OH WTB/Spare tire rack for the front bumper

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

Looking for a spare tire rack for the front bumper have a camper on the back of my jimmy no where to put the spare. Did hickey make one for the front.

[cleszkie]

I made this for when my Four Wheel Camper is on the Blazer. Its basically a custom stanchion for the swing away carrier to attach to when the tailgate is off. It mounts into a receiver hitch mounted vertically and welded to the rear frame horn. When I remove the camper, the stanchion slides right out after loosening the two clamping/anti-rattle bolts. The only clue that it is there when the tailgate is back on is the small cutout in the rear bumper I had to make to make room for the stanchion between the camper and bumper. I also had to add another vertical bar to the swing away to mount the latching hardware to because the stanchion is in a different location than the mount on the tailgate due to the camper door location. I find this very convenient to have the tire back there. Only problem is that if someone is inside, they cannot open the camper door when the tire rack is closed.

[cleszkie]

More pics.

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

I have talked to you about yours. I have one but it is the longer one would be better if I had the shorter one like yours.

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

Looks like you had to change the camper door handle.

[cleszkie]

That flush mount paddle handle came on the camper door. FWC may have changed handle styles through the years. My camper was made in 1984.

I have seen front mounted tire carriers. Most of the time it is on a Blazer equipped with the GM Chalet camper. I am not a fan of those because they just impede airflow through the radiator. Hickey did produce one though. See attached page from 1975 catalogue.

[Gary 70 Jimmy]

I thought hickey had to offer one. My camper is an 1980. Thanks for the info.