Swing Away Tire carrier (prerunner style bumper) pictures wanted

[67horse]

Ok ive been looking at the wild horses prerunner bumper with the swingaway tire carrier and the cooler rack and the Jerrycan holder. Now i was thinking I have access to a tube bender a welder and all the stuff i would need to make my own all i need is some pictures of other peoples so i can build up a schematic. If you have highlift jack mounts on it that would be even better. Or even better than pictures if someone has already built theirs a copy of the schematics.

 

[scsm76]

Here's a few pictures of mine, there's a lot more in my build thread (click on th link in my sig):

 

[Heus33]

thats a beautiful thing scsm76

 

[trlblazr]

Nice job scsm76. Do you have close-up pics of the latching joint?

 

[gearida]

I am in the mobility business, you guys need to look at a Bruno, Meridian lift for a class 3 receiver hitch. They make a swing away with a pivot that is adjustable if it starts to sag. I hope to copy the idea when I build one.

 

[trlblazr]

I think if you use a nylon bushing you shouldn’t have a problem with sag. It could be replaced, and I know a good machinist that would make them for the brotherhood at no cost.

 

[JHD]

Did you build that yourself?

 

[Ohio Bronco 21]

That is one nice bumper scsm76

 

[scsm76]

Thanks everyone, yes I built it my self. Crawln68 helped me use his tube bender for the initial 2" bends, but I later bought my own to finish it up. The latches are DeStaco's from Mcmaster, but I made the hooks myself. I used the rockstomper hinges (1000# trailer hubs.) The tire mounts to the end of a old axle that had stripped splines, I popped out one of the studs, drilled it to 5/8" and welded part of a receiver lock pin in its place so the tire could be locked.
A couple things I would do different is set the spare tire up a tad higher and angle it in at the top. I would make the main top tube out of slightly thicker tube like .185 instead of .120. And I would probably make a cam style latch since by the time I made these work I could have built the cam latches plus it was difficult to keep the hooks low enough to clear the tailgate when down.

 

[Heus33]

Well if you decide to 'upgrade' I know someone that would be interested in buying that one! ;D