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The Lippert spare tire winch is the perfect bolt-on solution for your spare tire carrier. Simply bolt on the winch (hardware not included) under your trailer or RV. Offset cable allows for a more compact design which better utilizes leverage.
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Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be checking out the Lippert Spare Tire Winch What this component is going to allow you to do is bolt it up where you're trying to put it and give you a spot to hold your spare tire. And it's one that a lot of people are probably familiar with. It reminds me of ones you see on regular passenger cars and trucks for the most part. You're gonna have a rod that gets turned which will get to that in a minute. But when you turn it, it's gonna lower down.
Then obviously you put this through the hole on your spare tire and then you're able to crank it up and keep it in position. And it seems like people use this in a lot of different applications. Today we have a medium sized motorhome and they actually had a spare tire here originally but it was kind of just a chintzy bolt and they had some issues with it. Rusting and everything else, and they wanted to do away with it. And I could definitely understand that anyway because there's no way to lower the tire down.
It's something, it used to be a piece like that that essentially just unscrewed. And then the tire came flying down. So good luck getting it back up and taking it down safely. So now if they do happen to get a blowout or need to change their tire, they can go out back, lower this down safely, pull it out, put the old blown tire up here until they can go get it repaired or whatever. So pretty convenient.
But this is gonna work in just about any application really. And obviously there's things you're gonna have to look out for so it works properly, but you can bolt this up to your trailer, your regular utility trailer. It looks like someone used to one on a kayak trailer, a boat trailer. I mean, just about anything where you can bolt this to and you need a spare tire. As long as you got the room, you'll be in pretty good shape.
Something that's worth noting is it feels like it has a decent gear ratio. So one turn actually lowers the cable down a decent amount. So you're not gonna have to turn it for hours to get the signal lower. I know I've come across some of them where they just keep turning and turning and turning and nothing ever happens. Now, this one's about perfect, honestly, about how I'd want it. Low enough gear to where you can get the tire up easy, not have to fight it, but not take forever either. It is a steel cable there. With that said, this is going to handle up to 150 pounds. So every spare just about, you should be in pretty good shape. i\If your spare weighs over 150 pounds, you need to look at something else or that's a really, really heavy spare tire. So generally speaking, this should be good for just about any application. Something that I do wanna mention that I wish was a little bit different, especially in our application is the fact that our rod here that turns it is below our mounting points. And so whenever I bolted this up, I come to realize whenever you put the tire up that the tire would normally sit against these metal portion, these metal supports. But obviously with this rod here that's not gonna work 'cause the tire would hit it and pinch it. So I did have to change that up a little bit and put these pieces of steel here to give me the clearance I needed. And granted that's just any type of design. Every design is gonna be a little bit different, but just keep that in mind wherever you wanna mount this up where your spare tires gonna sit flat, it has to be below this portion there. If they could have put that up a little bit higher, changed things up a little bit, it might make it a little bit easier in some applications. But it's just gonna depend on what you're needing and what you're trying to do. And in order to operate this, you are going to need this rod as well. And this just uses a cotter pin, just clips onto the end of it. The cotter pin and hardware and everything else don't come included. You'll have to get that yourself. But by putting this on, that'll allow us to use a tool to actually turn this from the back of a motorhome and get our tire either down or up. Other than that though, I mean, not really a whole lot to it. It's just a winch really. The sides are made from metal. This piece here is plastic. It feels well-built. Everything feels tight and solid. And from here, it's really just trying to figure out if this is gonna work for you or not. So we'll go over some measurements and stuff. I pulled the cable out completely. If you're wondering about the length of it, it's about 45 inches, believe it or not. So comes down a pretty long way. So I feel like that ought to be good for most people. And if you're wondering if you're tire, if the center hole is really big and wondering if this will catch it, we'll grab that measurement real quick just to be on the safe side. Again, this'll probably work for just about all of them. So that's about seven inches there. Obviously, if it's smaller than that you're fine. You can do this to work it up through there. So it really don't matter how big the center hole is. This will more than likely fit through it there. And in terms of, if you're trying to figure out where to mount it or anything like that, the overall length of it. So from end to end is going to be about 6-1/4 inch. And as far as the width goes, we measure that again, that is going to be about 1-3/4" wide. So relatively compact and you should be able to sneak this thing quite a few different places and we'll get a height measurement too. I kinda forgot about that one here. So from the top to the very bottom, that's going to be about 4-1/4 inch. So just wanna talk about how to actually operate the spare tire winch. So I talked about that adapter tube that you're gonna need to put onto it, cotter pin it, and that's gonna run back to where you're trying to get to it. In our case, really the only thing I could do is put it behind our license plate and I drill the hole. And just like how you would do it with your car, you'd take your spare tire tool, put it in there and rotate it. So you can pick up this guy here. But honestly, if you had a four-way, like a regular tire iron or even just a socket set, a large socket set. All this is is a 3/4 inch, 6-point socket essentially, just welding onto this rod. But it's nice to have a complete package. You know where it is. So if you want this, you can grab it at etrailer, but I'll line that up there and perks no different than any other spare tire. You can just crank it up and down. And that'll finish up our look at of our Lippert Spare Tire Winch..
I know some will agree, not agree, or don’t care about this post.
It’s about having a spare tire with you in case the worst happens and you need one.
I just had new tires on our class C 2017 Sunseeker. I changed the spare also, since it was 7 years old as the ones on the rig. Never had an issue with them, Michelin tires, but felt age was the deciding factor.
