Jerry Gerner 2
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Since I have dual exhuast and 33's I can't put my spare under the bed so it takes up most of the inside of my bed.
I've been doing tons of R&D for the past year or so and after having a baby boy 2 months ago I need my bed back to haul the stroller, etc.. When I've been hauling everything under the sun with my Trac I've had to take my spare out and leave it at home.
I did have the spare up on the roof mounted to a Yakima MegaWarrior but have since sold that to another member because I couldn't fit my Trac under most low clearances (fast food places, parking garages, etc.) plus it killed my fuel mileage.
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So I removed the bumper cover, bumper, etc. and took alot of measurements, pictures, markings, etc...
I was going to fab up something similair to Jefe's build but as the rest of you ST owners know, we have plastic bumper covers and reinforcements so I didn't/ couldn't go that route. Instead I've devised a design I believe alot of the of you will be recreating soon after I post my build thread.
I'll be using 2", slightly thicker than 1/8" thick square tubing for the swing out tire carrier, 6x6, 1/4" thick angle iron and some 1/4" steel plate to make gussets for reinforcement.
I search alot of diffierent forums and found the spindle kit that I feel will work best for me and the price was the best for what I needed. I'll be adding a pull pin to lock the carrier in place while it's open because there's too many hills around here not to secure it.
Link to EMS Offorad... (sorry, I don't know how to double link)
http://www.emsoffroad.com/store/inde...index&cPath=78
I'll be adding to this as I go, hopefully I'll have it done this Saturday. I'll try and take as many pictures as I can.
Oh ya on a side note, Dickies work shirts "DO" catch on fire from grind ambers fairly easily, never had this happen. I was grinding the other day, looked down and noticed my shirt was on fire, not a little, big flames. I put it out with my hand but my Down2EarthCustoms shirt (my custom truck club) is alittle crispy on the front. I'll post pictures of the shirt on the photobucket page too.
I'm adding more pictures tonight after I get Matthew down for bed. Everything is done, all I have to do is weld eveyrthing together, grind down the frame once I take the bumper completely off so I can weld the mounting brackets to the frame/ bumper brackets and cut the two small holes in the bumper step pads for the spindle and latch brackets and isolator pad. Hopefully my buddy isn't busy on Thursday (busy tomorrow) so he can help me weld this and install it.
Check out the pictures and let me know what y'all think. nline::banana:
I've been doing tons of R&D for the past year or so and after having a baby boy 2 months ago I need my bed back to haul the stroller, etc.. When I've been hauling everything under the sun with my Trac I've had to take my spare out and leave it at home.
I did have the spare up on the roof mounted to a Yakima MegaWarrior but have since sold that to another member because I couldn't fit my Trac under most low clearances (fast food places, parking garages, etc.) plus it killed my fuel mileage.
[Broken External Image]:
So I removed the bumper cover, bumper, etc. and took alot of measurements, pictures, markings, etc...
I was going to fab up something similair to Jefe's build but as the rest of you ST owners know, we have plastic bumper covers and reinforcements so I didn't/ couldn't go that route. Instead I've devised a design I believe alot of the of you will be recreating soon after I post my build thread.
I'll be using 2", slightly thicker than 1/8" thick square tubing for the swing out tire carrier, 6x6, 1/4" thick angle iron and some 1/4" steel plate to make gussets for reinforcement.
I search alot of diffierent forums and found the spindle kit that I feel will work best for me and the price was the best for what I needed. I'll be adding a pull pin to lock the carrier in place while it's open because there's too many hills around here not to secure it.
Link to EMS Offorad... (sorry, I don't know how to double link)
http://www.emsoffroad.com/store/inde...index&cPath=78
I'll be adding to this as I go, hopefully I'll have it done this Saturday. I'll try and take as many pictures as I can.
Oh ya on a side note, Dickies work shirts "DO" catch on fire from grind ambers fairly easily, never had this happen. I was grinding the other day, looked down and noticed my shirt was on fire, not a little, big flames. I put it out with my hand but my Down2EarthCustoms shirt (my custom truck club) is alittle crispy on the front. I'll post pictures of the shirt on the photobucket page too.
I'm adding more pictures tonight after I get Matthew down for bed. Everything is done, all I have to do is weld eveyrthing together, grind down the frame once I take the bumper completely off so I can weld the mounting brackets to the frame/ bumper brackets and cut the two small holes in the bumper step pads for the spindle and latch brackets and isolator pad. Hopefully my buddy isn't busy on Thursday (busy tomorrow) so he can help me weld this and install it.
Check out the pictures and let me know what y'all think. nline::banana:
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