CJ Spare Tire CarrierAfter looking for some time for a good
spare tire carrier that can hold something bigger than a 235 size tire I became
quite disgusted. You see it is easy to find a good carrier if you
have $500 or more. After looking closely at these in magazines, catalogs,
and the back of Jeeps I thought these are nothing more than some steel and
bolts. I decided I was going to make my own. So I drew up some
plans and did it. It came out real nice and survived the first trail ride.
By the way It cost me about $60.
The shopping list.
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Steel (I used about 9 feet of
2" square tubing, some flat steel, and some angles)
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Bolts and a Pin (I picked some of
these up at a Farm and Tractor supply store nearby)
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Paint
The biggest investment was time,
I estimate it took 20 to 25 hours of cutting fitting and welding to get this
thing together (a lot more time and effort than I had imagined. 
Updates
A mount for a
Hi-Lift jack and CB antenna was added to the
bumper.
The Jeep's frame
was rotted badly and needed replacing. An
Olympic rear bumper was added to the Jeep so the
tire carrier had to be modified to sit on top of
the new bumper.
bumper and carrier |
hinge |
frame reinforcement |
rear view |
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