Carry your spare up and out of the way with this corrosion-resistant powder coated steel spare tire carrier. Raised, angled mount provides additional clearance for your spare. Clamp-on bracket fits trailer frames up to 3" wide x 5" tall.
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Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Maxxtow spare tire carrier. This has been designed for use with trailers up to a 3 inch by 5 inch frame. Part number is MT70214. This spare tire carrier is designed to give us plenty of room and still be able to take our tire along with us. With the offset design, it elevates the tire slightly. That gives us better clearance on the underside so we don't have to worry it bumping into the ground or anything like that, especially on these shorter boat style trailers.Now not only is that offset going to give us a little more height on our spare, but as you can see rather than the type that bolts right around the frame right here and just holds the tire up against it, it also gives up space and gets it out further and away from our trailer.
That's going to help us out a lot when it comes time to load and unload. Now the carrier's been designed to work with the 4 on 4 bolt pattern, which means you would have four holes in your wheel lug.You're going to measure from the outside edge of one of your holes to the center of the other one. If that, from this edge here to the middle is 4 1/2, this is going to work out well for you. If this is 4 3/4, you need to choose a different option. Now for the 5 on 4 3/4 bolt patterns we recommend part number CE27310G.
Now this carrier is designed to work in a lot of different applications, utility trailers, small campers, boats, so you need something that is going to hold up and be sturdy for quite a while.And to help make sure it lasts in all of those conditions for a very long time, all this steel has a nice thick black powder coat finish on it. And all of our hardware has the zinc finish so we won't have to worry about corrosion. From the back of our mounting plate here to the front here, we've got about six inch offset, so it's going to give us that kind of spacing away from our trailer to provide the room. Now the lugs that are going to come with the spare tire carrier are going to be 3/4 inch or 19 millimeter lugs.If that doesn't match what you currently have on your trailer you can buy these with the same size shake and thread pitch to match the ones you have so you only have to carry one lug wrench. Now the carrier is designed to support up to 100 pounds, but with the 4 on 4 bolt pattern, or for that matter, the 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern, you're probably not going to get close to that.
Now the carrier gives us a lot of options as far as mounting go. These are going to be our upper two holes. You can see those here and here.And then we've got four holes on the bottom. That's what helps us to get all the way up to that 5 inch frame. You're going to choose the holes that you're going to use, based on your trailer's needs.
So we can either use this top hole or this top hole. This is a 4 inch trailer, just so you know. So on a 5 inch trailer, you're going to use these top holes. But use whichever hole is going to be closest to the frame. That's going to reduce any of the pivoting or movement. We are going to bring it up to this set of holes since we are working with a frame that we can do that on. It's just going to give our tire a little bit more elevation, get it up a little bit higher.Now we're going to grab our bolts and place those through. Now what we'll do is just place that right on top of the frame, just like that. That's going to hold our carrier there. You've got the plates that are going to go on the back. You see the holes are designed to match that in the carrier. So use the same hole we picked on the front and here to the back. And we're going to add on a flat washer and a lock washer, and we'll thread on our nut to help hold it in place.Same thing for the other side and you'll see we're placing these brackets on with the flat point towards the trailer. Now we're going to bring our bolt through the bottom here, and again, we want that to be as close to the trailer as possible and it's going to receive the same type hardware. And same thing for out last bolt. Now we'll start tightening down our hardware. We're going to use an 18 millimeter wrench and socket to do it.Once we've tightened these down evenly, top to bottom, you'll want to look in your instructions. There you'll find your torque specs. You're going to torque all four bolts down appropriately. Now for use on the 4 on 4 bolt pattern, we're going to use the lower hole and the hole directly above it, so the two that in line with each other. On our 5 bolt pattern, we're going to use this hole and this hole.So we've got a our carriage bolt. So we'll place that in the back of each of those holes. That square engages the square cut out in the plate so we can get our tire put in place. Now we'll place on our flat washer, our lock washer and the provided nut. You're going to do that of course, in both locations. Now, depending on the thickness of your trailer frame, you may have some extra bolt hanging out of the back, you can see like we do here.Once you have it installed, it's not a bad idea to cut those off just so you don't have to worry about hanging or hooking anything on them. And that will complete our look at the Maxxtow spare tire carrier, part number MT70214.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (805 Customer Reviews)
Carry your spare up and out of the way with this corrosion-resistant powder coated steel spare tire carrier. Raised, angled mount provides additional clearance for your spare. Clamp-on bracket fits trailer frames up to 3" wide x 5" tall.
This spare tire carrier is high quality and was exactly what I needed. I mounted it directly to the tailgate of my dump trailer and it works great. Whenever I need something I go to etrailer first they have great, high quality products at great prices.
