Spare Mount setup

[sully5]

Wanted the spare under the bed and wanted to to be easy to drop.

Started by going to Pull-a-Part in Nashville. Found a spare tire "reel" in an S-10 that had the bed removed. Then I built a crossmember for it.



After removing original spare mounting bar, I anstalled this one in between the rails.





Drilled below the tailgate with a 5/8" lining up the hole with the reel.



Made a shaft that will use my lug wrench to turn it.





And . . . . it's mounted.

[charliemccraney]

That is slick. I thought about doing that a long time ago. Never did and now there is a fuel tank in the way.