Tires On Roof

The bumper usually in the rear on the flat upper surfaces typically the roof unless your name is nigel and you re on safari in.

Tires on roof.

The person who bought the first hummer i sold mounted his spare tire on the roof. Your roof rack or cargo basket is a great alternative location for mounting a spare tire one that will free up room inside your vehicle for other cargo and also allow you to carry a larger spare that will match oversize tires. Converting old tires into roofing material is an eco friendly construction technique. Flat across the ceiling and arched up.

The roofs are called bowstring cause they re built on a roof truss shaped like an archer s bow. The thin metal is supported by braces and trusses that are spaced far apart. Just drilled 4 holes put some eye bolts in chaulked the bolts and chained the tire to it. Perhaps the main reason why these tires are there is to prevent what is called a roof rumble the way the roof is constructed particularly in older trailers is that they are fixed to the sides of the mobile home.

A little crude but it s the best way to do it. Hummers are made to support their weight upside down so don t mount over 40 spare tires up there at one time 150lbs tire. We boiled down the four basic spare tire mounting locations.