Rear spare mount: GoRhino Hitch mount
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Interesting. Super value oriented. Was considering the Rig’d or Dirtcom but this is less than half of either. FWIW, the Dirtcom crew sent me this pic of theirs fitted on a 250. I do like how tight to the body it appears to be. Some stick out ridiculously far.
This would be a good way to carry extra fuel!
Unless you get rear ended on the highway. I keep going back and forth on that myself.
I think you can, actually. Dirtcom has a lot of adjustability and in the lowest position, the rear glass might be able to open with a 35” tire.
That’s my use case as well. 35” won’t fit in stock location and don’t need full replacement bumper.
Downside is the high quality hitch tire carriers are $$$.
I guess with mounts like this one can forget about parking sensors and backup camera? I was eyeballing some for a while and I guess normal flow would be mounting the thing when you go for an adventure and keeping it in a remote garage corner on the days when you need to drop off kids at school and do grocery shopping.
That's my use case...use it on camping trips and then I can also hang my trail bag from it. I can't fit in the garage if I leave it on.
If you search: temu receiver spare tire carrier
there is a swingout model that is $225 delivered. I have it and it looks well made, but I will test the welds before travel.
Most of these carriers offered in North America are simply resold Chinese products with a large markup. But the price of the GoRhino product above isn't terrible.
A swing down carrier probably preserves the sensors function in the bumper
This one is interesting, although I've never seen it:
wilcooffroad.com
there is a swingout model that is $225 delivered. I have it and it looks well made, but I will test the welds before travel.
Most of these carriers offered in North America are simply resold Chinese products with a large markup. But the price of the GoRhino product above isn't terrible.
A swing down carrier probably preserves the sensors function in the bumper
This one is interesting, although I've never seen it:
Hitchgate Drop
Discover the Hitchgate Drop, the lightest and most durable USA-made offroad tire carrier. Easily installs in 10 minutes and fits most 2" hitch receivers. Click to learn More
wilcooffroad.com
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Minimum affect because of raised and angled cut (choose “standard” version for “best” departure angle)
The “straight” and “extended” versions are not that good in departure angle.
The “straight” and “extended” versions are not that good in departure angle.
Here's some photos of my dirtcom carrier
No issues with window clearance, and I've got a 12.5in wide tire on there
Heres a side shot of the hitch clearance
No issues with window clearance, and I've got a 12.5in wide tire on there
Heres a side shot of the hitch clearance
How does it affect parking/backup sensors? Were you able to relocate backup camera? Thank you in advance.
I already had all the parking sensors off, I didn't relocate the backup camera, I can still see the parking lines on the edges of the screen, so that's good enough for me. The auto braking is turned off. The cross traffic alerts still work
I do miss the rear camera view and am considering an inexpensive add on wifi rear view camera mounted to the Dirtcom carrier but skeptical on how much of a pain it might be to access the camera from my iPhone when needed. I only run the Dirtcom carrier for longer trips but it is high quality and makes carrying fuel and traction boards easier for sure.
Awesome. Thank you do much for the reply and info! Much appreciated.
That's a nice way to carry those traction boards - any issues yet for those holders? I'm thinking of grabbing those also...
My carrier is primarily used as a fancy water dispenser haha
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