Tires On Roof

Mother earth news staff everybody talks about the mountains of old tires that constantly stack up in.

Tires on roof. Well if you have a roof rack or a roof rack mounted cargo basket you don t have to find space inside your rig for a big bulky tire just carry that wheel and tire assembly up on the roof with one of our roof mounted spare tire carriers. Hummers are made to support their weight upside down so don t mount over 40 spare tires up there at one time 150lbs tire. The roofs are called bowstring cause they re built on a roof truss shaped like an archer s bow. Perhaps the main reason why these tires are there is to prevent what is called a roof rumble the way the roof is constructed particularly in older trailers is that they are fixed to the sides of the mobile home.

Flat across the ceiling and arched up. A little crude but it s the best way to do it. Just drilled 4 holes put some eye bolts in chaulked the bolts and chained the tire to it. We boiled down the four basic spare tire mounting locations.

The bumper usually in the rear on the flat upper surfaces typically the roof unless your name is nigel and you re on safari in. The thin metal is supported by braces and trusses that are spaced far apart. The person who bought the first hummer i sold mounted his spare tire on the roof.