Tailgate Tyre/Jerrycan carrier.

[Big Bug]

If you have the dollars Tyre Trek, 4WD, Rear Bar, Tyre Carrier, Jerry Can Holder, Tow Bar Mounted Tyre Carrier, Swing Away Mounted Tyre Carrier, 4WD Accessories, Australian Made have an unreal mount for spare wheel and two jerries! The plus is you can put it in the shed when not using it, when i start touring there is a good chance thats what i will be getting!!! I want it mainly so i can hang two bikes off of the spare!

Saltd0g, I have a different version of that tyre carrier and I find it very cumbersome. Now the Tyre Trek does look a lot better. The carrier I have weighs about 50kg unloaded so that is a lot of weight hanging out the back of the van, then put on two jerrycans and a tyre is a fair amount of weight. The Tyre Trek appears a lot lighter than that and is easier to mount with the tightening bolt at the back, I need about a 400mm extension on the socket spanner to tighten mine.

I will persevere with the tailgate idea and see how it works or not as the case maybe. I saw the Tyre Trek after I bought mine but isn't that always the way.

Bruce CQ

[Bryn23]

It looks good Bruce, did you use 1.6 or 2mm steel tube?

[Big Bug]

It looks good Bruce, did you use 1.6 or 2mm steel tube?

Bryn, I used 25x25 with 1.6mm wall. I used a couple of pieces of 16x16 2mm wall. I will be replacing the lowest horizontal bar with the 16x16 to save a bit of weight. After building this I can see having the weight as high up as possible means lower NM gas trusts can be used. Might even put a new bit of cargo track higher up on the door so that would be a bit of steel I can cut off.

As I said I'm going to give it a try out and hope it goes ok. Might be a pile of steel a towns recycle bin somewhere but I hope not.

Bruce CQ

[Art]

Just wonder if this model will survive rough roads

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...33a366e655.jpg

[BertieT5]

I bought a Tiregate and modified it.

Its ok but clearance with tailgate when opening is very tight. I had to make shims up to avoid contact.

It was flogged out over time and flaps around a lot.
If doing it again I'd design my own using a trailer axle system like many tyre carriers on 4wds, but still mount off reece hitch.

[Big Bug]

I will have another go at sending the photo.