jkJason

you all raise some good points about the weight being farther out....but thats why I figured to use a double hinge. I like the idea of mounting the tire on an angle though...I'll work on some other awesome sketches

jkJason

Thats just what I'm goin for...it's like a beefed up version of the or-fab

07Rubi2dr

you could just get the lod bumper without the tire carrier, then buy the or fab tire/jerry can carrier, then you'd get both things you want.

jkJason

The or fab can only hold up to a 35 though, it's cause its body mounted. I'm lookin to build something a little stronger. The lod bumper unfinished w/o carrier is the base platform I'm gonna start with though.

johnnyboy110

Have you takin any measurments to see if ur design even works??? It seem that if you mounted the jerry can as close to the body as possible that ur tire wouldn't be to far out and as long as u use some good bearings I think if would be fine. Do you have access to a machine shop?? If so I would recommend machining a tube to fit axle bearing from the front of a rear wheel drive truck or van. Think about how much weight those have to support. The bearings from a Ford E150 are about the right size. Make some sweet ass gussets around the tube where the axle bearings are and mabee even overkill it by using 1/4" plate for that side of the bumper( or the whole thing) and tie it strait to the frame. member there could be additional stress on it from coming off a rock face a draging the tire of bumper or just trail vibrations.

greenamphibious

Is that bumper made out of #2 pencil?

Dirty Dog

just buy river raiders tire carrier

jkJason

i was goin for a napoleon dynamite type sketch..eh eh? ahah

jkJason

That's a nice carrier but I want to convert the swing out tailgate to a fold down tailgate with a stop so I can use it as a table/workbench..kinda like a pickup, so I'd like the tire carrier to swing out.

FireRescue707

I like the R.R. one also.