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Stake pocket tire carrier mounts your spare tire out of the way. Carrier inserts into and clamps around a standard 2x4 stake pocket on your trailer. Accepts any wheel bolt pattern from 2-1/2" to 6-1/2". Black powder coat resists corrosion.
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AJ: What's up everybody, it's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Demco Spare Tire Carrier that fits in the stake pockets on your trailer. Now we've got two of them installed here today to show you, I just want to show you a few different kinds. You got the black powder coat finish over here and the silver. Let's go ahead and take a closer look at them.This is a silver one here, we're going to look at first. You can see it's already a smoother look to it.
It doesn't have the hammered finish as the black powder coat one, but it looks just as good on your trailer. This is the black powder coat version here. You can see what I'm talking about, where you can see the texture and feel it. It's got the little dimples in there on the black powder coat finish, and it matches most trailers out there, but it's really up to you which one you want.That color is really the only difference between them. I mean, they're both functionally the same thing.
The purpose of them is getting the tire off of your trailer and putting it on the side here out of the way. We're not putting it on the A-frame here in the way of the jack or a toolbox you might have. You get to pick your stake pocket and position you want to put the tire that's best for you.Now, I want to show you how it actually is in there. You can see the two brackets sandwich the stake pocket here, we slide this one in first, start one of the bolts as we add this piece on there, tightening it down and it's on there real snug. I mean, I'm shaking the entire trailer, this bracket itself it's not moving, it's not going anywhere.
Upfront you can adjust it to fit many different bolt patterns. It fits from two and a half to six and a half inch wheels. And to adjust the bolts for your bolt pattern, you just loosen the middle bolt here.Slightly like that and you can see these bolts move up and down this channel, you just get them set for the bolt pattern you have, which I recommend doing before you get it up here, I would do it on the ground, which we'll show you in the install. Then you tighten back down the middle bolt, which tightens this bracket back here, up here, not moving. So then they're forever in place for that pattern.
If you need to adjust it, it's easy enough to do. You also want to think about placement of your spare tire carrier, now this one fits in any two by four size stake pocket. You just want to make sure it's no more than three inches deep and it'll be just fine.As you can see our trailer has bunch of different stake pockets on there, that gives us many different options of where we're going to put our spare tire. You can see we had this strap here as well, it was a little too close to the stake pocket, so we didn't want to put it here, that's why we put ours up front. Now, every trailer's going to be different. So you might have different options than we do, but the important part is we have all those options on both sides. If you had just a U bolt, you'd be kind of stuck up, here up the front. All this stuff could be in a way you could not be able to get to the jack or you have a toolbox or something. And it just doesn't give you a whole lot of options. With the stake pockets, you have plenty on both sides.Now whatever color you go with, they both have a 500 hour salt spray rating, which means they're going to hold up to your elements and keep them from eroding over time. Now that we've had a good look at the spare tire carrier, let's show you how it gets installed. First thing before you've even install it on your trailer or get it to the pocket itself. I want to give a tip that I learned the hard way when I was trying to install it. You want to get these bolts lined up with the bolt pattern on your wheel when it's on the ground, rather than when it's sideways on the trailer. So as you can see, I set the tire down on it here, way easier to line up the bolts while it's on the ground, you can loosen this and move these as you need to, rather than sliding it in the pocket and trying to hold the tire, tighten this down and line it up.So take it from me, that's way easier. First step we're going to want to do is attach the plate to the tire holder itself. You see you just take the bolts, thread them from the inside to the outside and it'll screw into this plate. So we're going to get this top one started and then slide it in, that way it holds itself up, another tip I learned trying to install it before. Ride it down a little bit, but not too much you want to make sure that it can still make a gap to slide into that pocket. Good enough so it doesn't fall off when you pick it up.Now we're going to take it and slide it into the pocket. See how it's catching on that top bolt there, it's going to hold it in place so I can work underneath and do the same thing with this bolt. So I'm going to go ahead and run down this bottom one and do them a little bit of time so you do it evenly. That way, the plate doesn't get pressured like this way on the top and not on the bottom, it would look weird and we don't want it to look weird.I can just lift the tire on there and set it on the bolts. I'm going to try and do it here on the side. So you guys can see how much easier it is now that it's already set other than these things going up and down and trying to loosen this, this was way easier. We'll add the lug nuts, which are sold separately, you have to look those up on our site for the ones that are good for you. Then I'll go ahead and tighten them down. With that tighten down, I'll show you how sturdy it is. It's not going anywhere, I'm shaking the whole trailer. This tire is going to stay with the trailer. That does a pro look at the Demco Spare Tire Carrier that fits in your stake pockets..
