fox128

I fabbed up a spare tire carrier today to get me by until I have time to make a full rear bumper with a swingout carrier. I made it so it folds down and back up easily so I can still open the hatch. Havn't seen one like it so I thought I'd share the idea. Pretty simple build.

mobilecherokee4

dang thats cool, are you gonna sell that when you get your new one? i might wanna buy that from you. what size tire can it carry?

fox128

Yeah, I am planning on selling it when i build my rear bumper (probably won't be till winter). It should handle any height of tire, width will be the limiting factor, depending on backspacing. It would be easy to space it out farther if needed, though.

ol"blue

That is slick.

okcjeeper

Happen to have any pics of the build process..Would make one sweet writeup.

mobilecherokee4

alright cool i might hit you up on that

STROMVADER

NOICE!

tkdtim

Does it vibrate, shake around and make alot of noise when you drive?

MasterShakeXJ

i saw something similar to that today actually, looks good. does it bounce around at all at highway speeds or is it pretty sturdy?

Drewdertuder

i like ur tire carrier.ive seen them before but not as good as urs,they usually sit to far from the rear window.u should def make a writeup o how u did this

fox128

Haha, no, that would drive me nuts if it wasn't solid! The square tubing I used fit alot tighter than a normal reciever hitch, and I also made a set-screw type thing under the hitch to take the little bit of slop out. (see pic) The spring-loaded pin latches very tight. I only have just a tiny bit of wiggle on the pivot where the bolt goes through the pipe. Its really not noticable on the road.



Unfortunatly I didn't have my camera with when I built it, but I could take some more detailed pics and explain how I did it.

Drewdertuder

cool

Destro

That is very nice, especially for the "smaller" of the big tires. The downside to the swing down design, as I see it- are the larger tires like 33+ that get really really heavy to move all the time (I go in and out of my hatch all the time as I have a lot of my tools back there). Not so much of a problem for those of us running 31s and maybe 32s. I know when I had 36s on my Dodge 1500 those things were a BEEATCH to move around (kept my full size spare in the bed and no fun to lug it up and down!).

Sweet design, I really like the set screw to take up the receiver slop. Very nice.

~K