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Brian
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 07:35 pm: | 
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I've noticed that some J##P's have a tire rack system that incorporates a gas and/or water can on the sides of the spare tire and a platform on the top of the tire that can house an ice chest or other gear.
Has anyone adopted this technique?
Brian |
E Snyder
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 07:46 pm: |
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The problem is that it adds too much extra weight to your door. I run a jerry can mounted on my spare, and it pulls the door down. Two cans or a can and jack would be too much. Those racks are set up for swing away rear tires. Maybe worth trying for some of our metal shop guys. |
BigJoeJack
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 08:12 pm: |
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I was wondering the same thing. What about one of those swing away carrries that put all the weight on the rear bumper. This way you can run any size tire back there plus add a jamboree rack, gas cans etc... |
AL
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 08:22 pm: |
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i was going to with a swing away tirecarrier,Hi Lift mount and jerry can holder. but after wanting my rear bumper so bad, i scratched the project. It can be done all incorperating from tire carrier. |
alhang
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 09:45 pm: |
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kaymar's bumper has option tire and gas can holders. |
alhang
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 09:46 pm: |
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kaymar's bumper has optional tire and gas can holders. |
Glenn Guinto (Glenn)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 09, 2002 - 10:06 pm: |
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Someone here has done it. It's under the fortbragg trails section. It's looks beefy, but I guess it all boils down to how much weight the rear door can handle.
-glenn |
E Snyder
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 01:25 am: |
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I sketched up a bracket once that would mount to the plate of my old SG hi-lift holder that bolts on behind the spare, then have brackets or bolts for both a jerry can and the hi-lift. I never had it made, though, because the door is unwieldy enough as it is, and I don't feel like adjusting my hinges all the time. Plus I have a 7.50x16 co-op tire on a steel rim on there usually and it weighs a ton. That black plastic space that pushes the door up into the latch is almost worn out.
The rear bumper with a locking pivot would be sweet. You could get rid of the spare tire carrier on the truck, and do a pivot that held tire, jack, tank, rear back-up light, you name it. No limit to tire size, and the door itself would never sag again. I have a friend that has one on a cruiser, by a company in Philly called Up And Over. Pretty cool. |
Wendell
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 02:36 am: |
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My first car was a '63 CJ5, in those days they mounted the spare on the right rear quarter, and jerry cans just in front of the door cut-outs. These made great rock and tree "feelers". Then someone invented the swing-away mounts and one problem was solved. But even with fairly good backing plates on the swing-away mounts, the body sheetmetal would crack because it was not up to the weight.
I have not tried this on my Disco yet, but I would imagine that unless there was some kind of support from the rear bumper, the same thing would happen, probably worse.
Just my two-cents.
Wendell Cotton |
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