bed mounted spare tire?
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bed mounted spare tire?
anyone have one? i'm trying to see what it looks like. LMC Truck sells a "kit" to make it happen just like the factory did. this is for the newer 80+ trucks.. i've got an 87. just wanted to see how it mounts and stuff.. i don't like crawling in the mud for my spare, plus i'm going for an "old school" luck with my semi-new truck.
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My 1992 F150 Ford shop manual shows the in-bed vertical spare tire mount in exploded detail.
Try the public library--check their automotive or reference department for an offical Ford manual--or contact your Ford parts department and have them print a copy of their parts page for this option.
I suspect that you may still be able to get a kit from Ford--because my shop manual suggest that it was an option from Ford's part department.
And you are correct--there is nothing more misable--than having to get the rear spare out of the underbed spare tire hanger--when the truck in in offroad mud--and you have a 2inch receiver hitch and the flat tire is one of the rear tires!!
The only downside to having the spare tire mounted vertically in the bed--is appearence --and weathering of the spare tire.
Try the public library--check their automotive or reference department for an offical Ford manual--or contact your Ford parts department and have them print a copy of their parts page for this option.
I suspect that you may still be able to get a kit from Ford--because my shop manual suggest that it was an option from Ford's part department.
And you are correct--there is nothing more misable--than having to get the rear spare out of the underbed spare tire hanger--when the truck in in offroad mud--and you have a 2inch receiver hitch and the flat tire is one of the rear tires!!
The only downside to having the spare tire mounted vertically in the bed--is appearence --and weathering of the spare tire.
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I took my spare tire off and no longer bothering with it. After 300K miles without a flat, I actually needed the spare, only to find the factory original 12 y/o spare, while it held air, was clamped in so tight the side of the tire that was facing the ground, had four grooves across it's diameter, and the other side had an imprint of the bottom of the bed.
Figures the one time I needed it... LOL
My insurance co offers free towing anyway, I just didn't realize I had that feature in my insurance plan. So, going forward, screw the spare.
Figures the one time I needed it... LOL
My insurance co offers free towing anyway, I just didn't realize I had that feature in my insurance plan. So, going forward, screw the spare.
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Frederic:
Tell me that you don't go offroad without a spare!
I live in Colorado and there are places up here offroad that are almost impossible to get a wrecker to come out and get someone that doesnt have a spare. Some of these tight switch back shelf mountain passes are almost impassable to commerical wreckers.
We also got tire eating rocks up here in the high elevations of the Rockies that require spare tires to get back to civilization.
I guess that Big City driven trucks can get by without a spare--but offroaders need their spare tires!!
Tell me that you don't go offroad without a spare!
I live in Colorado and there are places up here offroad that are almost impossible to get a wrecker to come out and get someone that doesnt have a spare. Some of these tight switch back shelf mountain passes are almost impassable to commerical wreckers.
We also got tire eating rocks up here in the high elevations of the Rockies that require spare tires to get back to civilization.
I guess that Big City driven trucks can get by without a spare--but offroaders need their spare tires!!
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Out here in the sticks, we just to go Gebos, Tractor Supply or some other rural general story type place and pay $12 for a bolt-on upright tire carrier for the bed. Or if you have welding skills, or a bud who swaps those skills for Bud, you can take the under the bed carrier rail off and have a welder chop it down to size and weld a keeper bolt on it...you stand your spare up against the upright and put the keeper bolt through a lug hole and bolt it in tight. Simple fix and you don't need a Kit.
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well, thanks a bunch guys! i appreciate the help!
i do like the look of a bed-mounted spare, but apparently not many people do. i've been trying to find a picture of one for a while today.. heheee. oh well!
i'll have to check out ford, too. that's a great idea.. LMC has the factory pieces, too, but ford might be cheaper..
i do like the look of a bed-mounted spare, but apparently not many people do. i've been trying to find a picture of one for a while today.. heheee. oh well!
i'll have to check out ford, too. that's a great idea.. LMC has the factory pieces, too, but ford might be cheaper..
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I would say it's not good advice to be telling someone to not bother with a spare - if you go off road and have learned as i have - then you try to carry 2 spares in the box with you .
if you want an old school look for mounting a spare buy the front frame mounting spare - it also adds to some extra head on protection - especially with a big 35'' tire up there - you may even bounce the guy backwards - LOL
if you want an old school look for mounting a spare buy the front frame mounting spare - it also adds to some extra head on protection - especially with a big 35'' tire up there - you may even bounce the guy backwards - LOL
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Originally Posted by phoneman71
Tell me that you don't go offroad without a spare!
And no worries, when I did off-road, I had a different truck and did it rather seriously, and was well prepared for any mishaps. Even carried head gaskets.
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I have and 87 F150 Lariat 300 with C-6 and mounted my spare tire in the bed right behind the driver side cab. You can make a mount yourself; I ordered one from J.C. Whitney for 10 bucks. It looks like trucks back in the 50's and 60's, but that don't bother me,cause it works better this way than under the back end.
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Originally Posted by whowey
I can take a pic of one if you would like. It doesn't have a spare on it, just got the truck, and it didn't come with one.
cool, if you could. i'll PM you about it..
as for that frame mounted spare, how's that go? above the bed?
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I used an old steel fence post and a piece of flat steel to make the one I had in my 84. It had a topper on the back, so weathering wasn't an issue. I have since gone to letting the spare lay flat in the bed. It's out of site, and the dogs can use it for traction, so they don't slide around on the floor.
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I've been debating weather or not to take my spare off, but I KNOW the one time I'll need it I'll be in a rush to do somthing important, and even though I have AAA, they aren't exactly fast.