Spare Tire Woes

At a loss for good idea. Upsized my ires. to a new spare same size as new tires. Too big o go in place where original spare is (remains). So it sits in bed(locked canopy). The tire is big & heavy and $$$9 about $1,000 for new tire and wheel). So where to securely store this spare? Spend more money for roof rack? Thinking of upgrading rear bumper (rig some tire rack on heavier rear bumper) or ????Went 300,000km with my last Tacoma, upgraded tires. never ought an upsized spare, never needed to use original spare, just lucky I guess.

 

Some vehicles don't even come with a spare. Nonetheless, if you carry a spare it needs to be securely fashioned to the truck, otherwise in an accident it can become a deadly projectile.

 

What’s your new tire size?

 

Depending on how big you went, you can massage/modify the spare tire area to accommodate up to a 33" I believe

 

There are spare tire mounts that go into the receiver. Tire would be behind the tailgate.

 

Some guys can even get 285/75/17 (34s) in there

 

I easily fit 255/80/17 (33”) in my spare tire location.

 

Also helps if you pull the tire towards receiver when winching up the spare.

 

Deflate it. It should fit fine.

 

I actually had to do that.



Didn’t like how close it was to the exhaust pipe.

 

Why not, I keep a 12v compressor in every vehicle.

 

Any sources.?

 

Sounds like a great excuse for a new swingout bumper. Before you wanted now, now you need one.

 

What size is your spare?

 

I was looking at them on ebay recently. Not sure I should put the link her so just search "Tacoma receiver tire mount" on ebay, Amazon or google. I've seen 'em from$69 to $500.

 

Rig'd
&
Wilco

Neither is very inexpensive but less than swapping out the rear bumper for a swingout.

 

Still trying to find out what’s the tire size…

 

The size is Up, says so in the first post.

 

Up, which is?