bronco spare tire mount

[PBR]

here we go again with the bronco question...

so i did it... i went to the dark side and bought a bronco, it is very old school but has a lot of potential... i need to mount 2 spare tires in the back of the bronco, one 37" and one 35" and i was wondering how people have done it... if you have any pics that would be great...

thanks.

[ACID_RAIN28]

I will look in my libray of pics for it but i have seen them at like a 45 deg angle in the back on each side, driver and pass facing each other and covering the windows if you understand what I am saying. Or you could put the 35 inside and the 37 out side. That would probably work better.
there was one in the offroad magazine a while back that had a couple spares in it.

[PBR]

i was thinking of doing one inside and one outside but nothing i found looked like it was built to take the rough stuff, it all looked like rock crawler stuff.

[John_Bitting]

Run 37's and then carry two 37's, that way there you have the same rims and tires as on Butch.

[PBR]

i only have a 35 spline rearend so i think that i will be snapping axles with 37's... and the bronco really doesn't have enough power to push that big of a tire.

[EQuin]

I bought an 86 POS Bronco, but have no idea how to mount two big tires in the back. Maybe take out the tailgate and mount them there at an angle? Hate to sound like a vulture, but if you go that route, would you be willing to sell your stock spare tire carrier?

[PBR]

there was no spare tire carrier on it to begin with otherwise i would have...

[Junior]

Here is one.

Junior

[Junior]

The previous when complete.

Jr

[jeff]

Are you running a fuel cell or just the stock tank? Getting a 37" tire to fit inside a Bronco is tough if you try to do it at an angle... and tough if you run them straight up and down. It requires so much of an angle to clear the roof it eats up most of the rear cargo area space. I can fit two 35" tires easily... but one 35" and one 37" would be a major pain. My setup is pretty darn similar to that EJR Bronco shown in those attachments except my fuel cell is raised above the floor... my guess is a 37" tire wouldn't clear with those mounts at that angle. By making them angle in you'll just eat up rear seat room. Stacking them pancake style is an option but then you again run into rear seat clearance problems. Get an unmounted 37" tire and start farting around with possible locations.

Mounting the 37" on the back (using an external mount) is possible but like you said it's going to need a beefy mounting system. Another option is to do what some guys have done and run the spare on a roof mounted rack. With a good roof system you make it pretty top heavy but there is loads of room up there. I plan on making a simple roof mounted rack that ties into the cage - it will hold a few pit boxes, a cooler or two, and a 3rd spare tire. Plus, when I unload that stuff I'll have a safer place to sleep.

Aloha

[BigD]

does anyone have any pics of beefed up external spare tire mounts for the bronco?? or are there any companies producing an after market one that can take a beating??? could you just reinforce a stock one to make it work?? i really wanna throw my spare on the back as well, but i keep on envisioning the thing coming loose and slamming into my bedsides...

[EQuin]

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does anyone have any pics of beefed up external spare tire mounts for the bronco?? or are there any companies producing an after market one that can take a beating??? could you just reinforce a stock one to make it work?? i really wanna throw my spare on the back as well, but i keep on envisioning the thing coming loose and slamming into my bedsides...

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I haven't seen any pics of what you're describing, but you might want to check the forum and gallery at www.fullsizebronco.com. (http://www.fullsizebronco.com.) I'll bet someone has fabbed up a beefed-up spare tire carrier for the rear. Maybe just place one in the rear in a beefed-up spare tire carrier that ties into a custom bumper, and one on the roof or in the bed? I don't know how strong the stock mount is on the rear sheetmetal where the spare tire carrier bolts onto, so I have no idea if it can withstand the weight of a 37" tire/wheel combo while off-roading the truck, much less two 37" tires. I would think it's not strong enough for that, though, since it's probably designed to carry a stock sized tire while driven on the street?

My uneducated guess is that if you have 2 spare tire carriers in the back, the added weight may also act as a fulcrum on the frame, eventually weakening it and causing it to bend over time, especially if you plan on off-roading it. I'm no engineer or metallurgist, so I don't know, but something like that happened to David's Tacoma when he put on a heavy duty rear bumper with a swing-out tire carrier and jerry cans. Over time, and with the abuse of off-roading, the rear part of the stock frame eventually bent downwards due to the fulcrum effect from all the excess weight on the back. I'm sure beefing up the frame and tying it to a cage would help prevent something like that from happening, though. Just a thought from David's pics and posts I remember seeing on the Tacoma forum a few years back.

[Ryan B]

here's one
http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/features/1998/11/inter2.jpg