Very easy to install. This perfectly solves the problem I had of attaching my spare tire and keeping it out of the way. Thanks.
Ronan - 07/20/2021Exactly what I wanted for my utility trailer. Easily installed. Ready for next trip.
I needed a spare tire mount that would work for my very specific needs. I repurposed a hitch mount truck bed ATV carrier and am using it at my spare tire carrier on my SxS. It works great and this spare tire mount is a perfect fit. It feels rock solid and doesn't move or rattle at all. This was one of the very few if not the only one that looked like it would fit my needs and with the videos etrailer always provides gave me the confidence it would fit as it did. I purchase from etrailer all the time and this is just another example why I do.
The spare tire holder for my new 12" wheel and tire was the perfect replacement for the homemade bracket I was previously using for the 8" wheel.
Just what I needed to keep my spare tire secured and out of the way! More importantly is the service received from etrailer customer service! I received my order damaged by the shipper, box destroyed and missing the hardware needed to install mount! One email to etrailer and I received multiple responses from customer service, ready and willing to help! My item was replaced and shipped immediately! These guys are great!
Dues - 10/26/2018 Dues - 10/26/2018My order arrived as promised. The spare tire carrier appears to be well constructed. I live in the heart of the rust belt (mid west) so to avoid issues with corrosion, I replaced the provided mounting bolts with stainless steel bolts. Looks great!
This product should include two more nuts to secure the carriage bolts to the plate. On the previous one I bought (and this one) I added these to nuts to hold the carriage bolts in place. You don't want to have to hold the carriage bolt in place when trying to place the wheel on it. It's funny that it does include a flat and lock washer though which you wouldn't use with lug nut.
1 I didn’t read that it won’t fit 5x5 wheels (my fault) however the studs to hold your wheel on the mount are held into the mount by the same lug nut that’s holding the spare on making it a bit awkward to hold the stud through and hold the wheel up while also trying to tighten the lug down
So glad that I finally decided to mount my spare tire on my boat trailer. This carrier worked great for my 5-lug wheel. Just make sure that you look at the illustrationed drawings as to how to situate all of the nuts/bolts, it will save you a lot of headache and time in installation. Also, plan on having two people to actually mount the wheel, that, too, will be fairly easy. Very happy with my purchase.
Excellent product - exactly as advertised. Works well to store the 12 in bias spare on my trailer. Bought two so i have one on each side (taking trailer from NE to South FL)
Very nice well built bracket, however, I installed it in a horizontal position instead of a vertical position as most people. I had to get shorter bolts (7/16-14 x 2-1/2). The bolts that came with the bracket were way to long for my application. Most likely if you were installing it on the tongue that would not be an issue. Fit my 15'' tire just fine (4-4.5" holes.) Thanks etrailer
The white wagon wheels look good, the spare tire mount is perfect, and all was a great price! Great service, fast shipping and just what I needed to have my rig safe and ready. Time to go sailing!
I like the spare tire carrier, it's heavy duty, it should work out just fine, thanks.
Had to drill an extra hole to mount my trailer wheel.
I needed a spare tire for my trailer and I also needed a way to mount it so I bought this. The bolts that came with the bracket were way to long so I went and got some shorter grade 5 bolts and ta da looks good, works great.
I've gone years taking a risk I wouldn't get a flat on my boat trailer and decided enough is enough! Bought this spare tire carrier and installed in about 10 minutes. So easy and now no more worries when I hit the road!
Good value. Straightforward installation. Check questions section for offset & height measurements.
Perfect tool for my trailer spare tire.
Works as advertised and has a decent amount of adjustment. I raised it to the higher setting to keep the tire away from the ground when going over the top of my driveway. Apologies for the messy garage in the pic, but very happy with the purchase for my 4'x10' Utility/ATV trailer.
Yours was the only one that fit my large fram trailer. And fit perfectly screwed it on finger tight then the wrenches. Very satisfied the product heavy duty. Excellent. Thank you
I havent made use of item yet. At first look id say that it was a 5. Directions should be clearer and lugs for wheel have taper for a reason so washers should not be needed
Adjustable mounting fit my utility trailer just fine and mounted my 15" spare tire and keeps it out of my garage and ready to use if needed
This spare tire carrier works very well for the economical price. The construction is solid, welds are good and should last a long time. The information with the carrier did not indicate the material for the bolts. Rather than take a risk on rusting, I replaced the bolts with stainless steel bolts and added a lock nut. My trailer has 2" x 4 " channel and the carrier fit excellent, as advertised. I would have given the carrier 5 stars but for some reason the lug bolt holes were slightly off for a 5-lug wheel. It still works but one bolt has to be inserted at a slight angle.
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