mounting spare tire on f450/550
i know there is/was several guys on this forum with f450/550 trucks wondering how you carry your spare tire..mike mck in your pics I see you have your spare under the truck..
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Powelligator wrote:
I carried my spare on the roof of the camper for two decades with no issues. My old F-250 has an aftermarket Transfer Flow fuel tank under the bed. I used a rope for the two times I needed to use it, both times I was lucky enough to have had a passenger.
Joe
You are taking a little difference in weight from a F250 to a F450 19.5. These tires and wheels run in the 125 to 135# range where a normal 16 to 18 run around 80# n weight. Then when you need it and you are by yourself with no help how would you get it down. I know people in the past have said drop it over the side. I know from experience that even when I rolled the tire out of my truck and let it drop it bounced just like a basketball but the difference is I was standing on the ground right next to it so I could control some of the bounce and direction it was going. I know I sure wouldn't want to try and horse a 19.5 unto the roof of a camper. I was bad enough to put the spare in the bed. Luckly I was raised on a ranch and was use to bucking bales of hay so I knew to start the lift and then use the a leg to help lift it into the truck.
