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 (596 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.Super fast shipping, items so far seemes exactly as described, will intall tomorrow, most definately will order from again!! 711673
This 'universal' tire carrier was advertised to fit both 4 and 5 lug wheels. My 5 lug wheel did not fit. Stud pattern was way off wheel bolt pattern in any configuration I tried. Ended up drilling the plate and moved a stud for it to work. Afterwards I read reviews on this product and seems many others had the same issue. 571196
Mike L - 10/03/2018The tire came quickly and fits perfectly on my trailer. Will I recommend etrailer! 717081
GREAT PRICE AND FAST SHIPPING. Web page easy to use and helpful. 574149
While the MaxxTow Tire Carrier went on fairly easily, I will probably have to find shorter bolts for the clamp portion, as the ones provided protrude too far into trailer bed for my liking. I am a bit concerned with how far out from side of trailer it holds the spare, also. Delivery was faster than predicted. 450035
Paul - 11/08/2018Good help when trying to determine which mount would work for my trailer. Item was on back order, but shipped close to when Jen said it would. My spare fit well, but there were just a couple of small issues. Product write up tells me the lug nuts supplied would be "the same size as the ones on your trailer" ... not quite. Lug nuts supplied are 3/4", trailer has 13/16" nuts, requiring 2 sockets to be carried. I'll head to hardware store to get lug nuts to match ones on trailer. Other minor issue was mounting bolt length. The kit is designed to fit many sizes of trailer frames. Mine is on the small side (2" wide) and the mounting bolts supplied (4 1/2 or 5 inches) were way too long. 3 1/2" bolts were plenty for my frame. Overall good experience with etrailer, as usual. 405319
etrailer Company is so thorough and have everything one needs, Great prices & selection. Always the best in parts & prices 771327
Exactly what I wanted. Rise and offset are perfect for my trailer. Installation was very easy, only took about 10 minutes to install. 99955
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! 446484
Dues - 10/26/2018 Dues - 10/26/2018Worked like a charm. Was very easy to install and handled the tire well. 184472
Roy G - 04/11/2016I'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! 408699
as expected. 447407
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. 520800
Does what it is supposed to do - holds the spare tire securely. Was very easy to install and only took about 5 minutes. I do have to say that their 5-bolt pattern is slightly off (you'd have to see the instructions to know what I mean here) based on the wheel I bought with it but it was not enough to cause a real problem. Was just a little unexpected and that is the only reason I cannot give it a full 5 stars. Already thinking about purchasing again so I can have a backup spare setup so it can't be too bad, right? 384797
- 05/26/2017Great product! Installed in less than an hour including cutting off the excess bolts and installing a tire cover, also from eTrailer. I'll be back again! Been buying from them for over 10 years. 708224
I just went out and got trailer spare tire mount from the mail box. This seems to be twice the product offered by the local wholesale stores and half the price. Ordering was fast and simple. Thank you and I will be using your site more often. 573964
Bobby m - 10/14/2019Was cheap as far as price but high quality as far as construction, mounting was quick easy and fit perfectly on my trailer. Very satisfied and will go through these guys again for any future needs. Highly recommend. 490288
THE PRICE WAS RIGHT AND IT IS MADE OF GOOD MATERIALS. THE PROBLEM IS THE PLATE IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR THE RECTANGULAR TUBING THAT MOST TRAILERS USE. IT ALSO DID NOT WORK TO MOUNT ON THE ANGLE IRON MY TRAILER OR MOST TRAILERS HAVE.. I HAD TO MAKE A PRETTY MAJOR MODIFICATION TO MOUNT IT. I THOUGH I WAS HOME FREE AND WHEN i WENT TO MOUNT THE SPARE TIRE WHICH IS A FIVE HOLE AND IT DOES NOT FIT!!! I USED THE BOTTOM HOLE BUT THE TOP ONE FOR A 5 HOLE RIM DOES NOT FIT. I ENDED UP USING THE BOTTOM HOLE AND USED TWO OF MY OWN BOLTS THAT WENT THROUGH THE RIM HOLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. A WORK AROUND BUT IT DID THE JOB BUT MAKES FOR AN EXTRA BOLT. i HAVE A VERY STANDARD TRAILER SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT BRAND OF TRAILER THIS PRODUCT WAS MADE FOR??? iF THE PLATE WAS WIDER AND HAD TO SETS OF HOLES AND IF THE SPARE TIRE PLATE WAS BIGGER AND HAD ANOTHER SET OF HOLES SO STANDARD TRAILER RIMS (4 AND 5 BOLT) IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE VERSATILE . 446090
Just purchased the spare mount for our new Mitey Toon, mini pontoon boat. The mount actually arrived two days earlier than we had anticipated. Mount was installed easily and is sturdy enough for the 5.70 x 8 spare. All in all we are very pleased with etrailer. 539145
10 mins to fully install. Arrived in a timely fashion. All parts ordered from etrailer arrived in a timely fashion. Pat C. wonderful to work with. Very responsive. 899912
Great product great service fast shipping Works exactly as it should 899900
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