Tire carrier, anybody make a homemade one?

[broke xj]

I love the tire carriers but don't want to shell out $600.00 + for them. Im ok (at best) at welding and wanted to see anybody that has pics that has made theirs and how did they do it. Thanks guys

 

[whitexj98]

Heres mine, made from 2x4 3/16, all stick welded, got the latch and hinge off some site. Been holding up good for last 3 years. Got something like 125 bucks in it.

 

[lucky9]

Nice setup.

 

[98XJROKS]

Made my own....I'm in to mine about $450 (Includes bumper), but a TON of hours.

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[jro780]

98XJROKS - Nicely done. It looks like a solid build. I don't want to hijack the thread, but can you provide some info on your tube fenders?

 

[N2L 96XJ]

2nd the request about tube fenders. 98XJROKS - Did you fab the bumper as well? or did you add your own carrier to a pre-made bumper?

 

[ktm racer 419]

I made one differently from most.

basically made an ordinary 2x4 rear bumper tied in using nut strips.

welded a bolt on one end and made a bracket that welded to my 1/4 guards to mount 2 7/8" heims. at the other end is just a 7/16" bolt that threads into a nut welded to a piece of angle for the latch.

it much more solid than the ordinary hinge styles. puts much less stress on the factory bumper mounts (that are known to fail) and tie ins, makes zero noise and doesn't move one bit. glad i did it this way.

couple build pics i suppose

and heres a crappy cell phone pic of how it opens, you get the idea

 

[XJLI]

you had to use that shot of the thing in vegas didnt you. lol.

 

[ktm racer 419]

you had to use that shot of the thing in vegas didnt you. lol.

yes

 

[98XJROKS]

98XJROKS - Nicely done. It looks like a solid build. I don't want to hijack the thread, but can you provide some info on your tube fenders?

I fabricated all the fender flares with 3/4 gas pipe from Lowes bent with a HF pipe bender and 16ga sheet metal. All four are built to be fully removable.

2nd the request about tube fenders. 98XJROKS - Did you fab the bumper as well? or did you add your own carrier to a pre-made bumper?

I built the bumper at the same time as the carrier. The bumper was built with a 4x4x1/4" steel which was tied into the unibody with two 3x2x1/4" chunks steel and bolted with welded in nutserts. Just about everything you see there was fabricated in my garage out of raw material with the exception of the hardware you see.

The tire carrier is fabricated with all 1/4" steel and a Comp4x4 1750lb spindle. The tire mount is fully adjustible for different tire sizes and or wheel offsets.