The sturdy Roadmaster spare tire carrier allows you to carry a spare tire for your RV or motor home while retaining use of your hitch for mounting accessories or flat towing. Holds 16" to 24-1/2" spares with any bolt hole pattern.
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The Roadmaster spare tire carrier not only gives you extra room inside your RV by letting you mount your spare tire on the back, but it also provides a 2" hitch extension that lets you mount a tow bar or other hitch-mounted accessories. Flat tow your car or attach your bike rack or a cargo carrier for even more storage for your trip.
The Roadmaster spare tire carrier will make a great addition to your RV. This easy-to-use carrier simply slides into your 2" x 2" trailer hitch receiver. Just line up the holes on the carrier and the receiver and thread in the included anti-rattle hitch pin to secure the carrier to your RV.
Once the carrier is mounted in your hitch you can remove the safety bolt on the carrier's mast, pull the spring-loaded handle on the rear of the carrier, and pivot the carrier to either side and down to the ground.
Once the carrier is resting on the ground, you can mount your spare tire. Just roll the spare over to the carrier and align the 2 lug holes in the wheel that are most opposite each other with the corresponding slots in the wheel mount. The lug nut matrix design of the spare tire carrier fits all bolt hole patterns on 16" - 24-1/2" wheels.
Before lifting up the spare tire carrier, pull out the lever bar and secure it to the carrier mast in the extended position using the included safety pin. Then use the extension lever to raise the carrier up to the vertical position. Once the release handle locks back into place, secure the spare tire carrier with the safety bolt before driving.
When loaded, the spare tire carrier is still easy to lower and raise. The extension lever allows for better control of the carrier as it is being maneuvered. Lowering your carrier, loaded or unloaded, will allow access to your RV's rear compartments without having to take off your spare tire or the carrier.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're going to be taking a look at the Road Master Spare Tire Carrier. This is a heavy-duty, universal style spare tire carrier. Fits 16" up to 24-1/2 inch wheels, part number on it is RM-195225. What our cargo carrier's going to do is solve the problem of not having an on-board spare tire. We can put it right here on the back of the RV, that way if we do have the unfortunate event of a blowout or a flat, either roadside assistance, yourself, we can have our tire, get it changed, and get back on the road. It's also going to help us out with controlling the cost of what that tire's going to run so we don't have to worry about really high-priced things that we might find along the Interstate in emergency kind of situations. The receiver portion of the spare tire carrier, it's no slouch. This is going to offer a 10,000 pound gross towing weighting, it's also going to give us a 400 pound tongue weight rating, so that's the maximum downward force we can put here on the receiver tube opening.
Even if we're dinghy towing cars or flat towing cars, whether we've got a cargo carrier maybe that we want to put in here. Even light-duty trailers and boats if the tongue weight doesn't exceed that 400 pounds we'll be able to put it right in here. We've got nice dual 5/8" diameter pinholes here, works great with their class 3 accessories; if you want to do an anti-rattle bolt or something for a carrier. Also the Quiet Hitch, it'll go right around the end here and secure our tow bars, secure our cargo carriers and things like that to keep everything from moving around too much. This is a 2" by 2" receiver tube opening so tons of accessories out there on the market that we can put right in. The quality of construction here is pretty evident.
These tires can get pretty heavy, we all know that. You've got very nice heavy-duty thick plate steel on all the components. This is going to stay affixed to your camper, we're going to have this here so the weight's not really too much of an issue after you get it up there initially the first time. Then the welds that we're going to see all the way around here, really well done. We've also got a heavy-duty black powder-coat finish so this will stay looking good for a long time to come. Here you can see the anti-rattle bolt, this does an excellent job of keeping our spare tire carrier nice and steady while we're heading down the road.
We don't have any of that wiggling, we don't have any of that shifting back here. What this does is it draws the shank of the carrier right over against the receiver tube of the hitch, it's going to keep everything nice and steady. Show you here. Loosen it up just a touch. You can see with the bolt loose.
