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| | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 | We are at a quagmire with Spare Tire installation. We can’t find an under- bed spare tire assembly, and the solutions to install a bed side rail adapter places the tire, in my opinion, so far out and forward that it looks ugly and interfering with driver side entry. I don’t have a left hand rear fender with the concaved panel either. My truck has right hand under-bed fuel tank and the truck short/bed.
So I have considered a modern under-bed hoisting mechanism.
Has anyone out there installed an under-bed hoisting mechanism and what would have to be modified to accept one of these hoists? Would I have to resort to modern skinny spare tire?
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,503 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,503 | There was a recent discussion by Bill Hanlon on this very subject. Here is a link.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 | Don’t think this is viable for ½ ton truck. The installation in his case is on a ¾ ton. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,201 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,201 | OK, try this post. Underbed Spare
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 | I’m liking this installation. Thanks I’ll study it. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 559 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 559 | I have used the ford spare tire hoist from a modern superduty on other trucks. Just mount it to a crossmember or weld up a flange onto one and your good to go. Just get the crank tool to wind it. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 452 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 452 | Here is a link to another thread on the matter, it includes photos of the setup I used on my 1/2 ton, pretty easy…. Chuck https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1313943/2
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Hank: 46 Chev 1/2ton shortbed
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 263 | Hank, looks very nice install. I’m really inclined to use this concept.
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