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> It can't just be bolted underneath or to the back Well, if it is bolted under, it needs its own cover/plate, which increases the weight of the surrounding st
by microcolonel 8y ago
> It can't just be bolted underneath or to the back
Well, if it is bolted under, it needs its own cover/plate, which increases the weight of the surrounding structure (since whatever's there can't be structural).
- jschwartzi 8y agoIt doesn't need a cover/plate. Every full-size or mid-size truck I've owned hoists the spare underneath the bed without a cover. Tires are very durable, and if something impacts the tire it's probably destroyed your differential, brakes, and/or axle too so the spare isn't terribly useful.
- microcolonel 8y agoThe aerodynamics, what parent was talking about, were why I said there would need to be a cover.