tire carrier

[crhrider]

so i was searching around the forums here an found some guys had made a tailgate tire carrier. i really liked the idea so i went to work on one for myself

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swung open

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tire mounted

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not to bad for 4 hours work

 

[MikeWild]

looks like it'll open either side. How are you securing the poles in place? Looks good, I'd just be worried about one of the poles to jump out.

 

[Beastin_99]

thats sweet man!! you should do a project runthrough on your truck... looks sweet

 

[odie1969]

that is very nice about what I want to do but I want it to have the hinges farther out so I can still carry my quad.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Looks familiar

My hinge works the opposite of yours it seems, and uses pins and springs.

 

[Brandon12]

Both are very nice. I would be interested in buying one if either of you are up for making another sometime in the future.

 

[fordboi415]

Lol they sell tire carriers like that for about 800 bucks a pop how much did it cost you guys to fab it up?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I already owned the bender and the welder so just materials..... 1 21 foot length of sched 40 pipe @ $56 bucks...the rest of the bits and pieces I had laying around.

If a guy had to buy everything probably around 100 bucks.

 

[crhrider]

yeah thanks for the idea sasquatch_ryda, i love it. i just didnt spend the time an effort to do the fancy hinges like you made. as for building it, i had all the material lying around and i have all the equipment so it didnt cost me anything. gotta love that eh

 

[91rangerstx]

how do you have it mounted on the box just bolted or welded right to it ?

 

[86 slo-vo]

i see a bed chop also, pics of the whole truck?

it looks good, nice work

 

[nate09]

i see a bed chop also, pics of the whole truck?

it looks good, nice work

good eye, i thought those frame rails were stickin out awful far. x2 on the pics.

 

[straycat]

Looks familiar

My hinge works the opposite of yours it seems, and uses pins and springs.

This is my favorite of all the ones I have seen. You did a great job on this!!! I like it better then that over priced Tire Gate crap that is so over rated. I have a few friends that paid the big buck to get a Tire Gate and they say the thing is noisy and they don't like the way it hinges either.

 

[desjardo]

Do you have a write up on this? Looking all over at hinge setups.

 

[Sampson]

Heres mine, I still have full use of the bed and can open the tailgate. I don't have any pics of it with it swung open, but can take some if you want. I might have to redo my hinge soon tho cause it likes to sag when its open, it will swing all the way around till it would hit the body.