Spare tire on bumper

Me (backing into our storage parking spot for the first time with a concrete wall behind it): Let me know how far away I am from the wall.

Originally posted by P&M Me (backing into our storage parking spot for the first time with a concrete wall behind it): Let me know how far away I am from the wall.   She (standing back by the wall I thought): Okay, you have about 8 feet to go.  Now 6 feet.  Go slow.  About 4 feet now.   Me (realizing the TV and Pod are not moving backwards anymore): It's not backing up ... is something blocking the wheels?   She: Nope.   Me (putting TV in park and getting out): well, somethings wrong then.   She: You still have a couple feet to the wall.   Me (going back to look and seeing the tire smooshed up against the wall): Found the problem!    In her defense she was standing to the side of the Pod, not behind it, forgot about the spare and couldn't see it from where she was standing.  Of course, it was still my fault.

Thankfully the back wall was strong. When we first picked up our rpod we camped at a nearby campground. While in the campground I went to turn around and backed into a dumpster the dumpster was on wheels so it rolled backwards along with the camper. The spare tire may of helped at least there was no damage. I pulled forward and moved the dumpster back in place no harm done better than hitting a parked vehicle.

My first time out I backed into a tree and poked a hole in the Pod. Never have again...

Originally posted by kaleidoscopegirl lol - funny stories- looks like we need tongue mount.  Hubby wants to mount it under the tongue though if he can.

That might be a great idea.  Please let us know how it works out if he does it.

Bob

Originally posted by cody91 [QUOTE=David and Danette]    I'm also thinking about getting the Northern Tool spare tire mount.  Did you have to modify the bracket to make it fit on the Rpod?  It looks like it may also sit a little lower than CharlieM's solution.  Did you have any issues with ground clearance? Cody

Seems like I looked at the NT mount and it had some clearance problem, but I don't recall what. Maybe ground or maybe my second gas bottle. Measure carefully. If it fits it should work fine.