Show me your spare tire carrier

How often do you use the tailgate? If it's often, lifting that up and down all the time will get old fast IMHO. I'd look into seeing how hard it would be to make it swing out as well as up and down. Or just build a swing out.
 
I dont use the tailgate much, maybe every 2 weeks.

This is going to cost well over 100 bucks.
I forgot to factor in the 1" drill bits and the 1/4" steel plate I will need to cut up into mount tabs. Can I maybe use something thinner than 1/4" for the mount tabs?
 
here is mine, it swings out. the spindle and bearing set cost around $50, then a 2x4 of steel. i would say it cost me about $200 total.


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that's a 35 on there, they say the spindle and bearings will hold a 1000lbs.
 
Nissan11 said:
I dont use the tailgate much, maybe every 2 weeks.
This is going to cost well over 100 bucks.
I forgot to factor in the 1" drill bits and the 1/4" steel plate I will need to cut up into mount tabs. Can I maybe use something thinner than 1/4" for the mount tabs?
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Have the steel place bore the holes in it.. be quicker and you won't need to worry about the bit -- may even pay to have the holes drilled. have them drill it and cut it apart yourself..
 
Ive payed for all the materials and am still planning on building the carrier tomorrow which has a forecast of 30 degrees for the high temp....

20ft of 1.5" square tubing- $33

1.5ft of 1.75" round tubing- $15

Oil impregnated brass bushings (8)- $24

1/4" thick brackets with 1" holes drilled by machine shop (8) - $50

1" bolts and nuts - UKN price right now

Today my pops is picking up the materials from the businesses that arent open tomorrow. Im picking up the brackets and round tubing tomorrow morning.
 
Nissan11 said:
This is going to cost well over 100 bucks.
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Dude I don't mean to be an ass - but if $100 in parts for a cool tire carrier is going to break you.... you might want to find a different hobby :lol:
 
RatLabGuy said:
Dude I don't mean to be an ass - but if $100 in parts for a cool tire carrier is going to break you.... you might want to find a different hobby :lol:
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Heh, I know this stuff is expensive, but I have never built anything like this before and I am half expecting a disaster and I might ruin half the materials. I bought twice as much square tubing as I need in case that does happen.
 
The bushings don't have the "ridge" around one edge to go up against the metal it will be inside. They look just like pieces of pipe. The bushings are 1" long. Should I make the pipe they are going in exactly 2" long for the joint, or should I leave some wiggle room for them and cut the pipe around 2.25" long? I was planning on using two bushings for every joint.
 
Problem I see with your drawing is you are pivoting at two different heights, this will bind up as you lower it to the ground......just my $.02
 
I would say the top two would be pins, to hold it upright and it pivots on the bottom. Other wise it wouldnt move at all. But all 4 joints have bolts in that pic???
 
bh1075 said:
I would say the top two would be pins, to hold it upright and it pivots on the bottom. Other wise it wouldnt move at all. But all 4 joints have bolts in that pic???
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Bingo. Mine is going to use 4 bolts as well, it only takes 2 seconds to remove the upper two nuts and two bolts.


I started today and thanks to a local trailer shop I cant go any further. They gave me the wrong size pipe to use for the joints and now they are closed and I dont think I can get it anywhere tonight or tomorrow.
I need 1 1/2ft of round pipe with an inside diameter of 1 1/4".
The shop gave me pipe with an ID of 1 1/2"


Since my next step was welding the round tube to the square tube for the joints, I guess Im done for the weekend.

All I was able to do was get the lower mounts welded in place and build some of the stinger.


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Any my first "oops" of the project.....
This was going to be the top cross bar of the stinger

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I'd just put a pin in each, with a string or something so you dont loose it, the heck with screwing them off everytime.
 
I decided to go ahead continue today even though the tube for the joints doesn't fit the bushings. I'm gambling that I will be able to find bushings in the size I need later.

I didn't get the tire mounted yet. What do you guys think I should do for the tire mount?


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Looks good, IMO I'd put more angle in the main stinger hoop so its a little more vertical.

To hold the tire on Id use a large bolt or threaded rod welded to that main hoop cross bar point toward the truck. Then make a large washer that fits in the wheel Hub and then weld to handles to a large nut in a V shape to tighten the tire/wheel to the stinger.


Click Here Reversed from what I was saying like this would be a little easier I bet. But some form of that so you don't need a wrench to undo the spare.

And Id use pins like THIS instead of the top bolts but the correct diameter of course.

But that's just me:)
 
BigBody79 said:
too late but somebody will search and find this:

(not mine!!)
view entire build thread here
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Not really, let me see if I can actually make a decent drawing in paint. . . I miss my autocad
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hook the rattchet strap over the top of the tire. the tire would about slid out when you let the holder down making it easier to unload. You could even get creative and make another hoop to go in place of the strap and put it on a hinge on one end and a pad lock on the other. . .
 
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