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tkcrawford
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Jul 26, 2014

Mounting DRW spare tire on front hitch

Short of custom fabrication, does anybody know of a commercially available tire carrier that will mount a dually spare tire on the front hitch? I've looked at several but none allow for the large backspace on dually rims.

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  • Mount the deep side to the carrier... you could use all thread carrage bolts installed from the back of the carrier... use nuts as spacers they'll extend far enough to use lug nuts to hold the wheel in place.

    I even made mine lockable.

    sleepy
  • tkcrawford wrote:
    Short of custom fabrication, does anybody know of a commercially available tire carrier that will mount a dually spare tire on the front hitch? I've looked at several but none allow for the large backspace on dually rims.


    Mount it with the dish facing out , like the outer rear wheel . The other side is almost flush with the tire .
  • homemade carrier on my homemade camper that I built in 1969... picture taken in 2000

  • hidden hitch has one... I addapted it slightly

    been using it since 2003

    with Reddog1s camper in back ground



    Womens Grove... redwoods