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19th March 2019, 08:56 AM
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where do you put your spare wheel GU series 2 tray back
Hi all I am looking for some smart ideas on where to put my spare wheel . I am in the process of fitting a slide on camper to my trey Back . I now know why I see the wheels on the load board of the tray . Where did the wheel go from the factory ? Thanks to all
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19th March 2019 08:56 AM
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19th March 2019, 08:57 AM
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depending on the tyre size and if you have a Sub Tank i think? they will go between the chassis rails under the tray.
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19th March 2019, 01:32 PM
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The stock main tank (rear tank) on the leaf sprung variants we’ve had are some 50-75mm higher up than the coil variants and can really only fit pizza cutter spare tyres under there. My series 1 coily with its tank pretty much level top with the chassis rail tops just fits a 35x12.5 BFG but my tray is raised a good 200+mm from stock height too.
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19th March 2019, 03:01 PM
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some make brackets and hand them off the back,
Im sure there is a pic some where of it done.
could also fit a water tank underneath as well
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19th March 2019, 05:12 PM
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20th March 2019, 03:22 PM
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Yes its a right pain in the ass ! I have 8" rims with BFG I don't really want to put it into my new slide on camper . I am hoping when I get the new air bags in I might be able to put it on the load board of the truck .. I will C how it goes I am going to try air bags no springs ! The camper is 650 kgs with water gas etc . I am hoping I have made the right choice .
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20th March 2019, 05:10 PM
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I have put my spare up on the ute roof rack before mate but it is a mid size rack being an extra cab and the mini standard ute racks may not fit a decent diameter spare? I just found it way too top heavy for the high country scary stuff but would be fine for touring, albeit higher fuel consumption up there. Think I’ll be positioning it vertically on the rear of my new tray/pod/box setup still to come to keep the majority of weight as close as possible to the vehicles centre hard behind the cab. Honestly can’t understand why some twin cab modern all wheel drivers have their loads so far back with the front empty surely begging to snap their chassis’s, plenty of horror photos out there of that setup!
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21st March 2019, 08:08 AM
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Yes I have had the joy of doing a few chassis repairs ! thinking or moving the diff back ! so as to improve the balance !
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2nd April 2019, 06:14 PM
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G’day @Neil27 mate!
Are you kindly referring to mounting a spare wheel upfront like on a bonnet or bullbar (old school LandRover style) ?
On a load carrying ute/tray’s back the spare tyre is generally the least amount to worry about with some blokes packing upwards of some 1,000kg atop of their chassis’s.
Position of all final weights is crucial though I too do agree mate!
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2nd April 2019, 06:21 PM
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Whats your design of your slide of camper? Is there anything stopping you from mounting it 2 the back of the camper?
99.9% of canopy's we build being either being jack off or permanently mounted, tires are mounted 2 the back of the canopy
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