rear wheel carrier

SillyBilly,
The 80 series door is not reinforced plus I am not sure that the hinges would take the weight as they were not designed to do so. 80 series barn doors rattle enough without adding the weight of an extra wheel.
We have so little time to enjoy our land

Sillybilly

I purchased a Troopy 3 years ago and as part of the camper conversion process that I put it through, I had a 200lt stainless steel water tank made and fitted where the rear fuel tank would have been factory fitted.

In mine the good old spare tyre and relevant winch was there and had to go.

Where to put the wheel, was the next question.

I conducted a heap of research about re mounting it on one of the rear doors like a factory fitted one.

Short answer was. YES! by all means you CAN do it, as long as you want it to tear bloody great holes in the door skin and/or stuff the door hinges.

The factory fitted ones are reinforced as the above thread says and the hinges, beefed up to match.

Now there are a few options of what you can do with the spare tyre that depend on how you are setting up your vehicle. However thats for you to decide.

Me - I just bit the bullet and replaced the whole back bar with a KAYMAR setup with Spare wheel carrier.

I respectfully suggest that you save yourself a heap of grief and forget any ideas about trying to 'hang' that wheel off your standard door.

regards

Ken Robinson

Just out of interest I wouldn't hang it on a troopy door anyway. In only 30k you can see the freeplay, hear the rattles and feel the hard action of brand new troopy doors with spare wheel on, doing 50% central OZ dirt.