See how much movement and play that there'd be there Just be a less than ideal situation heading down the road. With our anti-rattle bolt torqued back down to specification, here you can see, right back, nice and steady, ready to head down the road. Then for securing it on the other side, we'll just insert the clip right through the pre-drilled hole in our bolt. When we do have a flat and need to get to our spare it's going to be really easy to do. We're going to take a 19mm socket and first loosen the safety bolt on the back. With our bolt removed we'll begin to lift our arm, or our level into its upright position here. We've got a pin that has a clip attached to it, like one of the D-clips. Just extend our arm up there, get it locked back into position with the clip, lift the pin lever here on the backside. Then you can see here, even with the ladder on the back we've got clearance on the backside to lower it down. It allows us to go both directions here, so no matter if we needed access into the engine compartment on the back or there's a storage compartment on this side, or on that side, or if our ladder was larger, if we had a grill on the side, this gives us full flexibility of going either direction with it so we don't have to worry about interference. Just lift the lever, allow the pin to fall back into place on the backside, we then re-insert our safety bolt. The pin holds it into position so we don't have to worry about holding this here while we're trying to get our bolt installed or anything like that. We'll tighten that down, lower our handle, and we're ready to head right back down the road . just like that. Here you can see we've got a dual hole setup on our shank. We've got the option of using the first hole as long as the end of our receiver tube opening is going to come past that second hole. If it doesn't completely cover our hole, then we're going to use the one in the front. You simply slide the shank in, line up our pinholes, and thread in our bolt. Here on the backside of the carrier, you can see why they'll go anywhere from 16 up to 24" in rim width. We're going to have two fixed holes here, and then we'll use the opposing side slot for whatever is going to match up with our tire the best. For our larger tires with the bigger bolt pattern we're going to be using this one and this one. For our more smaller tires that have a narrower bolt pattern, we'll be using the opposite set. Very universal, those are going to be able to go in out quite a bit to accommodate all those different rim sizes. Now that we've gone over all the great features of our carrier and we've seen how it works, let's go ahead and we'll head out. We're going to hook up our flat tow car to it and take it around and see how it works out. Now all we have to do is come out to our RV, bring our tow bar of course, we'll slide it right in allowing one of the two holes to line up, and then, of course secure it with our clip. Let's go ahead and get our car hooked up, and of course this could just as easily be a cargo carrier, we could be putting our ball mount in here, getting it secured so we can hook up our trailer or our boat. Whatever your situation is, just a really simple addition to use. Here you can see as we're cruising around, we just don't have any shifting or any movement at all out of the spare tire carrier. It's really a great, solid choice for transportation. Now that we've had a good look at it and we've seen how useful it is with having our spare tire handy at all times, that's going to complete today's look at the Road Master Spare Tire Carrier, part number RM-195225.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (54 Customer Reviews)
The sturdy Roadmaster spare tire carrier allows you to carry a spare tire for your RV or motor home while retaining use of your hitch for mounting accessories or flat towing. Holds 16" to 24-1/2" spares with any bolt hole pattern.Installed the carrier on my Leisure Unity motor home. Has adequate clearance to back of motor home. Roadmaster was extremely helpful in supplying drawings and needed information. Seems to be very stable and easy to install or remove spare tire. A bit limited in ground clearance but carrier design and manufacture are excellent. Would be great if Roadmaster included a method to relocate license plate. I used a mount from RockHard 4X4. Very pleased with the final installation. 612356
Loren T - 03/17/2020The Roadmaster tire carrier arrived as was predicted by UPS. On a rainy day my RV was in the driveway so my UPS driver slid the package under the back of the RV to keep it out of the rain. Shout out to our UPS driver. All parts accounted for and it went together smoothly. All of the tools were spelled out in the instructions. A couple of the sockets should have been listed as “long” sockets. Anyways, easy assembly. Tire mounted to the plate with ease (19.5” wheel). Very heavy wheel / tire combo but the lift with the rod on the carrier is effortless. I mounted the bike rack behind the wheel and it fits perfect. 654341
I am very satisfied with this product. It solved my spare tire issue. I have a 2015 Newmar Dutch Star and it fit very well THANKS for offering this product and having it at a great price and quick delivery. 229637
Darrell t - 10/08/2016Very high quality tire mount. My only complaint about the tire mount (and I wish Roadmaster would make this change....are you listening Roadmaster?) is the fact that both of the hitch receiver holes are threaded! The threaded hitch receiver bolt with the hairpin clip does act like an anti-rattle securing bolt, however, it is not anti-theft! I purchased Roadmaster Hitch Lock which does not work with this tire mount. I will be also attaching a Roadmaster All-Terrain Tow Bar to the end of this tire mount, and I am concerned that someday when I come back to my motorhome, the tire mount and tow bar will be gone! I would rather that Roadmaster included an anti-rattle clamp or something different besides a threaded bolt, so that an anti-theft hitch lock could be used. 469762
