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Vanderee


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Nothing worse than NOT having a spare wheel on the road. Although there is a lot of storage in the bins

the wheel was too big to even mount underneath due to LPG tanks etc. no space left any where.

I got some 8 mm steel plate and 80 x 80 mm angle iron, 50 x 50 mm RHS HD, and some flat 8 mm bar, and after

some thinking it turned out great. I can still tow with the hitch and the carrier can be easily unbolted for removal.

A top and bottom plate, bolted on the draw bar, and the top plate is welded to the angle iron bolted on through the

hitch frame. Solid as a rock I pulled the car along from the top plate with it no problem. Easy to make at home, and piece of mind.

The tow ball hitch bar still pulls out as usual if needed. The wheel is secured with a heavy chain for safety reasons.

 

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I like it..

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Looks great,you have given me an idea for the motor home spare wheel,I have to ask,Whats the rope for?winkwinkbiggrin cheers Peter.



-- Edited by 2foot6 on Thursday 5th of December 2013 05:43:48 PM

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Peter; the ropes you're looking at hold the tarps in place.
I am also lucky to have a step under the roof ladder as well. home made
bent pipe welded on steel and angle iron bolted under the chassis.
Beats having to stand on a box that can topple over (that hurts too) to get up the ladder.
Come to think of it; the missus stole that box for storage..... hmmmmm.
When I get bored I make all those stupid things and I get stiff in the joints sitting down too long.
Cheers mate; good to hear you got an idea from that...whatch yah got planned ????

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Kieth,on our motor home the spare wheel is at the rear under the chassis,if  I have a flat tyre on  either of the two axels ,it is almost impossible to  remove it without jacking up the motor home ,then you have to crawl under it ,to get to the tyre(don't like that idea)So the idea is to mount the spare wheel on the rear wall,but vibration and other stresses worry me.Your idea could be included in some sort of bracket.I need time to let it sink in.  cheers Peter.



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Excellent Idea,

I also need to carry a spare tyre, But where to put it,

Its a full size Truck Tyre, Its heavy as Hell, Even tho its on an Alcoa rim,

I have a diesel pusher and there is already 5 or 6 ton hanging off the back of the rear axle,

So on the Tow Hitch is out of the question,

No room any where under neath, Lockers are way too small,

Dont even think about inside the Coach, hahahahaha

Got no hope of getting it onto the roof, Hahahahahaha,

Looks like it will have to be some thing like yours, but hanging off the two front chassis members.

And sitting in the middle, out on the front of my Coach,

I will need a small ramp or a little winch to get it up off the ground, To Bolt it on,

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Hi Peter,

Vibrations do not effect the carrier, because the top plate is welded onto a 10 mm angle iron 60 cm long, which is bolted

=+=+_+=+= through the front face of the draw bar. HT 8 mm  bolts with lock nuts. Under draw bar plate with two bolts

( acts like clamp) Lock nuts prevent loosening. I could have added more side bars for anti vibration but no need mate.

No need to remove it at all. It's only as strong as the draw bar.

Also  vertical side bars counter act movement. All the steel is too heavy to flex, this bar

will pull two ton from the top. If you look at the USA made (slide in ) Reece tire carrier, it's a rattling joke.

I have filed a patent on this set up because Hayman Reece has no talent for new innovations.

(Cannot buy it; make it) Retired engineer.

 



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Hi Brian,

Before I had a Mazda motor home with a Reece. The same problem tires under neath a pain in the A.

I bought a caravan tubular tire carrier, welded plates onto it and bolted it under though  the sides through the draw bar mounting system

Same as fitting a bull bar, easy..

 



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Great idea Brian, out in front and a bl... great roo bar as well.

Cheers mate !



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How are you doing with the tire mount mate.? 

I have an american import motor home as well an Airstream built of aircraft frames and aluminum,, what beats me is the local

motor homers tell me, they fall apart on the road, a mate has one like yours, he rebuilt the whole machine,

looks fantastic and he drives all over the country. He wants $300,000. for it. Never has a problem. I know yours is a well built coach better than all the 

new stuff would you buy the local built stuff? All I see is plywood.I get cheesed off with the stupid comments.

Cheers mate. 



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