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What's up, everybody. Adam here with etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at the Curt Spare Tire Carrier. Well, this is gonna carry your spare tire. Whether you're maybe just off-roading and you wanna get that tire out from underneath your vehicle and on the back, it's gonna be great for that. Good for the back hitch of your camper or even the front hitch of your motor home.
So all you need for this is a two-inch hitch receiver to be able to accommodate for this shank here. Just to see if your wheel's gonna work with the spare tire carrier, we've seen eight-lug wheels work on here, but just to give you an idea. So if the measurement from the center of one hole to the center of the other exceeds six inches, it's probably not gonna work, but we do have a decent amount of vertical adjustments as well, since we have this taller slot. And that's about 6 1/4 inches from center to center. So in our instance from center to center, it's about 2 1/2 inches and then from center to center of our other one, it's about 4 1/8 of an inch.
So we we're totally good and we can go a lot bigger even. Another thing to think about is the offset of your wheels. So on this one right here, basically what I'm doing is measuring from the back face of where it's gonna mount onto the carrier to the edge of our rubber. It's about four inches. And if you notice down here, we have about an inch or so of room.
So if that exceeded five, then we're gonna have to do something about that. Probably grab another one just because it's not really gonna work. So those are some things just to see exactly if your tire is gonna fit on the carrier. A couple of measurements for ya. One, we're gonna have a 12-inch long shank, which is just right here.
So it's gonna be about 14 inches altogether. But what really matters is if this center mast is gonna hit your vehicle wherever you may have it. So basically from the back of the shank, it's gonna be about 2 1/2 inches, about 4 1/2 inches, and about 6 1/2 inches. So they are spread apart by two-inch increments, but what really matters is where this front, the back of this center mast, where it's gonna hit your vehicle. So from the back center hitch-pin hole it's about 9 1/2 inches, this is about 7 1/2 inches, and this is about 5 1/2 inches. This'll also be pretty useful for RVs or campers. Right now, we have the spare tire way underneath there and that's just kind of gonna be a pain. So with this, if you're not using your hitch receiver, might as well do it. If you do have a bumper and you can get one of those bumper-mounted hitch receivers, you could do that and still be able to utilize the bumper for other accessories. So this is gonna be a great choice for that. But with your motor homes, you can put it in the front. We don't have a front hitch at the shop right now, but that's another thing that you guys do a lot. If I we're to compare this to any of the other ones we have on our site, one that's literally identical is the etrailer one. We just saw the Curt and we thought it was missing a couple things, so we provide you with the hardware for your tire. We give you an anti-rattle bolt that goes through, so you won't have all of this happening and you don't have to grab something separate. But also we get a hitch alignment tool, which is nice. You can use it on other accessories as well. So I would definitely recommend grabbing that one just because it comes with more goodies. Why not But if you really wanted to upgrade from just the basic spare tire carrier, we have some that actually rotate down so you can install it a lot easier, you can take it off a lot easier, and if you do put it on the back of your vehicle, you can open up the hatch that way as well. One thing I would add to the setup is a lock for your spare tire, just so it doesn't run off. It just basically takes place of this little bolt and it'll just lock into place, and you can get it keyed alike if you went with the etrailer locking hitch pin. Let's go ahead and just take the spare tire carrier out of the box. There's no assembly with the carrier. And we do have three different holes to choose from. So just depending on what the situation is, you wanna get it as close to the vehicle as possible. It does not come with a hitch pin or a clip, so you just wanna get a 5/8-diameter pin. And since it is a hollow shank, what you could do is you could just get an anti-rattle just because that's kind of annoying. So if you wanted to do that, we do have some here at etrailer, and you can just put that on the inside of the shank here. So now that that's done, we're gonna have to source our own hardware, which carriage bolts are gonna be your best bet. So whenever you're looking for hardware, grab a carriage bolt that has a square with 1/2 an inch, just because that is the width of this right here. So put this in and now this isn't gonna rotate. So you're just gonna need three of those. And then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put a washer and a lock washer on there. So it's gonna look like this and you're gonna have to hold it in there. And if you can get a retainer, that'd be nice, but we didn't have any here so it's gonna be quite interesting. But then basically, the tire goes on. I'm gonna do washer, lock washer. And then I like the nylon lock nut, just because it's gonna give us a little bit more added peace of mind, just knowing that this isn't gonna wiggle off, especially if you don't get an anti-rattle device. So let's grab the tire and put it on. To get an idea of exactly where this is gonna sit, kinda lift it up and line up those holes. So if you notice down at the bottom in between those two holes, there's a little marking there. So that is the goal. So what I'm gonna do is try to do this by myself, just in case you don't got any friends to help you. So I'm gonna start with the top hole. Highly recommend starting with the top, 'cause it kinda hangs there, and then we can go ahead and put our washer, lock washer, and a nut on there. So now that's not really gonna move. I am gonna tighten this up just a little bit. And now I can do that same thing for the bottom. So with this, I kinda just have to lift up on it, push those through, and it'll kinda sit there. So this is doable by yourself, but getting those retainer clips for these bolts are gonna be a necessity. So now we could just put all this on and then tighten it down. Now that everything's all tight, the spare tire is really tight on the carrier, which is good. But again, I would definitely recommend grabbing an anti-rattle device for this if you do go with the Curt. All in all, this gets the job done, but if you wanted my opinion, might as well just go with the etrailer version just because it comes with all the goodies. But if you just like this one and you really love the hardware store, go ahead and grab it. It'll get the job done. And that'll pretty much do it for our look at the Curt Spare Tire Carrier..
Customer Satisfaction Score:
89% were satisfied with this product
11% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
Ron B.
10/17/2017
All is well and I still have and use all the products.
Bob
6/28/2023
Works great no issues
Mike L.
10/8/2025
That doesn't make much sense to me, either. We do mention in the product description that the hardware isn't included.
Richard
5/28/2017
Love it. Did exactly what I needed.
Martin
7/5/2019
Still solid, in spite of vibration.
Rachael H.
7/11/2019
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Condition: Installed
Notes: Item has been previously test fitted and has minor cosmetic install marks.
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Gordy
10/1/2018
The spare tire carrier was exactly what I was needing to free up access to my storage area on my jeep. The only modification I had to make was to shorten by two inches the tube that slid into my hitch because my hitch was somewhat shorter than most because of the gas tank on the jeep. This also moved the hitch in closer to the tail gate and eliminated the irritating noise from the tire carrier moving around in the tube. Your product is very well built and I will also turn to you guys to solve problems for various items that are needed from time to time.