The Roadmaster spare tire carrier is well engineered and constructed. Instructions were easy to follow, and the installation was relatively smooth. You do need several socket sizes which may not be in everyones toolbox though. The carrier is expensive, but being able to carry a spare and to easily remove it from the carrier when needed is worth the expense in my opinion. 502325
This spare tire holder has worked exceptionally well. I had to change a tire I damaged after hitting a curb with some exposed rebar and although the tire remained inflated the sidewall was severely damaged and the nearest tire store was several hundred miles away. This incident occurred less than 2 months after purchasing this item so I was extremely satisfied that I purchased it. 802088
Super easy assembly and holds the spare 19.5 combo from our Ram 5500. This was one of the very few options we found that was far enough from the back of our TC for the rear compartment door and tray to function while allowing a left/right swing away for the rear TC slide and mount for a cargo basket. Very well build and HD components. 796412
Very high quality and functional. One thing missing is a license tag holder. If tag is located in the center of the coach this unit will cover it. 795346
Great product: Looks good and easy to operate. Now I won't have to sit on the side of the road for 4 hours waiting for the road side assistance to get a tire and put it on. 791342
This tire carrier is working beautifully on our motorhome--our spare had been in a slide compartment, under the bed, and I wanted to use that area for storage. It was easy to assemble and install and is built like a tank. It looks good and tows our Jeep Wranger Unlimited with no problems. We had the (unfortunate) opportunity to put it to the test in December. Blew a tire, called AAA RV Plus, and I had the spare down, off the carrier, and ready for the repairman when he arrived. I highly recommend this carrier if you're looking to conveniently carry a spare. 784289
Roadmaster Spare Tire Carrier - When we added levelers to our Winnebago View they put a bar across the factory carrier which is under the rear of the RV. We were driving to Alaska and in case we had a flat I didn't want to climb under the unit on some dirt or gravel road. Fortunately, we drove 12K miles in four months with no problems so we never used the spare. The carrier was easy to install and we feel that it will be easy to use, if necessary, 777546
I installed carrier on our 2019 Greyhawk 31FSP motorhome. We wanted to have a spare tire available if the need arises on extended road trips. The Roadmaster unit will hold the spare and allow us to flat tow our TJ Wrangler. The carrier is well made. Welds look good and the finish is excellent. I followed the detailed instructions and everything went together nicely. Etrailer shipped the carrier quickly and it arrived two days after order placement. Packaging was very good. I'm very pleased with purchase. P.S. I'm adding tire to wheel shown in a couple of weeks. 777506
Received when it was promised.Well built, solid construction. 777258
working great 771463
This cargo rack is very sturdy and pairs up nicely with the Roadmaster hitch-mounted spare tire rack. I had to relocate the license plate , but otherwise a simple two hour assembly and installation. 765324
Easy assembly and setup. 762508
Installed the tire rack on Motorhome looks great, haven't driven anywhere yet to see how it reacts going down the road. Hope it is as good as it looks, the bottom hitch receptacle is real close to the ground, hope I don't drag when going out driveway at gas station. 749394
Was a little more time consuming to install than I expected because I had to stop to by tools but it works as it’s supposed to. 746235
I received the spare tire carrier and was VERY pleased at the packing inside the shipping container. No scratches or damaged items! Assembled the carrier on the back of the RV within 15 minutes...excellent instructions! My only concern is the amount of space between the RV and the spare tire. 735201
Could not get the pivot arm in the base with a plastic washer on each side. Called e-trailer and they gave me number for Roadmaster tech. Sent him photo of problem. He suggest using a long pry bar to try to force the front plate to open a little. Got a neighbor with a lot more muscle than me to put pressure on the front plate with pry bar.With his help we were able to get both plastic washers in. Front plate appeared to be the width of the plastic washer too close to back plate. Torqued up bolt and install went smoothly from then on. Works great. 732805
It’s been road tested. Works ok. The drawbacks include it’s a little difficult squaring up the bolts through rim and the frame of device. Also it weighs a lot. It would be better if it were made out of aluminum. And I can’t get my rear cargo doors open on my Sprinter. I gave up that advantage instead of getting the more expensive Aluminess device. It just is a little shy of clearing the device. 729187
Never a problem with etrailer, package came quicker than expected. Really great to do business with. 703032
This tire carrier is a beast! I have a 1999 Georgie Boy Cruise Master the tire was stored under the bed behind the water tank for 20 years. The tire ways almost 100 pounds that makes it quite awkward to get at. So I bought this hitch mounted tire carrier. It installed so easy the instructions where good but instead of hold the tire mount up and sliding the mounting hardware thew the hole i lade it on its side with the poll extended made so much easier then balancing it up right. I love it my tire is right there When / IF I need it . The only con I see is that the tow hitch is 2 inches lower now and it extends foot farther than my ladder but it would have to for the easy swing to put the tire down to the ground. 691275
It’s heavy duty, it works and above all is extremely well made. 676761
Great product 674478
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