Spare tire on a flatbed?

Hogleg · Jul 9, 2016

Where/how do you guys carry a spare on a flatbed truck? We are having a 9ft bradford bed installed on a GMC 3500 cab and chassis dually truck. With the dual gas tanks, no space under the truck like a pickup.

John

D beatty · Jul 9, 2016

Have a friend that made a bracket and hung it on nose of truck. One of the hitch companies makes a receiver bracket that can be taken off by just pulling one pin .

wilson ind · Jul 9, 2016

ATTACH to headache rack beside the handyman or as some call it hylift jack. Wedge 4 way or suitable tool to remove lugnuts
between spare and rack.Install a receiver hitch high but just under platform or deck to place winch when needed. I also installed second receiver just at bottom of said headache rack thus in front of bed. I know its a lot of receiver hitch tubes, however one installed on front of truck has proved valuable.Having various location for winch mounted via reciever hitch has been very handy for me.Depending on your needs making a simple stand with lower end mounting into receiver hitch , rising approximately 3 feet tall with pulley sure helps this old man load heavy objects on platform. Said boom can also be attached to headache rack for storage. NO I do not sell receiver hitch tubes!! LOL

hd6gtom · Jul 9, 2016

I have seen a bunch of those with a bolt welded to the headache rack, the spare tire stands up against it. I don't know if the bolt was welded on from the factory.

deeretails · Jul 9, 2016

I attached a fabricated bracket an attached to the side of the frame under the bed.

old · Jul 9, 2016

On my 1980 Chev with a flat bed the spare is mounted up front on a bracket I picked up at an auction. Mounts in front of the radiator and this is the 2nd truck I have had that had that. Also makes for a good deer guard since where it sits protects the radiator. Never had it cause the trucks to over heat either

ericlb · Jul 9, 2016

all mine are on the bed, bolted to the headache rack on the drivers side,i installed them myself as the trucks back then didnt come with spares if they had dual wheels

tiresntracks · Jul 9, 2016

I guess it depends on what you're going to use the flat bed for. The spare always seems to be in the way on the headache rack when I want to stack hay or fire wood on it. Dual wheels take up a lot of space. I've put utility boxes and flatbeds on lots of 3/4 and 1 ton pickups. I have almost always been able to put the spare under the bed in the stock location, or close to it. What's in the way on yours? Its not too convenient if you have a lot of flats, but it keeps it out of the way. Putting it in front of the radiator will work if you have a really good cooling system. If the cooling system is marginal, it will definitely cause it to overheat when you're working it hard.

JBDyer · Jul 9, 2016

Throw it in the back if I am going a long distance, along with 4 way and floor jack, but 99% of the time I don't carry a spare if driving around locally.

Pair-a-dice farm · Jul 9, 2016

I've seen them mounted on the front and to the headache rack on the bed. I seldom carry a spare for my dually. I don't ever remember ever having a flat on the front and I have some pretty rough roads. If I'm going very far from home I almost always am pulling my dually gooseneck and it has the same wheels as my truck and it's mounted on the trailer.

js305 · Jul 9, 2016

I have a friend who works in the oil patch, his daily driver is a one ton dually with a flat bed on it. He has a headache rack made on the bed that comes up and extends over part of the cab of the truck. He has two spares mounted, laying horizontally, on top of the cab to the headache rack. In his work he unfortunately has had to use both spares in one day. Looks OK and is out of the way. Getting them up there is a little bit of a chore, but they come off easy enough.

K Effective · Jul 9, 2016

Just do like the OEM is doing with a lot of these little cars today, throw a can of Fix-A-Flat in the glove box and call it good.

A friend had a flat with his Corvette, the donut spare was enough to get him to a repair shop, but there was no where to put the flat tire except the passenger seat.

To your point, unless pulling a trailer, you have two spares bolted to the rear axle. Most people can't get enough load on the flatbed that you could not limp to repair with a single on one side of the rear. And if you are pulling trailer, thats where you put a spare.

CenTex Farmall · Jul 10, 2016

This is a good way to do it.

I can't because of the dual saddles so I just throw it on back of the bed. I'm always using it to wedge batteries and fuel cans up against the front.

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