built it in the garage.

Yeah, I know it looks like a $90 home made rack, but it works. We wheeled the heck out of it this weekend and it held up fine.

Spare tire mount does double duty. I've cut some metal spacers and slid em over the threaded portion. Itl adds a little strength and makes it look...

Removed one of the carriage bolts from the pipe repair clamp aka spare tire mount, and replaced it with 1/2" all thread. Added another pipe clamp...

I got this farm jack at Harbor Freight for $29 on sale. I've had the real McCoy Hi-lift before and believe it or not I prefer the action on this...

Just a piece of PVC u bolted to the rack. It's a friction fit and just slides in. Tight enough that it won't come loose. Been driving around with it...

Bare roof rack completed. To build one of these you can find the instructions posted by forum members gornikebounder and warthog. It cost $60 to...

Done and painted. Now what to do with the spare? Spare tire mounting was the main reason behind our making the rack in the first place. Wracking (no...

Thought about this for a bit. Ended up using two 1" pipe repair kits. Hinged on one side and carriage bolts doing the clamping. There's one of these...

The two wing nuts apply the clamping pressure on the band which holds the tire down. The band is just a piece of 1/8" X 3" wide aluminum. The two...

To install, place the band across the spare. Two holes in the center of the band are placed over the allthread. This keeps the tire in place so it...

Finished product. Should oughta work. I went out and did a little testing and the tire didn't move at all.

The spare tire hold down deal ended up...

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