Redneck Teepee wrote:... I got my
spare tire mounted today after looking at several options that just would not work, underneath...too low and in front of my tongue box it crowded the jack and looked funny with the tapered box and then ballooning back out to a 27" dia.
tire, so I
mounted it on top of the tongue box with a swing up and out custom built bracket. The box basically holds the weight of the
tire, and the square tube mount holds it in place and the
tire in an upright position. The
tire side walls ride on the box with no metal parts touching and is quite easy and light to fold forward for box access, I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. I'm very pleased with the whole thing.
Very nice, especially since it would've fit nicely on my single beam drawbar.... If only I had one like that, I could have
mounted my
spare on my front sloping roof,
to swing down for dis-mounting. I couldn't put a solid mount there, because my wife couldn't lift the
tire from that position (but on a hinge, could flip it down!). When first contemplating a location, I saw that, like you, I couldn't mount my
spare under the trailer, for lack of clearance, and had already given up on finding a (cheap) swing-out mount, like on jeeps, so I
mounted mine directly to the front wall (an advantage for a flat, non-teardrop front end),
and I thought that was that. But, after I reluctantly,
HAD to have a tonguebox (for balance/storage needs), I really couldn't find another place for the
spare; besides, by then, I liked the look, and then again, the weight balance would change. But, like you, I didn't favor the appearance of the 27" diameter
tire conflicting with the width of the box (although in reverse order from yours), and after I found a box of similar width (to the
tire),
I devised a sliding tonguebox mount,
and kept the
spare in its' original space (just unlock the base, slide the box forward, access the
spare). A lot of work to make, sorta complicated, and a
Rube Goldberg-ish solution (actually, I like those!). Yours is a much more straight-forward solution.