Well if you have a roof rack or a roof rack mounted cargo basket you don t have to find space inside your rig for a big bulky tire just carry that wheel and tire assembly up on the roof with one of our roof mounted spare tire carriers.
Diy roof rack tire mount.
Now to figure out what cross bars to get as i only have side rails right now.
I wanted to make the rack more useful after the ski rack is removed.
The next few steps are the same as the companion roof rack project.
This design can be adapted to whatever your size of.
This has been done at least 100.
Often the best solution to this problem is to mount said huge tire on a bumper supported tire carrier.
Your roof rack or cargo basket is a great alternative location for mounting a spare tire one that will free up room inside your vehicle for other cargo and also allow you to carry a larger spare that will match oversize tires.
We ve seen roof racks that have swing arms built into them to lower big by wide rubber from the roof but that s even more weight.
The ski rack mounted easily and works perfectly for hauling our skis and poles.
Since we like to camp a roof rack can be handy to carry a variety of camping and sporting equipment.
It was easy to mount minimal fiddling.
Reviewed in the united states on january 6 2019.
2020 jeep compass high altitude maxxhaul roof rack 18 full spare tire read more.
Quality parts and solid fit make this the go to tire mount for any roof rack.
On my zj i used a wilderness rack that mounted to the rails for which i bought the wilderness tire mount both from quadratec.
5 0 out of 5 stars works with off grid.
The hard part was getting the tire off the roof but not a big deal since i hardly ever did.
I would not trust the factory cross rails to carry a tire and stay secure in a wreck.
Inno tire hold roof bike rack best price on inno roof mounted car bike racks for wheels measuring 20 it a bout 50 bucks less on amazon but this site has better pics.