so i plan to practice my rear bumper/tire carrier ideas by building my roommate one for her yj that will hold her 33" spare.....
i've found a few hinges but so far the rockstomper seems to be the strongest... comments?
latches seem fairly simple and i'm not too worried about that aspect of it as of now.
questions now... what do you guys think of the rockstomper hinge? any other suggestions?
it will only need to hold her 33" spare but i plan to use it as a test mule to see how it will hold up to my 40" spare. if it works, i'll reporduce another one slightly different for myself.
now before i go and waste my time with something that will never work i'd like to ask if ANYONE has a tire carrier capable of holding a 39.5" bogger SAFELY without the risk of the hinge self destroucting from all the weight and vibrations?
if you have indeed made a carrier please give me your insight as to what you did and how you could have improved as well as things you wouldn't do again or products you wouldn't suggest such as particular hinges, latches, sizes of steel, etc.
my plan thus far was a 2x4" bumper tied it to the frame with 2x2" square tubing that would make up the simple triangle, yatta yatta yatta... it'll be like practically every other tire carrier out there....
ok, i'm ready... throw your opinions and suggestions at me...
-Erik
i've found a few hinges but so far the rockstomper seems to be the strongest... comments?
latches seem fairly simple and i'm not too worried about that aspect of it as of now.
questions now... what do you guys think of the rockstomper hinge? any other suggestions?
it will only need to hold her 33" spare but i plan to use it as a test mule to see how it will hold up to my 40" spare. if it works, i'll reporduce another one slightly different for myself.
now before i go and waste my time with something that will never work i'd like to ask if ANYONE has a tire carrier capable of holding a 39.5" bogger SAFELY without the risk of the hinge self destroucting from all the weight and vibrations?
if you have indeed made a carrier please give me your insight as to what you did and how you could have improved as well as things you wouldn't do again or products you wouldn't suggest such as particular hinges, latches, sizes of steel, etc.
my plan thus far was a 2x4" bumper tied it to the frame with 2x2" square tubing that would make up the simple triangle, yatta yatta yatta... it'll be like practically every other tire carrier out there....
ok, i'm ready... throw your opinions and suggestions at me...
-Erik