ok....so ppl always warn me about weight on my tailgate...
and others ask if it hurts my gate to carry that huge 20 with a 36" meat.

I always say Ive had no problems.

GUESS WHAT!!!
My slow hunt for a tire carrier has become an emergency.
I shut the tailgate yesterday, and it rattled....
I grabbed the wheel/tire push and pull to see what was loose.
Turns out its the entire tailgate!

When I wiggle the spare, the whole tailgate moves around 1-1.5" in either direction. Time for some shopping, I guess.

Tomorrow Im gonna check the bolts that hold the gate to the hinges, and see if I can buy some time....if not, Ill be running spareless until I get a new carrier.

Too bad I cant find the ones I like in stock anywhere.

 

Sorry to hear about that Crash.... Good luck on your search for your spare carrier.

 

that's too bad. i'm getting 35's soon and that's my number one worry. i guess i'm really going to have to pick up carrier soon...

 

Sucks dude. I was hoping to lag a while on the carrier too. Looks like it'll move up the list. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Uh huh, gotcha Crash, if you really had money, you'd had a tire carrier by now! So we know how you did so good on a wife now! HAHA Oh, nevermind, forget I said anything.

 

Its not a money issue...its finding one I like, and then finding it it stock anywhere.

but no....im not financially wealthy.
compared to some.

 

Hanson had rears available when I got mine a week or two ago, but they arent cheap.


A friend of mine was running just a 33" tire and his tailgate started popping in and out...

 

I may go with the hanson rack...
And choose bumpers later.

 

I picked up the full tire carrier, swing away bumper

here's what your looking for...
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-bumpers-armor-114/hanson-tire-carrier-nj-82640/

 

That would work for hinges, but would not help the fact that the gate is just too thin a piece of sheet metal to hold the weight.