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (28 Customer Reviews)
Stake pocket tire carrier mounts your spare tire out of the way. Carrier inserts into and clamps around a standard 2x4 stake pocket on your trailer. Accepts any wheel bolt pattern from 2-1/2" to 6-1/2". Black powder coat resists corrosion.I have owned this spare tire carrier for just over a year now. It is the most stable and secure spare tire mount I have ever owned. I have it installed on a 20' flatbed implement trailer. Fortunately, I have only had to use it once while hauling a backhoe home from Canada. I have made several trips to our cabin in Canada with this and it has not loosened at all from the rough secondary roads we have to travel. etrailer has excellent customer service and fantastic communication surrounding their products.
Great Customer Service from associate Paula. Had ordered the wrong part number and Paula helped setup the RMA and shipped the correct part while still on the phone. Return customer and etrailer has always had the solution with a fair price and excellent service and knowledge. The install videos with PK are a bonus
Units fit well, drums are made in China, but I expected that given they are $100 less than the dexter units (who knows maybe dexter is made in China also). They did take a beating in delivery, one bearing was popped out (still in the bag) and all 4 rear grease seals popped out as well, but no damage to the actual assembly... I gave the 4 stars due to the China part..
The bracket that came with it didn’t fit my trailer but I made a bracket myself and it works great for holding the spare tire.
Jenny N.
7/12/2022
You mentioned that the spare tire carrier did not fit your trailer and I wanted to see if you could be more specific? Was it too small or did not fit the frame?
Brandin
7/12/2022
The bracket that goes in the pocket was to big to fit in the pocket it’s a custom trailer and I guess the people that made it made them smaller than standard size but besides that with the bracket I made the carrier works great.
This tire carrier works well on my trailer. It's easy to use. I take my spare off when I'm not using the trailer. Its much easier then putting it in the back of the truck.
Well built!
Definitely a strong product and well made. Only con I have is that it should include nuts to secure spare tire onto carrier.
It looks good and appears to be manufacture heavy duty. However it arrived a couple days later than thought to be, so I haven’t had a chance to install it on my equipment trailer. I’ll gladly update my review once it’s on the trailer with tire attached.
Fit great on my trailer pockets and seems quite sturdy.
Easy install, snug fit… other types of stake mounts didnt fit well or at all… well worth the money!
Good quality just be nice if it came with lug nuts
Very robust and easy to install
Just as described. Built well. Will work great. Does not include lug nuts though.
It will fit perfect on my trailer
Had to modify to fit.
Parts bag was open so missing hardware. Could not assemble. Tried to call to report, automated voice said wait would be over an hour.
Heavy duty. Tire is very secure.
everything fit perfectly as shown on videos and was packaged securely
Easy mounting and strong bracket
Quick delivery. Quality craftsmanship. Thanks
AWESOME
They meet all expectations for the delivery and the product. I would recommend them for your needs.
Service was great and shipped out same day.
Heavy duty!
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Terry N.
11/2/2023
This is the most secure and stable spare tire mount I have ever used. I have it on a 20’ equipment trailer that I use to haul a small back hoe to my cabin in Canada on a regular basis. I traverse some pretty rough roads in the process and the spare has never loosened in the slightest