man i want one so bad now.

how hard is it to use the rear cargo area? lifting that tire each time kinda sounds like a bitch, and i think if i had one it would be trail use only.

 

Don't let anyone lie to you that tire/rack and if you have the hi-lift can get heavy quick. it is a conveinence though.once you drop the tire down it makes a nice step into the back. I'm actually selling mine, not for that reason, I just need my hitch back!

 

its easy to lift down, quite opposite to lift it back up, but its worth it because I needed my rear cargo space, it looks good and I need a spare and hi lift so I dont get stuck somewhere.

 

got some more pictures up, (daytime of course) I also might have solved some peoples questions about rear window visbility with one pic, it will give you an idea of how much visibility you have







this last image shows you my visibility for the rear window, not much but I can still see some

 

what about the plate though? youll get pulled over real fast

 

its on, i just found the bolts, and somehow cops dont care here, i passed 6 cops and one followed me, didnt even pull me over.

 

That look good! I want one now! Oh by the way Im selling those spacers if you know anybody who wants em. A friend of mine is giving me his OME lift after upgrading so I dont really need these any more . Keep it up your truck is lookin good! Hopefully I will have mine put together monday but she wont look as good as yours.
Later

 

It looks sweet Blake ... how much vibration is there on the tire when you are driving around?

 

looks good...

 

yeah its those little eyes hangin right below the hi lift.

I got the plate on now, I just almost lost the bolts that he supplied me, he had them hidden in some bubble wrap lol

 

it vibrates only when I hit a bump or something else, it will move a little bit, but he told me something to do with the hitch to eliminate that. I just havent done it yet and I need my bro to help weld if we do it.

basically you drill a hole into the hitch, weld a bolt onto the end of the whole and thread a screw into the hole to keep it from moving, or thats what I gathered from Steve. It doesnt move enough to irritate me so ill do that later

 

hijack

Nelicon, where did you buy your Firestone MTs from? I want to get rid of these Mastercrafts. They are horrible

/hijack

 

firestone dealer actually, these tires are great! wear is awesome too, I need to rotate in a bit though

 

That's a sweet looking carrier. What is the biggest spare that it's rated for? Also, could we get some side shots to see how it affected your departure angle?

 

I have a pic of the side, ill get that to ya soon, I have to hit work up real fast though.

 

Your truck looks as big as mine... damn!

 

not quite man lol. you got a good 3 inchs on me or so.

 

ok, so I figured out the whole "my tire carrier wobbles like mad" problem

but, I dont know how hard it would be for everyone else to modify to make the same as mine... I took the idea from the Yakima Bike carriers, they've done all the testing so its all good from here on out.

thumbnails below, just made the carrier today so I havent painted or made license plate mount yet... but basically, for the receiver part, I pressed a 1.5x1.5x.25 wall square tube inside of a 2x2x.25 tube, so now its uber thick walled. Heres the key, for the hitch-pin/etc part, instead of drilling a big hole all the way through for the 5/8" dia pin, I drilled an 11/16" hole through one side, and drilled (with a 17/32) and tapped a 5/8-11 hole on other side, now when I slide it in the receiver, I can use a 5/8-11 bolt, which tightens up a lot and eliminates ALL wobble. even at the pivot, I have nearly 0 wobble



for you who bought one allready, you can simply take a chunk of metal to slide into the 2x2 that you have, weld it in, and drill and tap the hole, so you can use a bolt also... or you can weld a nut inside it, or you can weld a nut to a piece of metal to fit inside

also, with this set-up, I believe you can use Yakima's hitch lock to secure it

I'll get pics of the details of the carrier up at my original thread https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/boring-weekend-so-i-made-rear-spare-carrier-109884/ tomorrow maybe, and when I get a real tire on it