Make a Spare Tire Mount for Teardrop Trailer

How To Make This Tire Rack

Mark shows one way to use leftover metal from making a teardrop trailer frame to make a spare tire mount for teardrop trailer. It is a simple design that has worked well for over a decade and is easy to adapt for your teardrop trailer too. This mount has the added benefit of protecting a tongue box from potential thieves.

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Mark explains how he makes a spare tire mount using cut-off materials from making a teardrop frame in these ways: 

  1. Mechanical safety for tongue box 
  2. Correct Welding Methods 
  3. How to Fit the mount to any wheel 
  4. Weld sequence 
  5. Fit and Finish

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