Swing-out Tire Carrier & Towing a Trailer

Does anyone here have a rear swing out tire carrier and tow a trailer regularly?

Any clearance issues?

I tow 3-4 times a week and would love to have a swingout, but I’m worried that there won’t be enough room depending on how far back the spare tire sits.

 

I tow a travel trailer with relatively short tongue, and I hit the crank handle for the jack on the spare. Rather than remove the spare overtime I towed, I fixed it with long receiver from ETrailer.

 

I had the same problem. Had to remove the tire on my swing out carrier every time I towed the trailer. Because I couldn’t live without a full size spare (285/75r17) I switched to a Wilco Off-road Tiregate Prerunner. Now there’s lots of room for towing, I retain full use of the box and I keep my full-size spare.

 

My travel trailer hits the spare but the boat trailer and utility trailer don't.

 

Sounds like it just depends on the swingout and trailer....

 

I’ll have to look into that. Just worried about the tongue weight rating when extending the hitch receiver.

 

I think it's a combo of the trailer jack height/type (electric jacks stick up much higher) and the trailer tongue length.