Spare Tire Mount..Rear Bumper Best Location?

fourthclassC wrote:
All interesting discussions. 2003 Winnebago Mini 24V here. Spare is mounded underneath between frame rails with bolt on bracket. Nightmare to lower if I ever had to on the side of road. Always carry moving blanket because you can not access it unless you are lying underneath vehicle. I agree that on square bumper is not strong enough. Might be ok if the tire mount was directly on the frame extension where it connects to the square bumper but not ideal. Now you all got me thinking a front mount would be better. Has any one seen a front bumper mount available?

Mine mounts under the frame, but there's a cable hoist system with a sort of hex head under a cover on the sidewall. To lower it, one only has to put an appropriate sized socket on the shaft and turn it many turns with a ratchet or whatever. (A cordless drill is very handy for that part.) Actually getting the spare out from underneath the vehicle does, of course, involve some amount of crawling around.