Spare Tire options
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Spare Tire options
Where are some other places that I could mount the spare tire other then under the gas tank? I'd like to keep it with me just in case I actually do need it sometime.
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I once had a '68 Ford PU, and I made a mount to carry the spare in the front left side of the bed. It worked good. My favorite is on my '77 F-250. It is a heavy duty mount that carries the spare in front of the grill. I refer to it as my cowcatcher, and it has served as such a time or two. If I had a nice wheel to match the set on my '75 F-250 (my present toy), I'd transfer the cowcatcher to the '75.
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If you use the bed alot and need the room looks like under the tank or out front of the grill. Most other options are the fwd L or R corner of the bed mounted standing up or back L or R corners?
Could fab a rear bumper like a jeep had that you can hang a spare tire off it and it swings outa the way to open the tailgate?
Mount to the tail gate? Get a ol 79 Bronco swing away tire mount and mod it to you truck bed, now we are talking different.
Could fab a pre runner bed top mount cab over rack? Or a slip in the rear reciever type spare tire bracket?
Could fab a rear bumper like a jeep had that you can hang a spare tire off it and it swings outa the way to open the tailgate?
Mount to the tail gate? Get a ol 79 Bronco swing away tire mount and mod it to you truck bed, now we are talking different.
Could fab a pre runner bed top mount cab over rack? Or a slip in the rear reciever type spare tire bracket?
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The red and black pic is a bronco (not mine) and its factory spare tire mount? I guess you could get one from a JY and fab it to a reg truck, and once again it would be different.
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Ohh ok.
Anyone ever tried a cable drop down for a spare tire? I've seen newer cars with it, and its really handy. Couldn't run the cable straight down from the bed because of the tank..
Anyone ever tried a cable drop down for a spare tire? I've seen newer cars with it, and its really handy. Couldn't run the cable straight down from the bed because of the tank..
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For visibility's sake, the "best" place is in the front left side of the bed, directly behind the driver.
There is an article in this month's issue of 4WOR using a flat steel bar, a pipe flange, and hardware that pretty much replicates the optional factory setup... Cost only like $15.
Another option is a late-model Bronco interior mounting bracket. It's mounted on the right rear but I think it can be swapped to the left front of a pickup bed.
There is an article in this month's issue of 4WOR using a flat steel bar, a pipe flange, and hardware that pretty much replicates the optional factory setup... Cost only like $15.
Another option is a late-model Bronco interior mounting bracket. It's mounted on the right rear but I think it can be swapped to the left front of a pickup bed.
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