TOY: Re: Spare tyres

["Scott Ellinger" <ellinger@xxxxxxxx>]

> "Can you put one on a tailgate carrier (kinda like the Nissan
> Pathfinder carriers, didn't Toyota have some of those for a
> few years too?) and one inside?  Two 35's side by side on
> a tailgate carrier would be too wide... what about two side
> by side but one flat and divoted around the other?"
>
> I'm going to be building a spare-tyre carrier/ rear bumper combo so I'll have
one
> tyre on it but I guess I might just have to carry the other one inside the
truck
> when going on longer trips.

You might be able to diagonally offset two tires on the rear rack
combo such that one is high and to the left, the other is low and
to the right, but the low one might drag when 'wheeling, and the
high one would probably block part of the rear view.  I'm still
partial to the tire on the roof option, maybe with a smallish rack
or something.  Have you considered a roof rack for the tire and
other gear?  If you're going far and/or long enough, you'll likely
need more stuff than you can cram inside... unless you're only
taking two people and using the whole back of the truck as a
pickup.

Have you considered having a "normal" 35" spare, and a 31"
or so "spare spare" in the stock crank location?  Figure if it
gets down to where you're using the 31" spare, it's a brief
"limp home" thing, just to get to where you can have a 35 fixed
or replaced?

Might not be pleasant to drive on it, but it's not too horrible in
the front (if you have a rear locker) at sub-80mph speeds.

--scott  ellinger@frii.com
http://www.rockstomper.com