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FISH: I removed the hood mounted tire about a year ago. I have been planning on going with the bigger tires as you know and anything bigger on the hood would have been too much. I have a high lift up there now but here are some pictures when it was up there:
First is the D1 OEM bumper. The thing is basically a sleeve around the rear chassis. It has 4 points where the chassis is actually "in" the bumper. The 2 center points or inner rails of the chassis have a cross member welded together and that is in the bumper as well. The bottom of the cross member on a D1 is the receiver hitch, which I know is not directly connected to the topic but that whole assembly has a tongue rating of I believe 6000 pounds. All that to say the bumper could handle a lot of weight.
Second though and probably, more importantly, is the pole or hinge and the pivot point of the gate. It is not connected to the bumper, it is bolted to the frame. (If you look at the old pictures attached, you will see the cutout for it and the pivot point before it was all assembled.
I added a ¼ inch plates (Repurposed from a data center project I did in the Infomart in Dallas about 20 years ago ) to the gate so it would handle any sag in the gate when it was in the open position, create a compression point so the gate would not swing open fast and hard when I was off road on a slope and to stop the gate from swinging too far.
Even with all the crazy weight testing I did, the gate had less than maybe 75 pounds of pressure on it when it was fully opened. That’s based on the fact that I could lift it off the bumper with little effort when I opened it to take the open position weight pics.
I can’t remember how long ago I did the initial gate build with the spare on the OEM tire mount but, I think it was about 6 or 7 seven years. I haven’t had to tighten or adjust anything and the bumper still looks as ugly as it did when I put in together.
The first picture is the overnight picture about 18 hours and no failure....
Robert F: I didn’t really design the gate to handle that much weight on the swing out but God knows the grief I would get if I didn’t do it so here it is. I was jammed up against the house and the gate so the pics are a little tight. If you were looking for what it looked like opened without all the junk on it, the pics above have a pretty good view though they are dated.
Whiskey…I have not forgotten your request, I wanted to stress test it for some time. I have a con call this afternoon but I will reconfigure it for the higher height. I am trying to come up with something else to replace me as the additional weight. It’s pretty high up there when it’s in the top position. I have some ideas though.
I was an orphan till I was three...adapted in Italy...long story....so I'm really not a blood McCLung....but I don't think Dad has family there...but who knows...
You could be right!
Maybe Roverfanatic should pitch this idea to Terrafirma or $hitPart ... with their low quality standards they would jump all over this turd.
06-28-2019, 01:33 PM
) to the gate so it would handle any sag in the gate when it was in the open position, create a compression point so the gate would not swing open fast and hard when I was off road on a slope and to stop the gate from swinging too far.
