$15 spare tire carrier

you got me beat. I was slammed twice by cars doing over 50 in the past 20. None were my fault.

I also started collecting dings/dents. I'm up to three now

 

Aaron, this is a smart idea. Is the bed mat the stock mat? And where'd you get the Y strap?

 

Thanks Darcy, it's still holding up well! Have had this set up for about 10 months. It's been through the hot Virginia Beach summer and NY snow. No rusting or malfunctioning of the ratchet strap yet. The black nylon has faded a little but that was expected. No wear on the straps either.

The bed mat is indeed the OEM Toyota mat....picked up the Beard Y-Strap from racereadyproducts.com for $60.95 + $12 shipping.

 

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I have a Warrior Products Prerunner in bed spare tire carrier if you'd be interested instead of strapping the tire in, I don't use it since I made my own steel rear bumper and swing out tire carrier. Email or pm me if interested, for some reason I can't link the ad.


Here's pictures of it...








After I unbolted the mounting plates and just had it sitting in bed for reference.