Front Mounted Spare?

[Snarky]

My truck has super singles so I don't think I can fit a fullsize spare in the stock location. I don't want to stick my spare in the bed because I don't want to get it up there, or take up the space. Has any one mounted a large tire 46"+ on the front bumper? My truck is w/o winch so I doubt weight would be an issue. My headlights are mounted high so I doubt it was interfere with them. The deuce runs cools so I don't think what little air restriction it causes would be an issue. It should be legal as long as the lights and license plate is visible.

I just wanted to see if anyone else had done it, or had come up with a better way to store an oversized tire.

I figure there would be a few different ways to go about it:

1. Mount a stock spare tire hoist forwards, with metal fabricated to strengthen it.
2. Mount a front receiver with and mount the tire on a plate on two inch tubing, I don't think a 15.5 + rim is over 500#, and that seems to be the carrying capacity of most receivers.
3. Fabricate a whole strengthened plate setup by it's self on the bumper and frame.

Getting it up there should be easier than getting it onto the bed a couple of feet instead of 4'+ using some type of locking hoist or jacks. Haha, I just looked at my picture again... God those things are big.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[jbingvtx]

I wondered what folks that went to super singles would do if they got a flat. I see lots of trucks still have the 9.00 20 spare in the rack but I don't see how you could use it. I saw another thread where someone [don't recall who] was looking at moving the tool rack/hoist to the back of the truck to try to fit the big spare there, don't know how that worked out.

 

[m16ty]

Gimpy was talking about this a little while back. I think the spare will fit in the stock location with some modification to the mount. I personally wouldn't want a spare that large hanging on my front bumper.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I am using an m35a3 tire as a spare for my m35a2 running 395s. It does fit in the stock spare spot. I will pull the axle to whichever tire goes flat and this under sized tire goes on. Still not sure how to get the 395 thats flat in the bed. I need to figure out that crane/headache rack idea.

 

[tm america]

i want to make me a hoist that goes into a reciever style hitch to go on the back to lift my spare into the bed.they sell them at jc whitney it swings to either side and can load over the tailgate or with the tailgate down i want to make one so i can use it on my other trucks to

 

[tm america]

another idea is to run a tube between the last two staves .make it so it fits into them and use a come along to lift it into the bed

 

[m16ty]

I am using an m35a3 tire as a spare for my m35a2 running 395s. It does fit in the stock spare spot.

My bad. I thought you had the 395 stuffed under there.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Some off-roaders have been known to put a large tire in a stock location by not having any air in it. I don't think that would work too good in my case, plus it would be hard on the tire. I figured the 14.50r20 was only a few inches shorter and still looked good on there.

 

[Snarky]

My bad. I thought you had the 395 stuffed under there.

I was go to say... Haha, that's a neat trick, almost made me go look at my deuce and reevaluate my mud flaps.

Someone here took both tires off the afflicted axle and chained the axle up, I imagine it would have worked well had the chain been stronger. Getting the tires in the back is relatively easy, creative use of a ratchet strap and brute force. I don't see why any deuce would be without one tie down strap, they are like 10 bucks and the crappiest of the crappy hold 900#.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I have rachet straps, that just sounds like a slow process to me. A come-along would be much faster, but I have been wanting to incorporate a small crane into the headache rack for loading other things anyway.

 

[Snarky]

I have rachet straps, that just sounds like a slow process to me. A come-along would be much faster, but I have been wanting to incorporate a small crane into the headache rack for loading other things anyway.

Yes a come along is better it's a metal ratchet strap with a longer lever and better gearing. Usually one is normally less likely to have one of those on a truck compared to a strap, especially with the way annoyances like flats are.


I had a small bed mounted crane for loading a generator into the back, it was a harbor freight special, eventually the vibration of the deuce backed off a bolt on the bottom of the jack and it came apart, which wouldnt have been a big deal aside from the fact the bearing situtated right there was two piece of stamped metal and loose ball bearings that came loose.... I got what I paid for it worked for about 4 months before it fell apart and I didn't feel like repairing it, what more cause I ask for? I'da like to get a hold of one of the military cranes for spares, but I'm sure those probably have the 'lowest bidder' syndrome and are also questionable for anything other than the emergency tire change. Northern tool probably has decent cranes to replace my HF special but they are always out of stock and I don't usually feel like ordering stuff with an unknown arrival date.

At any rate, I'm fairly sure that uncle mikey's bike is held on the front with some sort of rack. At any rate I doubt the bike weighs less than one of my tires, though I'm not sure. I'm sure they are close.

 

[jesusgatos]

I wondered what folks that went to super singles would do if they got a flat.

This is what I'm planning on doing, (in addition to the spare/s I'll be carrying).

 

[tm america]

i wonder if you could modify the tool box and slide the spare tire mount down and to the front to fit a 15.5 or 395 in the stock location

 

[jesusgatos]

Ground clearance would still suck, but then I guess the tires are that much larger so maybe it would cancel out?

 

[Snarky]

This is what I'm planning on doing, (in addition to the spare/s I'll be carrying).

Haha, I just read that thread, you ask a simple question and you get 7 pages of argument. People chain up axles all the time, they usually don't post threads about it though, It's the best way I've seen to deal with multiple flats, on unfully loaded multiaxle vehicles.

 

[tm america]

nothing wrong with chaining up the axle .you just have to make sure your chain is strong enough to hold the weight youre putting on it.. and then you have to think how it will handle with the axle tied up .i would think it should be done only as a last resort

 

[jesusgatos]

Oh no! I really didn't mean to resurrect this, except to suggest that it's one way to get around the problem of not having a spare. Unless you bobbed yer truck...

 

[miltruckman]

I purchased one of the harbor freight 1/2 ton pickup truck cranes to hoist my spare in and out of my bobbed deuce M105 bed. It fits perfectly behind the wheel well and does not use up any valuable bed space between the wheel wells.
- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

 

[SCSG-G4]

The civilian version of what you want is a Divot crane. Generally made to pick up 1000 pounds or so (maximum). i got one to put the generator (civvy version about 450 pounds) in and out of the bed of the long bed deuce.

 

[srodocker]

thats what i want to get is that crane setup