tj custom tailgate

[tjrider]

Has anyone here ever made a tailgate/tire carrier combo? Something like a tube tailgate with the tire on it. I'm trying to cut extra weight where I can. Looking for pics or advice. I'm wanting to take the factory tailgate completely off

[94Dodge Truggy]

Here are a few things I did to a beater jeep to lighten it up a bit. Throw the tailgate away and ratchet strap the spare tire to the roll bar. Sell the hood, top and doors. Remove some of the bolts that are overkill. Fill the tires with helium. Use a hole saw and drill the frame in a few spots and run around in the salt in the winter time and it will get alot lighter. With fewer bolts the repairs were much quicker and the chance of breaking off a rusty bolt was lessend.

After all of this the fuel mileage and off road capability remained the same. I found that the frame had decided to bend permanently and 3 wheel motion (hydraulic low rider terms) was common while turning so I jumped it across a creek for its last big hoorah!

The tailgate idea sounds good, but to make it weather proof and lighter will be a challenge!

[tjrider]

I'm not worried about water tight anymore. Its garage kept. Just don't want to spend a ****load on a tire swing, but my tire in wreaking havoc on the tailgate so I gotta do something

[94Dodge Truggy]

Reinforcing the tailgate may be an option if you want to keep it.

[67fastback]

here is what I did with mine.
it has a reese hitch hole at the top that has a flat plate on the end with the bolt hole patten on it and has 2 holes so I mount wider tires also, swings open.. pros , very strong, cons - the red clamp thing suxs i had to make some thing else to hold it in place. took a peace of steel and bent it around and drilled it out to put a bolt threw it to hold it in place. Does raddle some cus the tire is not touching anything..


I bout it from utopia offroad they make them for jeeps too.

[94Dodge Truggy]

He is looking for a tailgate/tire combo where the tailgate is the tire holder assembly.