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37" Spare Tire Mount Options
- Thread starter bmjwright
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I had a receiver mount for my stock-ish spare, and it swung about and vibrated something fierce with just a 33" on there. Bigger meats ... zowie, bad. Receiver hitches just aren't precision fit. That big a tire would act like a pendulum and break off in no time.
Especially for a tire that big, I'd want a tire mount with at least two points of contact, like a swing-out carrier. Trickier on a pickup when you presumably want to use the tailgate more than on a Blazer/Burb.
Could mount upright to the bedrail, at least saving you some footprint in the bed.
I had a spare mounted to the lumber rack on my crewcab. Woulda sucked if I had to actually get it down, but that truck was a dually so I figured it already had two spares on the ground
Could mount the spare to the front, though again with a 37" that's hairy as you'd lost visibility
I think your traditional swing-away carrier on an aftermarket bumper is gonna be your best bet.
-- A
Yep
Swing away, swing down, or mounted vertically in the bed sounds good.
How much room is there under the bed? My gas tank goes there so I wouldn't know
Swing away, swing down, or mounted vertically in the bed sounds good.
How much room is there under the bed? My gas tank goes there so I wouldn't know
I've used a ratchet strap to hold a 37" spare upright between the head panel and wheel well on the driver's side. It also creates a space between the bed side and spare where a 4 way tire iron and jumper cables tuck in nicely.
Yep
Swing away, swing down, or mounted vertically in the bed sounds good.
How much room is there under the bed? My gas tank goes there so I wouldn't know
There's not enough room for a 37...all the factory hardware is gone too.
That would work, but I have a crossbed toolbox.
Looks like the tiregate folks make a reciever mount for up to 38" tire.
http://www.tiregate.com/shop/hitch2tire-carrier-no-tow/
I'm thinking about making something similar but using a hitch extender and making it hinged.
Or, maybe a vertical upright bed mount near the back of the bed. It would still take up space, just less. I'm just not sure there is enough room between the fender well and tailgate.
I've done that before too. It just starts to get in the way of checking your blind spot but not as bad as having a canopy.
We just need to get some measurements and make a few like tiregate till we all win the lottery and can afford the nice custom bumpers!
Long bed or short bed? I had no issues fitting a 35" bogger between the fenderwell and the header panel behind the cab on my old longbed truck. I had to make my own J hook out of an old u-bolt to secure it. It sat on the fenderwell and against the cab up off the floor a bit. A 37 should fit just the same. It was never in my view being right behind my head.
badmix
1/2 ton status
Option #1 - not cheap.
Option #2 - could be fab'd up if you have the room
Option #3 - some dont like the weight moved up high
Option #2 - could be fab'd up if you have the room
Option #3 - some dont like the weight moved up high
badmix
1/2 ton status
Option # 4 - give up tailgate
Option #5 - simpler (and cheaper) swing out.
Option #5 - simpler (and cheaper) swing out.
It's a long bed, but the toolbox is in the way. I love the Tiregate but I can't justify that kind of $. I guess I'm narrowing it down to a receiver mount or a custom bumper with a swing-out carrier.
Do the receiver mount but add two legs that mount to your stake pockets. Three mounting points and it wont rattle or swing around.
Ooh, yeah yeah.
Also, you can shim the inside of the receiver tube, maybe get you some thing UHMWPE or the like from the local plastic shop. That's for noise, though, not structural, so the triangulation to the stake pockets would be slick. No drilling to the truck and easy to remove when you wanna open the tailgate.
-- A
Or machine the piece that fits inside the receiver out of a solid bar to be a closer fit than using a piece of tubing. You can take out a lot of slop that way.
