MikeThomas

Well Ive been running around without a spare because I was missing all of the junk underneath plus who wants to crawl under a truck when the pavement is 150 degrees here in AZ. I pulled a solution from my jeeping days and decided to take matters into my own hands and build a solution. I used the latching hardware from a H2 Hummer, giving me some sweet d-rings and a ultra smooth latch/hinge. Added a 2x6", 3/16 wall bumper and viola! a full size swing away tire carrier. I have to say its sweeter than I expected!!! Now for a jerry can and a real spare...

91.5CTDBanks

Well now that's alright. I have a winch up spare tire carrier off a 2nd Gen I need to mount.

G1625S

Very cool indeed!

diesel_fireman

I like, could you get a full truck picture. where did you get the H2 hardware from?

BC847

I need help!

With that last image, the first thing that came to mind was "Depth-Charger" for that pesky tail-gater.


That is nice though.

12valve@heart

Looks good. The only negatives that I see is that your bumper no longer protects your tailgate in the event of a rear-ender and you'll have to be careful backing up close to trees, poles, buildings, etc. Good job.

MikeThomas

Yeah, if I could only trigger its release in the cab!

As far as rear ending, it would have to be a taller vehicle plus ive seen most bumpers pushed up and into the bed and tailgate because cars go under it! I lifted the rear of my truck up with a hoist in this configuration, couldnt do that with the stock bumper. Trees??? I live in az, the only trees are the ones people plant in their yard!!!

madhat

Nice work!

whereswaldo250

Hey Mike Sweet looking set up. I'll have to come by and see you work of art

Chrisreyn

Looks good Mike..
How did you latch it? and did you have any clearance issues with opening the tail gate? Oops , never mind, just took another look at teh pic and saw...

BRUISER

Now you need bigger tires

MikeThomas

Yup, I think I will try some 305's cause 315's seem like they would require a little trimming.