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new tire carrier

I did a little fab work to make this work out for me. what i did was i took the tire carrier off of an 88 wrangler. being that the bolt pattern was the same 5 on 4.5 and welded two peices of unistrut on to make it tilt up. then just bolted it to the bed. tell me what you guys think!

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looks like you have a 5th wheel hitch lol

cool, but ive never been a huge fan of putting the tire in the bed....especially since our trucks have such small beds too start with....btw
 
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Never thought of that, Great Idea but bed space is more limited
 
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yeah i dont use the truck to haul anything thats what the dads 250 superduty is for!
 
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not bad
 
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thanks
 
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i like it. how easy would it be to take back out?
 
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cool....never thought about that
 
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it actually takes about 2 minutes unbolt the 2 lowers and loosen the uppers and slide out so not to bad
 
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please tell me the bolts go through the bed atleast haha
 
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oh yes all of um. this things not going anywhere!
 
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Very clever. Me likely.
 
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Not bad!.. Good look on it - but as above - sucks how it eats up the bed space :-(
 
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do you have more pics?
 
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^^^
yea i want to see it from a distance.
 
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yeah i go out in a bit and snap some of it
 
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good idea. i like it. i guess all them darn jeeps runnin round colorado actually do serve a purpose
 
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heres more pics for ya guys

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Very nice! Looks great with the light rack.
 
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yeah i like it but that bug deflector is ugly and i would throw the tailgate back on if u have one
 
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looks good. so are you gonna be running wheeler lake with me and jodan the end of the month???
 
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id love to man just need some directions from ya!
 
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ok we got a thread goin in the meet and greet section dont wanna jack your thread lol
 
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