roughridenxj

does anybody have any pics or a build on one? i want a swing down type. i want to get it off the roof it is killing my gas mileage and center of gravity. thanks for any info, scott

Phil99

this is another guy on this forums tire carrier





im making one this weekend out of an old bike carrier this is the bike carrier

xj jason

that looks easy, i think that i am going make one

roughridenxj

what gauge steel should i get? i want it to be strong so i have no worries about it breaking.

reddragon72

Those carriers are for street only. They kill your angle of approach, cause that thing will be ripped right off so you'll have to take it off quit often and that will become a pain. I was going to get one till someone said they suck off road.

BudgetXJ

x2. Anything that hurts departure angle that much would drive you insane if you wheel your rig. I'd run one on the street but it would end up on the roof as soon as I went off road.

Phil99

yeah agreed, i mostly drive on the street so its gonna work out nice. i used to have it on my roof and ill put it back on when i wheel.

roughridenxj

I am getting a offroad bumper that has a reciever in it and i was going to move it up to that hole when i wheel. It should be up high enough then. If it isn't then it really won't be a big loss because it won't be much to make. It's worth a try i guess. I got a hook that goes in my reciever for recovery when i wheel anyways.

okcjeeper

Can you buy these or do you have to build them?

roughridenxj

They make ones that don't swing down for around100 and ones that go in the reciever that swing to the side for around 500.

fafafofi

Check out these sites. I saw the Bonarue carrier on Truck U but I don't think they exist anymore, just some ideas.

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/zj/bonarue/tirerack.htm

http://www.oldinc.com/rhtr1bscan.htm

whowey

The guy from the original thread here, didn't wheel. He used his XJ for camping and hunting. So for him and his particular use it was the perfect solution.

roughridenxj

I wheel a couple times a month.

reddragon72

Even then I think your rear window may take the brunt of that thing bending. Not worried about breaking the carrier, but you know where that carrier is going to go when it gets hit, straight forward into your rear window.

okcjeeper

Yeah I don't do a whole lot of wheeling and mostly just for driving around some, hunting, fishing and the occasional outing for a river run. If I was to do any major wheeling I can toss the spare up top.