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    FS: 2020 TRD ORP, lightly modded. 15k miles. Buffalo, NY. $52K

    Bump. Price lowered to $50,000 I need a roof for my house and this is the best way for me to get it.
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    FS: 2020 TRD ORP, lightly modded. 15k miles. Buffalo, NY. $52K

    I think it's time to sell the 4runner. I haven't taken a ton of pictures, but it's super clean. I had off-road dreams when I built it, but I find myself driving my pickup almost every day for some reason or another and this thing just sits and never saw any dirt (lame, I know). It was driven...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    All, Sorry I've been MIA and haven't responded to a lot of the PMs and emails asking if I am going to make more of these. I've been keeping myself very busy making motorcycles and motorcycle parts. I did speak to Lee on the phone yesterday and he expressed interest and I sent him the design...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    I'll look into it and get back to you.
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Great news. You may want to play with the preload on the pivot pin. I didn’t have anything to set it up by because I was building them on a pallet so I just guessed on nut preload. Also I didn’t jam the two nuts together really tight or use loctite on the jam but because I just assumed...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    I messaged everyone my cell in case you have any questions!! feel free to text, call, FaceTime, whatever! Christian. My advice would be to take the upper arm off to install! Much easier to handle. Also I did not pre-grease the pivot so that should be greased!
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Hi Everybody! Thanks Saker for handling communication. Can everyone please PM me your shipping address? I'll send individual PMs, too. Thank you!
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Hi all. Sorry about not posting a lot. Busy busy over here and saker is doing a great job being my PR manager. As far as the tab is concerned, the reality is that you can probably get away with just two mounts but the third mount will be extra redundancy. I’m on mobile but I’ll do my best to...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    All carriers spoken for!
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Now there is one left unclaimed. Offset style.
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Hey guys, Almost done fabricating. The three things I wanted to get done this week I was able to. Got license plate mounts done. Got secondary latch plungers and plates done. Got striker plates fully welded. Still to do: 1) Main latch mount (needs to be cut from 3/8 plate and...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    Hi guys. Been a minute. Here are some updates: Got the camera mounts welded up with a camera test fit in there. These mount in the center of the spare tire, so on the offset version your camera will be 7 or so inches off center, but it shouldn't be a problem. All the receivers are drilled...
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    I made my own hitch mount spare tire carrier.

    As promised yesterday, I got the wheel holders all welded up. Flux core is very satisfying to weld with. I reverse crowned the stainless wheel plates before welding on them to combat distortion. When cooled the plates were perfectly flat. You will notice I didn't wrap the weld around the...

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