I been wanting to make something like this:
or this one:
But I also wanted to make something stronger enough that could be used to carry a heavy spare tire as well, like this one:
So I spent months looking at videos, photos of about 10 different options, including some DIY designs, trying to come up with a version that had the features I wanted for my Toyota 4Runner. I actually started thinking about this project in late Summer, early fall of 2021, so it has been almost a year since I had the original idea for this project.