Spare wheel in garage

[3crispies]

Off to Spain after easter and now we have a spare wheel, looking at options for fitting to rear wall. Only have hold down hooks on floor of garage.

 

[3crispies]

Only pic of garage apologies.

 

[Lenny HB]

I screwed a couple of saddle clips to the rear wall and held the wheel in place with a camlock strap.

 

[The Coops]

See my ad for a Ducato spare wheel carrier underslung in the classifieds Job sorted!

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Our's is strapped to a lashing rail on the back wall of the garage. We can't have the under slung spare wheel carrier.I keep the spare in a tyre bag in case we need to move it inside the van for any reason. It actually works quite well in the garage as it gives something to prop my little play boat up on one end.
Mike.

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[Minxy]

In a previous MH I put ours on the inner wall of the MH garage so it was as close to the rear axle as possible thus the weight wasn't at the extreme rear of the MH (photo below). In our Carthago I did the same although it's on the nearside of the inner wall rather than in the centre.

 

[Landy Andy]

Mine is fitted to the back wall, and uses the bike rack mounted that were all ready fitted. But really would have preferred it fitted to the front of the garage as that is the way force will happen in an accident, and you don’t want to damage the rear wall of van

 

[TheMachMan]

Would love to have a spare wheel but not a lot of space. Underneath is taken up with the grey water tank so can’t fit the factory option. Anyone come across roof mounting for a PVC?

 

[3crispies]

I screwed a couple of saddle clips to the rear wall and held the wheel in place with a camlock strap.

Apologies for late response, are these fitted direct to rear wall as we have no hardball to get firm fixings, especially incase of an accident.

 

[3crispies]

See my ad for a Ducato spare wheel carrier underslung in the classifieds Job sorted!

Sorry want it internal don't fancy scrabbling underneath as it's bound to be raining....

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[3crispies]

Mine is fitted to the back wall, and uses the bike rack mounted that were all ready fitted. But really would have preferred it fitted to the front of the garage as that is the way force will happen in an accident, and you don’t want to damage the rear wall of van

Agreed may have to do this, only issue blocks access to under bad storage from the garage..

 

[HKF]

Would love to have a spare wheel but not a lot of space. Underneath is taken up with the grey water tank so can’t fit the factory option. Anyone come across roof mounting for a PVC?

I'd love a spare wheel but we don't have the payload

 

[Lenny HB]

Apologies for late response, are these fitted direct to rear wall as we have no hardball to get firm fixings, especially incase of an accident.

Just screwed to the rear wall of the garage my internal walls are aluminium.
Not going to go anywhere in an accident too much other junk in the garage.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I'd love a spare wheel but we don't have the payload

Fill the spare with helium
Mike.

 

[cyberyacht]

I fabricated a bracket from a strip of alloy with a bolt projecting out, over which the wheel was fitted followed by a penny washer and a wing nut. As an additional safety measure a couple of straps from the floor to ceiling are attached in a cross pattern. Biggest issue is payload so at the last tyre change I switched to just carrying a spare tyre using the same stowage method.

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[Emmit]

Will this do you.
Fitted a few days ago.
The straps are a couple of old ratchet straps.
Don't know what the shackles are called. They are fixed using the fixings shown and they in turn fit through a drilled hole and screwed causing the plug to splay out.
The wood is two pieces of 4x2 fixed together with two mending plates and there are two wedges to prevent lateral movement. They are screwed into the 4x2.

 

[grasscutter]

I keep ours against the inner wall as opposed to the back wall. A lot less chance of it pulling free if emergency braking.

 

[3crispies]

Will this do you.
Fitted a few days ago.
The straps are a couple of old ratchet straps.
Don't know what the shackles are called. They are fixed using the fixings shown and they in turn fit through a drilled hole and screwed causing the plug to splay out.
The wood is two pieces of 4x2 fixed together with two mending plates and there are two wedges to prevent lateral movement. They are screwed into the 4x2.View attachment 876916View attachment 876915View attachment 876917

cheers, we have issue of rear wall is not wooden so fixings will be awful. Dont think rivet nuts will hold as assuming as its rear wall lightweight panelling, 2 pieces of plastic will insulation between, google image apologies. All shelving and wood looks really too nice to put brackets in and dont want to damage anything as its furniture ply so awful for fixing.

 

[icantremember]

cheers, we have issue of rear wall is not wooden so fixings will be awful. Dont think rivet nuts will hold as assuming as its rear wall lightweight panelling, 2 pieces of plastic will insulation between, google image apologies. All shelving and wood looks really too nice to put brackets in and dont want to damage anything as its furniture ply so awful for fixing. View attachment 877016

Our rear locker is very similar to yours and our spare wheel resides flat on the floor where your tool kit is shown.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

cheers, we have issue of rear wall is not wooden so fixings will be awful. Dont think rivet nuts will hold as assuming as its rear wall lightweight panelling, 2 pieces of plastic will insulation between, google image apologies. All shelving and wood looks really too nice to put brackets in and dont want to damage anything as its furniture ply so awful for fixing. View attachment 877016

Some " Uni rail " fixed to the walls using "prong/ T nuts " will give a superb anchoring system. If you have a bike rack, there'll be a horizontal timber rail in the rear wall that is the fixing point for that, they can normally be spotted ghosting through the ABS plastic.
Mike.

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[Dave7]

Sorry want it internal don't fancy scrabbling underneath as it's bound to be raining....

Carry a plastic sheet ? I’d rather have the space and a puncture may never happen

 

[tony_g]

I screwed a couple of saddle clips to the rear wall and held the wheel in place with a camlock strap.

What screws did you use for the saddle clips. I'd like to raise mine off the floor to free up stowage space under the spare. Would the rear wall on my Exsis take the weight, do you suppose? I'm thinking it should if I could put a bike rack on the outside.

 

[Lenny HB]

What screws did you use for the saddle clips. I'd like to raise mine off the floor to free up stowage space under the spare. Would the rear wall on my Exsis take the weight, do you suppose? I'm thinking it should if I could put a bike rack on the outside.

My internal walls are aluminium so I used No. 10 self tappers. If you have a timber wallboard interior wall I would fit a large square of ply so you can get a decent fixing.

Our last van an Exsis had a factory fit spare the bracket for it mounted the wheel about 9" of the deck, it was a back breaking pain to get it back on the bracket, it's much better resting on the floor.

 

[tony_g]

My internal walls are aluminium so I used No. 10 self tappers. If you have a timber wallboard interior wall I would fit a large square of ply so you can get a decent fixing.

Our last van an Exsis had a factory fit spare the bracket for it mounted the wheel about 9" of the deck, it was a back breaking pain to get it back on the bracket, it's much better resting on the floor.

Nothing in ours. Maybe you're right. Caution prevails. Our spare is like all insurance....a fixed cost you hope/believe you'll never need

 

[Lenny HB]

Nothing in ours. Maybe you're right. Caution prevails. Our spare is like all insurance....a fixed cost you hope/believe you'll never need

I always rotate mine so it gets used.