P500 HomeGrown-Spare Tire Rack

[WillyBill]

Finally got tired of my spare tire always being strapped down on the Tote that I wanted something from, so I made a rack to carry it vertical between the two totes. I re-purposed an old mountain bike my neighbor gave me using some of the rear arm and some of the suspension frame. Use what you got and make it work right?!? In keeping with my practice of not drilling if it can be avoided, I mounted it all with stainless clamps and used 1" pvc pipe for mounting collars. As you may be able to tell from the pictures, I took a slice out of the pedal frame and a slice out of the suspension frame to make these saddles. The weight of the tire is resting on the P500 center rear rack frame (protected by a strip of mudflap) and the movement in all dimensions is controlled by the fabricated rack. All hardware was scrounged from the bicycle or what I had laying around. Oh...a 4$ can of rustoleum black from Lowes finished out the project.

 

[WillyBill]

Yeah, there are pictures so it really happened. LOL. and NO laughing....'cause it works!!!

 

[JTW]

I actually really like it..

 

[trigger]

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Finally got tired of my spare tire always being strapped down on the Tote that I wanted something from, so I made a rack to carry it vertical between the two totes. I re-purposed an old mountain bike my neighbor gave me using some of the rear arm and some of the suspension frame. Use what you got and make it work right?!? In keeping with my practice of not drilling if it can be avoided, I mounted it all with stainless clamps and used 1" pvc pipe for mounting collars. As you may be able to tell from the pictures, I took a slice out of the pedal frame and a slice out of the suspension frame to make these saddles. The weight of the tire is resting on the P500 center rear rack frame (protected by a strip of mudflap) and the movement in all dimensions is controlled by the fabricated rack. All hardware was scrounged from the bicycle or what I had laying around. Oh...a 4$ can of rustoleum black from Lowes finished out the project. View attachment 57231

Just the one bolt holding it on?

 

[WillyBill]

Just the one bolt holding it on?

@trigger - No-A piece of 7/16 all thread goes through the wheel and through the left side bin sidewall, then through 2 pieces of 1 x 3 which run full length inside the top inboard side of the bin. This was my "Insurance" so that when I show members how to tip a P5 over the tire won't go anywhere. The primary bolt is near the end of the bracket and is 3/8" allen head, goes through a spreader bar and screws into a kickstand block on the inside of the rim. Pure HomeGrown.

WB

 

[CumminsPusher]

Glad you did something that was a pain to get winch supplies out prior lol. Keeping busy I see looks good buddy