Spare tire carrier

[sagebel]

Move the spare from the rear bumper to under the front of the trailer today. $35 for the tire carrier off of an E350 van which lets me use the truck's jack tools to raise/lower the winch. I had most of the steel in the scrap pile. About $50 for the entire project.

[michol02]

That's a neat setup. I wish I could do the same, but I'm already over my tongue weight.

[TandE]

I was just sitting here thinking "where have I seen these pics before?" And then I realized you posted them over on powerstroke.org I like what you did and am really considering doing this to mine as well.

[apr67]

Do you have any better pictures of the install? I would like to free up back bumper space for a bike rack.

[MarkS]

The Cross Roads Cruzer line of 5ers have the spare under the front of the trailer.

Also Lippert sells a wench for that purpose. http://store.lci1.com/spare-tire-win...able-p100.aspx

[MarkS]

PS: here is a message thread on the Wildcat forum on this subject. With Pics.

http://www.wildcatcamperforum.com/t1...are-tire-winch

[GaryWT]

My Heartland North Trail use to have the tire stored under the tongue but I had to take it off as it dragged on the ground all the time. The tire lived in the back of the truck when we camped.

[sagebel]

Originally Posted by apr67

Do you have any better pictures of the install? I would like to free up back bumper space for a bike rack.

I will try to get a better picture in the next few days. I used my phone for the current pics.


As far as clearance goes, the bottom of the tire is a few inches above the bottom of the A frame rails so I'm not too concerned. I took many measurements to make sure that it would be tucked up under the trailer safely.

[GaryWT]

The height looks good, should not have issues. My old trailer the tire was under where your batteries are in the picture. Also I have had enclosed underbellies so that covered everything from the bottom of the frame.