I went with General Tires, with the hope that some of the mushy feeling might diminish some. And it did!! The sidewall is a little stiffer than the Michelins, thus giving a stiffer ride also. Can’t have the best of both worlds yet in tires, but I’m happy with the stiffer ride.
Now to the spare, mounted under and behind the rear axle. I always check tire pressures before a trip, even the spare. Never really noticed how it was mounted; just thought it would be let down like a lot of my pickups I have owned for years with a cable.
Nope!!
One stud bolt and nut, that is all. It was mounted solid, but to drop the tire down was another story.
It took 3 men at the tire shop to lower that tire assembly, it weights 80 pounds. That 16” rim and tire was very awkward and heavy for those men.
What would happen if I had a flat and needed the spare, looks like an accident waiting to happen for 1 person to do by themselves.
I now have my spare still mounted under the frame, same spot, but with a cable assembly I bought from eTrailer. Much easier and safer for anyone to lower the spare tire anywhere.
Had to do a little modifying to allow the spare tire to be mounted with enough clearance to access the turning stud on the winch. Welded 4 spacers blocks giving 1-1/4” clearance so the spare tire would be snugged against them and allow the space clearance needed for the turning shaft.
I used ½” emt conduit, ½” pvc coupling and a 1-hole ¾” strap clamp to secure the emt conduit in place on the rear bumper. The ½” conduit is just large enough inside diameter to go over the turning stud on the winch, yet loose enough to allow movement like a universal joint since it is not in perfect alignment.
The conduit is attached to the winch stud with a 5/32” cotter pin.
I welded a 3/8” drive short extension to the inside of the conduit to be able to use a ratchet, speed handle or drill motor to raise and lower the spare tire.
Spare tire winch seems well built. I got a little creative with the install.
Brian
2/21/2025
The tire winch will unwind over time it needs a locking system, I use a chain to secure it after it’s raised
Item was broken and it wasn't clear that the crank tube and handle needed to be purchased separately
Ordered the winch to replace the spare holder bracket that came with my new Forest River coach. The bracket was difficult to use. When the two nuts were removed the spare would fall directly to the ground. Getting it back on was nearly impossible without using some type of jack or lift. This winch was fairly easy to install after removing the OEM bracket and determining the best place to mount. No fasteners were provided which makes sense since each install will be a little different based on your set up. The unit also does not come with a crank so I fashioned a way to crank it using an extra 13 MM deep socket with a hole drilled through it to fasten the socket to the end of the winch with a cotter key. I then use a 3/8 inch ratchet to raise and lower the spare. The system works well although I am somewhat concerned about the tire being totally supported if the winch would somehow loosen and lower when traveling a bumpy road. I may install an additional quick release strap to alleviate this possibility. Overall very pleased with the product and install.
When raising tire, keeping level is hard. Mounting under RV was not easy. Hopefully, now that spare is mounted, it won’t be needed.
I think I purchased a spare tire hoist without a mount for the bottom of my RV. Waist of money for me until I weld together a bracket
Holds spare tires up under travel trailer great after I fabricated a mount. A lot better than the nut and bold attachment that coachman had given me from the factory. Highly recommend this as an upgrade
Eric
11/1/2024
The cable winch system is holding up great. I haven’t had to snug it up since instal a year ago so no complaints on this product!
This was perfect to get my spare tire hidden and out of the way for my kayak trailer
Just what I ordered
Seems to be good Quality. See review for crank extension bar
So good I need another one
Exact replacement for the one I that was on trailer.
We have been using these for years and they have held up pretty well. The only thing that has been requested is a certified load rating.
easy to install. fits under the trailer the way I wanted it to. Good value. Moved the spare tire from the back bumper to under the trailer.
Chuck M.
2/27/2021
Still working as expected
Still sitting on the floor of my garage
Jeremiah
3/15/2025
Works good. Havent had any problems. Spate tire stays secure. Great way to store a spare tire
Kate F.
3/16/2025
Spare winch and handle is good. Just need to add all the parts that are needed to complete what the customer needs.
Never seen any info on a LC1315411 adaptor which is needed. But Thanks to Tori she got me all lined out. Thank you Tori.
Wade
4/20/2020
Very well
Item work perfectly and was easy to ins tall
They should link or make a crank rod kit for this... if they did I missed it and made my own.
When I took our Class C to etrailer, they used their ingenuity and installed my spare tire carrier in a way that I could raise and lower it from the back of the unit instead of having to crawl under it. That was incredibly ingenious and I was totally thrilled!!! Great job etrailer!!!
Very good product but the hole in the rim was bigger than the round disk that holds the tire so I made a plywood adaptor to make the hole in the rim smaller. Other than that it has worked well.
The part is great it was the service that was very bad. Part was lost and etrailer did not help or understand the problem. They do not know usps tracking system or the rotten service usps provides. As long as they use usps my business will go elsewhere.
This is the second winch I have purchased from etrailer. Great product and great company. I use them to move the spare tire from the rear bumper of the camper to under the tongue.
No mounting hardware included. I have yet to rig it up but this is exactly what you want if you’re looking for the spare tire lifty cable. Can’t wait to actually lift a tire with it!
Shipped right on time and appears to be of very good quality. I mounted it on the other side of my factory installed spare tire holder which had a mount bar going across the entire width of the bottom frame. Now I have a double spare.
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Brooke M.
11/25/2024
That seems like a perfect upgrade! Thanks for sharing all that along with the photos. I am betting a lot of folks would agree with you that this was needed.