Good spot for 2nd spare wheel on CCCCC trip?

[Treads]

I'm trying to work out the best spot to carry an extra spare in/on Tulips Deefer for the Cape York trip next year.
We have a 3/4 length (1880mm x 1330mm) alloy roofrack; however we will be sleeping in a rooftop tent for the trip (1400mm x 1200mm). Unfortunately that means we won't be able to fit a spare on the roof with the tent up there, as there is only 680mm of room left for a spare 235/85R16 that has a diameter of 806mm.



So now the quandry, do we:
1> Buy a full length roof rack? ($$$$$$ )
2> Try to find a second hand bonnet and put a bonnet mount spare on just for our big trips?
3> Mount the spare on some sort of bracket attached to the load side of the cargo barrier?
4> Some other way?

Thanks in advance for any help/advice/experiences

[dobbo]

From what I have been led to believe your rack (and mine) is not the ideal spot for a Roof top tent due to it sitting way up in the air and creating a lot of drag, plus most I have seen seem to be fitted to Rino rack setup.

Personally I'm getting me bonnet reinforced and bonnet mounting my 2nd spare

Ever thought about having it mounted in the back of the Defender? Like the original spot on the Panelvans

[dobbo]

Mount it directly to the roof infront of your roofrack.

[Col.Coleman]

Treads,
Don't do the bonnet thing, it cuts down your vision immensly in the tight stuff.
Is that the rack you are attatching the tent to? How is it going to fit with the side rails?
You might not not need to take one as there will be copius amounts of spare wheels all on the same stud pattern.
I would suggest a new full lenght rack with a flat section at the back for the tent and luggage at the front, Or move that rack forward, and attatch the tent to roof rails behind it.

CC

[Treads]

From what I have been led to believe your rack (and mine) is not the ideal spot for a Roof top tent due to it sitting way up in the air and creating a lot of drag,

Yeah, I wondered about that too

Ever thought about having it mounted in the back of the Defender? Like the original spot on the Panelvans

I thought about that, but wasn't sure if it would work in a wagon?

[disco2hse]

It's the second spare right? Why not put it on the floor, up against the middle row of seats?

[roverrescue]

What a bout a pair of roof bars ?Suparax? or whatever then put spare on that...
S

[p38arover]

I picked up a second spare in Derby for my daughter's Disco. As we didn't have a roof rack and as it's too damn dangerous (and difficult) for a slight girl to drop a wheel from the roof rack, I opted for strapping the spare to the cargo barrier.

You can buy a Y-shaped tie down strap designed for strapping wheels down (to roof racks, actually).

See Sabelt Spare Wheel Ratchet Tie-Down - $75.00 : Racer Industries, Performance Parts Retail & Wholesale

[Treads]

It's the second spare right? Why not put it on the floor, up against the middle row of seats?

That was kinda a sub-option 3 I'm building a long drawer for the back and I guess a spare could just be packed on top of that?

Treads,
Don't do the bonnet thing, it cuts down your vision immensly in the tight stuff.

That was definitely my last option, I've driven RFS 110 utes with bonnet spares and hated the restriction of vision, that's why we'd get a second bonnet just for big trips if we went down that road.

Is that the rack you are attatching the tent to? How is it going to fit with the side rails?

We were either going to get cross bars made up to support the rack at the height of the side rails, and store light long items underneath; or have the rack altered and the rails cut off either the front or back section (dependant on which way we want the tent to fold out).

You might not not need to take one as there will be copius amounts of spare wheels all on the same stud pattern.

I thought of that, but this setup needs to be good for our shakedown trips before CCCCC, and for ongoing adventures

What a bout a pair of roof bars ?Suparax? or whatever then put spare on that...

We thought about roof bars if we had the rack altered (after cutting off part of the side rails as above)

Cheers for the suggestions

[Tusker]

Is that a TD5 sticker? Then the genuine bonnet carrier won't fit.

I suspect corrugations will wreck the bonnet/hinges anyway. Same with sticking ot on the roof. The good thing about a roof top tent, in a funny way, is you can't overload the roof.

Is your back seat in or out? If out, what I do is stick the 2nd spare on the inside of the cargo barrier. Secure it with those mega ton straps, then put the seat belt around that.

If you position it with the wheel outside face toward the barrier, that leaves a useful cavity facing you, inside the straps/belt. It's ideal for hoses, shower hoses that sort of thing.

Regards
Max P