Custom Spare Carrier Built!

[vr4madness]

I have been discussing this spare carrier with my friend for a while now and we finally came up with a design. He built it up and we tested it out yesterday. It works really well. It's easy to swing open and close so you can open the tailgate, and is officially trail rated as of yesterday. We put it through a really rough trail called "The Bank" and it held up great! It even has a hitch extension so you can still use it with the carrier on. It has mounting brackets for a jack or you can easily attach 2 Jerry cans to it. The license plate is temporary, I just got this thing yesterday. I wouldn't keep the license plate mount in this tacky of a location/way. I need to find a way to mount the license plate where it looks good but is illuminated too. Really happy to have a way to mount a wheel with a full size 32" tire. I really didn't like being stuck with a 28" which still didn't fit great with a hitch.

[ES_97Sport]

Cool! But way too low. A big worry would be catching one of those end on something. That might get very ugly.

Did you think about something kinda like the reverse of a drop hitch?

Edward

[vr4madness]

I thought about adding the extra angle to get it higher made it stick out way too far. I feel like it sticks out too far as it is, but that is to be able to fit a jack/jerry cans on it. It has been a concern of mine, but the trail I tested it on had some sections that worried me a little but it never got caught. I will find out this summer when I go on more trails. Hopefully it doesn't become a problem. I think that I am going to go with what you suggested. The OME lift along with the body lift to get 4 more inches out of it.

[ES_97Sport]

Mar 20, 2018 18:59:54 GMT -5 vr4madness said:

I thought about adding the extra angle to get it higher made it stick out way too far. I feel like it sticks out too far as it is, but that is to be able to fit a jack/jerry cans on it. It has been a concern of mine, but the trail I tested it on had some sections that worried me a little but it never got caught. I will find out this summer when I go on more trails. Hopefully it doesn't become a problem. I think that I am going to go with what you suggested. The OME lift along with the body lift to get 4 more inches out of it.

I see what you're saying. Hmmmm.

The extra height will definitely help.

Edward