Front hitch carrier for spare tire

Man, I carry biodiesel on the front rack which is not too smart but a gas can, unless it was empty, never.

Bought our front hitch from e-trailer. It is a drwa-tite. Took about 30 min to install. Unbolted the tow rings and had to cut the facia to install. Works well. carried our hitch haul on the front this past weekend with generator and gas can on it

Thank you all for the comments and links. I had searched both here ( couldn't find the thread I remembered) and Google (too much I didn't know about the items in question) so turned to the forum members and have gotten some good advice. Thank you all. I have some better ideas now.

Sleepy, last year we went to AK - there were some places we did not go because of no diesel availability - it was too far there and back. The information about weight/fuel economy percentage is helpful. FWIW, I did read a thread on extra tank pluses/minuses a while ago - those who had them seemed 100% happy they did.

Raften, I did not know about the differences in weight of tires. Thanks!

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Nothing says you have to carry fuel in your spare tank, only when you need to.

When you look at tire carriers pay attention to how sturdy it is. These wheels and tires weigh a lot more than the typical boat trailer wheel and tire.

Most boat spare tire brackets are U bolted to channel or tube steel frame. They are about the size of a coffee cup saucer. I would think any piece of tube steel you mounted to your hitch would be suitable. You might even look at some of the hitch mounted bike racks so it could also carry a couple of bikes if you wished.

rn to use google:

several front hitch's

Just curious? Why do you need another fuel tank?

My truck holds a little over 30 gallons of diesel... that takes me 450 miles. There is no where in north America that you can't find diesel or gasoline well within a half tank.

Every 100 pounds extra weight uses 1% of your fuel economy... a 1000 pounds cuts your economy by 10%. If you are getting 15 mpg and add an extra 1000 pounds you your trucks mpg will drop to 13.5 mpg.

How much will the additional fuel and the weight of the extra tank weigh?

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I have found that the one limiting factor for remote truck camper use is potable water... drinking and cooking uses a lot of water over time... hauling water still costs your mpg... but at least you'll be using it up from the first day... the fuel in the second tank may never be used.
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Just something to think about

Sleepy

I added a front hitch to my Envoy to use my bike rack while towing. Bought it from RealTruck.com for 200 taxes and delivery included. The hitch is a Curt, took less than an hour to install and didn't have to remove a thing. I'm very pleased with it.

For previous posts search this Forum for `front hitch' and read on.

I put a Draw Tite on my F-250, pretty easy install, have to remove the bumper to install and it uses the space the fog lights inhabit stock so they have to be relocated or (as in my case) relegated to a corner of the garage.

I use it for a removable front mounted winch for dragging logs for firewood, seems to be quite robust.

Here's one thread that I remember.

msiminoff's custom carrier is one of the nicest I've seen.

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