The tire carrier on the tailgate was missing, so i decided to make one for the bed.
The design is pretty simple. A trapezoidal piece with the bolts matching the lug pattern. A rectangular plate on the floor (with two nuts welded toa strip so you dont have to get your hand uder there to hold the nuts while you tighten them down), and a piece of tubing that connects the two. With it built this way, should i ever go up/down in tire size (or more importantly, width), i wont need to cut the mount apart, just replace the tubing in the middle with a longer one. This also allows me to remove most of the carrier, leaving just the base plate in, with very minimal work, should i need to carry something large in the bed. |