I want to mount two spare tires on my trailer. I'm planning on mounting them to the sides just in front of the trailer fender on both sides see pic white spot is where I want to mount them parallel to the frame rails the trailer is 18'.

Does anyone see a problem with this postion??

I have some 2"x3"x.125" tube for the mount.

Carey
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To answer your ?, no. What do you plan on hauling? If it is cars, make sure you leave room to open the doors.

To answer your ?, no. What do you plan on hauling? If it is cars, make sure you leave room to open the doors.
Well I hadn't thought about that....:o:

In that case, put them in front on the "V". Save your sides for d-rings, you can never have too many tie points.

You might be able to lay one of them (or both of them) flat on the front part of the a frame in front of the bed. I have mine bolted there. On my old trailer, I had one bolted on the hitch area and a second one (hopefully never needed) bolted under the bed in the front part of the trailer between the frame. Just a suggestion.

You might be able to lay one of them (or both of them) flat on the front part of the a frame in front of the bed. I have mine bolted there. On my old trailer, I had one bolted on the hitch area and a second one (hopefully never needed) bolted under the bed in the front part of the trailer between the frame. Just a suggestion.
Sprint,

I thought about getting GM pickup 88 and up spare tire winch and using it to mount one up front under the bed, but it would be a pain to check it's air pressure. I also want to keep the tongue weight down because I tow it when I haul my slide in camper.

My center mounted tip-up top wind jack makes it hard to use the tongue for a mount.
Carey

Here is a thought,

Like many of the race-car open trailers I see going up and down I95, you could build a cage large enough to house the two spares, above the front rail, wich will give you clearance below to pass the winch cable. Covering the forward facing part with thin aluminum would act as a stone shield for the front of the car, and if rounded sligthtly at the top and sides, be a wind deflector to improve fuel economy. If done right, it would weigh less than the winch you are adding, and would only add 8-12 lbs to the tongue weight when the car is loaded, which you can easily offset by storing your tool boxes or something in the trunk of the car.

As far as tongue weights are concerned, that depends on where you center your load on the trailer. Your tongue weight should be roughly 10% of the total weight of the loaded trailer for stability. If this is too much weight on the rear axle of the truck with the slide-in camper in place, then shifting the weight off the ball is not the solution. Assuming that it is a single rear wheel truck, this is very possible and there are safety issues to consider.

From experience, plans change, and conditions must be changed to adapt to those plans. Modifying your truck to handle those changes may void your warranties, cause unsafe conditions for you or others on the road at highway speeds, it could result in your insurance not paying for damages, and you could be cited for being overweight by the geandarmes at the scene.

Buying more truck than what you currently need is the only way of preparing for those thousands of pounds of unplanned added weight.

Good thread......I'm in the same boat and I'm sorta standing on one foot and then the other. I'd like to mount my spare in front of the fender like Carey does but I haul tractors and I like to be able see the hold down chains in my mirrors. I'm afraid the tire will block that view. On the other hand, even though I'm well under Max load, I don't like to add tongue weight unneccesarily. Most likely I'll wind up putting it on the front rail. The idea of putting it under the bed with a lift is appealing though. That would keep it from deterioration from the sun. Good ideas all around.

I think I'm going to mount one on the passenger side of the trailer to ensure I can still get out of my Scout when I drive it on the trailer.

Long term I'll likely mount the other one under the trailer like suggested.

I want to use a trailer spindle and a free running hub as the mount point for the spare, so I have a spare hub and wheel bearing set for those murphy times.

Carey

Carey, I like the way you think on the hub stuff; been doing that for years with the race trailer and snowmobile trailers. It's nice if you burn up a bearing or something and all you need to do is get rid of the old hub and slide on the new one and on your way in 20 minutes!!!! I like the idea of the hoist too. I may just do this on one of the trailers. I have not had any trouble sliding under the trailer once a month to check the air in the spare; it's on the monthly checklist, so it gets done.