swing out tire carriers always behind the passenger. why??

seems to me if you're going to have something partially blocking your rear view then it makes more sense to put it on the driver's side.

why are the tires on swing outs almost always behind the passenger? (and the answer can't be because they hinge from that side, since that could be reversed...)

any insights?

this may be more appropriately posted in the armor section...

 

Counter balance the taco lean?

I'm not sure, just my guess

 

yeah i thought of that. but if you stack 10-12 gallons of gas next to them or a box of recovery gear then the benefits of having the tire on the right would be lessened significantly, at least for lighter 265's or 285's.

 

Mine is directly in the middle.

 

Maybe because the latch point? So you don't have to walk to the passenger side to unlatch and swing it.

Edit: which i guess it would swing to the drivers side if that were the case lol.

 

nice, hadn't seen this option before.

 

perhaps. but the All Pro bumper has two swing-outs, one for cans/cooler and one for the tire, so the latches are in the ~middle and the tire is still placed on the passenger side.

 

Maybe for when changing a tire at the side of the road you're away from traffic when unmounting spare?

 

True. Hmm idk. I think it's more out of the way with it on the passenger side. People might walk more on the drivers side then passenger, so that way you don't have a big tire hanging in your way every time walking by lol.

 

Maybe because most people are right handed so it opens to the right

 

on passenger to counter the weight of full from stock tank and the fuel you add to the driver side swingout

 

as a driver, do you want to walk around the open gate? could be where it started and continued as the trend.

if it opens on the driver side with the pivot on the passenger side, the opening is on the driver side. based on this, you would want the tire on the passenger side so the weight of the tire is closer to the pivot point making opening the gate more controllable and less stress on the joint. this will have the opening on the driver side which would be most convenient for the driver.


I had InSain Fabrication have my tire gate open opposite so my fridge slide could remain in the same location..so mine opens on the passenger side.

 

Maybe. But according to the internet, a gallon of gas weighs about 6 lbs, so if you have two 5 gal cans, that 60 lbs on the driver's side in gas. A 285/75 tire will weigh almost that amount, and more with the rim, but not significantly more. With a 265 or 285 tire and 10 gallons of gas, its basically a wash when it comes to counter balancing since your talking about probably at most a weight difference of 10-20 lbs.

 

maybe, but better than having it on the driver side still

 

actually checking out your build (which i found in the soft top/hard top thread) earlier and seeing your gate is what got me thinking about this again. your truck is siiiiiiiick.

you and other are probably right about it being a convenience thing. as for the pivot location, I agree the tire should be on the side of the pivot, but that could go on either side...

 

true, since the tire is likely to be there full time, whereas the gas can may not be...

 

I have a tire on the passenger side, and then a dual jerry can system on the other. I'm glad it evens out

FWIW, it doesn't bother me to have the tire on the passenger side.

 

which bumper/brand is it?

 

Actually, maybe I should have started this by asking whether people find that tires on swing outs block their rear view. I just assumed from pictures that they did but maybe its not so bad.

 

Pelfrey, high clearance