home made tire carrier Ver. 2.0

[2ndGen]

actually, i added a Hi-Lift mount so i don't have to put it on the roof or front bumper. i used to carry the second spare on the roof, but real... i could never put a 60 pound tire back on to the roof by myself after changing it. i don't want to carry the Hi-Lift on the front bumper is because the front end is already heavy enough for the suspension with the engine and ARB bumper.

this is true one-person operated, non-back-breaking design. i used some basic power tools and handtools, welded with both mig and tig. comes with relocated licens plate and light, so it's totally street legal.

here is how it looks:

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03000.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC02999.jpg

tag light is plugged into the standard 4-wire trailer light plug.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03001.jpg

pull out this safety pin

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03003.jpg

the whole thing folds back and holds itself, alos it clears the path for the back gate, you got full access of the trunk.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03005.jpg

the bottom of the Hi-Lift is held on by 3 1/2" pins tig welded to a plate. the Hi-Lift foot plate has those holes from factory, so no modification on it at all

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03007.jpg

gasset on the bottom of the plate

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03006.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03009.jpg

home made slider adapter, costs: <$3

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03008.jpg

Hi-Lift was secured with one single 3/8" bolt on top, i put a swaybar bushing between the mounting tab and jack shaft to provent noise. the jack can be removed by only loosen up one nut,

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03002.jpg

the fullsize spare was secured by 3 wheel locks.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w38/tonniechengca/spare/DSC03010.jpg

[4Runner202020]

have you thought about making it come out of the trailer hitch at an angle? it just seems like that will get hung up on a lot of stuff going up steep hills, or coming off tall ledges. i mean my bumper is tucked way up there (almost sits higher than my 35's) and i still hit it.

bobby

[2ndGen]

i thought about it but i'm limited by the tools and materials on hand. basically the tubings i used are:
a.) 1/8" wall, 2" HREW square tubing for the receiver, tire plate arm and short vertical piler.
b.) 1/8" wall, 1-3/4" HREW square tubbing for the swing out arm.

these are cheap materials that i can find everywhere. but the receiver tube goes up with an angle, there will be one extra weld, i think the strength of 1/8" wall won't be adequate. in the 5th picture form top, you can see i welded a full 2-inch long tubing stacked to work as a gusset, if i use 3/16" wall tubing, then i do NOT think i could find 1-5/8" tubing for the swing arm. well, 1/4" wall is just way too expensive for an experiment.

by the way, i have BruceTS rear bumer, its built-in hitch is already couple inches higher than the most stock hitch.

[4Runner202020]

got ya. it looks good none the less!!

bobby

[Chapman88SR5]

Did you get the idea from bike racks? Nice job.