Well, four of us went in together to build tire carrier/bumpers and one of "us" backed out because of not having cash, so we are stuck with enough material to build an extra one. The first one is done. It is for a YJ and is already mounted on my buddy's Jeep. Turned out real good (He is a sheet metal worker/welder/fabricator by trade). The problem is that we are stuck with the extra material to build a forth one. Does anybody want/need a bumper/tire carrier combo? It would be a brand new unit. 3/16 square tube for the bumper and 1/8 for the uprights. Trailer Hub pivot, nice latch, no rattles, etc. Just let me know if there is interest. I'd only charge for the material and the amount of beer consumed while building it, so, about $400 for the whole thing. Oh, yeah, this is not a business, so we can't make it for anything but a CJ/YJ/TJ because that is all we have materials for and what we have to make a template. If anyone is interested, I can see if I can get a digital camera this weekend and take some photos of the one we have done. We are starting on mine on Sunday, so we'll be in the my buddy's garage anyway.

i have a buddy that might be interested, so pics would be great. if you do take pics, can you take some of the latch set up u did, i just got done building a couple for friends and am looking for a good latch system that is cheap and/or homemade. thanks

OK, I'll see if I can appropriate a camera this weekend to take some pics. . .

Latch is really simple, but I think that we are going to redesign it to be a little easier to operate for mine. Strong as hell though.

Here are some pics:

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=4310838

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=4310840

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=4310844

http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=4310827

NIce work!! Any chance of getting a copy of the plans so I can adopt them to my fullsize. (Other wise I just buy yours)
Thanks
Mike

The plans are very specific to the Jeep rearcrossmember and the framerails. What is your fullsize, maybe we have access to one that we can adapt it to.