I'm planning on building a rear bumper with a mount for a spare tire. I want to be able to incorporate a flush mount reciever, some sort of carrier for the spare tire and maybe a removable rack for water/fuel. I've thought about the swing out ideas I've seen but they seem kinda flimsy with weight on them. I've also thought about a reciever based system but I wouldn't want it to bounce around at all, I want it to be solidly secure.

So what have you guys come up with?

Here is mine:








http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/RearBumper.shtml#TireCarrier

There is a way to get a receiver to stay tight in the socket. Here is a crappy drawing and it works great. My friend used about a 60-degree angle.



Another thing you can use for a swivel is, go to a RV trailer supply, pick up a hub, bearings, cap, and stub axle, and go from there.

Yea Roger I like yours but its too much for what I'm hoping to do.

I'm pretty sure I wannt build off of a 2x4 steel bumper. I'll be fabbing up some new mounts that run straight off the frame so the bumper sits just below the tailgate. I'm looking for 1/2" of clearance between the bumper and the gate.

Dave thats a good idea, I just might use that. Especially if I used a bolt that is the same size as the lug nuts, it wouldn't be all that inconvenient.

here is my old bumper no longer in use. i built it for our yota box-tailgate fit. It mounts with 4 bolts directly to our stock bumper ¿s¿ curve bumper mounts that are bolted to the frame rail. No fiddling with fabbing a new mount i guess. I put a stuck dodge ram with just my sling loop to the side, no bending of any parts whatsoever.






with a bolt on tire carrier (i?ll post it once i?ll find the pic)


(It?s for sale btw for cheap. I don?t know how much it?s worth though...anyone?

if interested let me know as i?ll be passing by manitoba in a month time on my way to BC. Unfortunately no tire carrier cause i just sold it yesterday...)

Thanks man but I'm looking for something a little different.

Tire Rack

This is pretty close to what im planning to build for my pickup, just out of round tubing, cuz i have free round tubing to build it with. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Yea I'm not so hot on the swing out system. I know people like brian have made it work but . . . Well maybe I'm still not sure, lol.

This is the rear bumper that my Father and I built last year. I have recently added a 90* compression latch to make the swingout more stable and as a secondary latch for safety. More info and pics are here .

Looks very nice.
I found that mounting the tire so low led to spare drag-itis however (one time even popping off!). My 35" spare top is about even with my roof now! (Much like Roger's.) No more drag-itis.