Ducato spare wheel carrier?

[Alshymer]

Hi
Has anyone bought and fitted one of these?
Recommendations? Easy to fit?

 

[bobemmo29]

Paid about £120 on eBay. Free delivery.

 

[trevskoda]

Think i could build something to do the job for about £10 and a hr or two welding.

 

[Tim120]

Sorry can't help you with your question.
I could for about £9.43 probably build one in an hour

 

[Alshymer]

Think i could build something to do the job for about £10 and a hr or two welding.

How many can I order?

 

[trevskoda]

How many can I order?

Send the van round, its a one of thats why its so expensive.
Here is one i did earlier.

 

[Alshymer]

That won’t fit underneath!!

 

[wildebus]

Sorry can't help you with your question.
I could for about £9.43 probably build one in an hour

I'd do it for a fiver and have it done before you finished your cuppa

 

[trevskoda]

I'd do it for a fiver and have it done before you finished your cuppa

Blinken cheap skate.

 

[wildebus]

Hi
Has anyone bought and fitted one of these?
Recommendations? Easy to fit?View attachment 208039

Recommendations?
If you do get this, you have to ask youself a few questions ....
Will it affect ground clearance?
Will you be able to access it easily to use?
Are you ready to go underneath the van twice a year and loosen/tighten/lubricate anything that moves to stop it seizing up? It will get all the crap off the road and get filthy and gunged up.
Does the mechanism to release go through the van floor (I suspect it does) and if so will it end up in the way?

I had a VW Transporter T5 with an underslung spare and it took literally hours of lying underneath with WD40 and the like to free up the nuts to be able to drop the wheel. It must have been untouched for years. I wouln't fancy having to do that on the roadside if it all got siezed again!
My VW LT originally would have had an rear underslung wheel but it was relocated to the side underneath to make room for wheelchair ramp. The side wheel carrier was delightfully simple ... metal cradle/cage to support the wheel with a bar though two loops acting as a hinge and at the front you just lifted up the cage off two hooks (actually just the support bent 180 degrees at the end) and pulled forward and let go of it and the wheel was available. Not seen anything so easy to make and intuitive to use as that. Nothing to maintain or lubricate either.
However I did build a rear door mounted wheel carrier for it (or more accurately, designed one and give the spec to a local company to weld up) as I wanted to use the side carrier for another purpose.

Clarence Rear by David, on Flickr
Similar kind of thing to Trevors I guess, but dare I say a little more subtle?