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Re: Spare Tire Carrier
I have the standard spare tire carrier on my 83 C20. I had to move the threaded bolt forward a couple of inches in order for the spare tire to clear my receiver style under frame trailer hitch. I think this is why most carriers are not present - they interfere with a trailer hitch.
The pictures are not very good, but you can see the modified location of the carrier bolt brings the tire very close to the exhaust, but the exhaust is not touching the tire (tire on one side of the bolt, exhaust on the other side of the bolt, with about 3/8" of air space on either side.
I also had to have the rear bumper notched out to clear the box when it is in the full dump position, which is why it looks odd (pictures are with the box in the full up position.)
As I recall, when I got all of the bits and pieces from LMC the total bill was about $100 and I had the top cross piece still in place - looks like prices have changed. All of the parts I got were "imported."
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