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I now have a bed cover, so I no longer use my in-bed mount, but many years ago, I threw the under the truck spare tire carrier in the trash. The flat would make you crawl under it for the spare and the spare was always packed full of mud and dirt. I didn't need that. I went to my local truck supply and purchased a mounting bracket that runs from the bed floor to the top edge of the bed and this allowed me to mount the spare upright at the fron fo the truck bed. I then put a vinyl tire cover on the spare and it did not look bad at all. With the installation of my hard coaver, I just lay the tire in the bed and it has not given me any problems being there.