Tacoma owners that have removed your spare and relocated it

[Chadlyb]

So I'm thinking of pulling my spare from under my truck and relocating it to the bed. Protecting the spare from road debris and damage . Another member had great idea of securing it to bed inside rail system. Plan on rack system for the bed and attaching it to that later. Appreciate thoughts and input

 

[Boort]

Mine's been under there for 20 years and 300k+ miles. Only 2 issues:
1) Some guy tried removing for me while the truck was parked in my driveway.
2) When I found that the Cable Lock (I'd bought to keep #1 from happening again) took a rock hit to the keyway and could no longer be opened. Very lucky that it was noticed on the rack, during a standard check of the spare rather than on the side of the road since it took me 30 mins to cut the cable off once I got home with the proper tools.

If I ever relocate it, I'll move it to a roof rack or swing out. It takes up way too much room in the bed.

Boort

 

[canadianoverlanders]

It will eventually be moved to a swing out.

 

[OldManJack]

Mine's been under there for 20 years and 300k+ miles. Only 2 issues:
1) Some guy tried removing for me while the truck was parked in my driveway.
2) When I found that the Cable Lock (I'd bought to keep #1 from happening again) took a rock hit to the keyway and could no longer be opened. Very lucky that it was noticed on the rack, during a standard check of the spare rather than on the side of the road since it took me 30 mins to cut the cable off once I got home with the proper tools.

If I ever relocate it, I'll move it to a roof rack or swing out. It takes up way too much room in the bed.

Boort

I’ve wondered if I should remove mine from under my Tacoma. I’d need to add a tire holder which would be more weight and I already have enough! Have you done a lot of off-roading? It never was an issue of getting hung up on rocks? Thanks!

 

[Wawa Skittletits]

This is definitely more of a general truck issue. I pulled mine out from under my Bison almost immediately and mounted it to the bed for a hot minute, then the decked drawers, and now it’s on my bed rack where it’s staying. I don’t like any of the potential issues of having the spare under there. Not to mention it hung down too low and the tire size I intend to run won’t fit anyway. I secured strongly, locked to prevent it from taking a midnight stroll with strangers, and covered to keep it out of the sun. You Yota people have the benefit of the bed rails. Should make mounting it simple.

 

[Boort]

I’ve wondered if I should remove mine from under my Tacoma. I’d need to add a tire holder which would be more weight and I already have enough! Have you done a lot of off-roading? It never was an issue of getting hung up on rocks? Thanks!

@OldManJack

Well she has nearly 350k on the clock and has been all around the mountian west from Canada to NM and KS/NB to Ut, Id and beyond, turned down forest service roads, and over more mtn passes than I can remember. She has gone anywhere I've pointed her and gotten me back home. That said She is a basically stock 97 Tacoma and none of this would qualify as "Rock Crawling".
When I was considering building her out for deeper off roading I considered a rear bumper with swing out to get it out from under the belly but went with building out the 4Runner instead. (It also still has the spare under the rear-end.)

Boort

 

[OldManJack]

I’ve wondered if I should remove mine from under my Tacoma. I’d need to add a tire holder which would be more weight and I already have enough! Have you done a lot of off-roading? It never was an issue of getting hung up on rocks? Thanks!

@OldManJack

Well she has nearly 350k on the clock and has been all around the mountian west from Canada to NM and KS/NB to Ut, Id and beyond, turned down forest service roads, and over more mtn passes than I can remember. She has gone anywhere I've pointed her and gotten me back home. That said She is a basically stock 97 Tacoma and none of this would qualify as "Rock Crawling".
When I was considering building her out for deeper off roading I considered a rear bumper with swing out to get it out from under the belly but went with building out the 4Runner instead. (It also still has the spare under the rear-end.)

Boort

Thank you sir.