Spare Wheel on Trailer

Submitted: Monday, Jul 23, 2012 at 20:55
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G'day everyone,
Have a trailer for camping that had the spare wheel mounted horizontally on the drawbar. I want to mount a toolbox and relocate the spare to vertically in front of the tool box (open to other suggestions).
Initial plans are for some 10mm plate, u-bolted to the drawbar and 50 x 3 RHS welded vertically with 6mm gussets on 3 sides, using a U-bolt to attach the spare (and chained to the drawbar).
The trailer is heavy duty 7x 4, extended drawbar, 21" sides, to be used 2wd only. The wheels are 14" sunraysia with LT tyres.We will be carrying tents, drifta, Engel, etc for a trip of 9 weeks from Melbourne to Uluru - Darwin - Undara - Cooktown,etc. and then back to Melbourne.
Tow car is a Volkswagen Passat Diesel wagon.

Any thoughts or recommendations appreciated?

Cheers & Beers

Rob
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