Rear Tire Carrier - Any Regrets in Daily Life?

[bdd123]

I have as of yet gone forward with getting one, though it would have been handy recently as I picked up multiple screws a couple weeks back and ruined one of my fairly new KO2s. It was replaced under warranty but I had to fish out my spare and I was immediately regretting NOT having the carrier! So it goes.

That being said, the more I research the matter, the more it seems like waiting to do something like the T44 setup makes more sense. The added plus is they're actually fairly local to me if/when the time comes.

So presently I'm of the mind that if I can do it in the future I will be going straight to the T44 solution for functional purposes over pure aesthetics. I don't see myself excepting a 32-33" tire ever on this truck (31.5" right now with the KO2) so major oversized tires and subsequent modifications will not be in the cards.

Well. I am ready to buy. Emailed Tactical 4x4 and they dont respond. Last time I emailed it too a couple of attempts and days to ask questions.

Have they told you lead time?

I dont know of a size in inches for a land rover wheels most are width, aspect ratio, radius.

 

[powershift]

I stuffed my spare tire pretty badly and it isn't fool proof underneath like I thought lol. I had it in off-road height and Sand mode well before this section in the center bottom of the pic. Turned off Sand mode to Normal, waited for the mode change confirm message in the DIC, then stared at the off-road height icon reflecting UP position. Stared at it even longer, then even more. It never changed position so I start driving and forget all about the f Sand mode to Normal mode drops the suspension later?

Not sure but you can see the spare tire ring in the dirt when it hit and bottomed out in the rear. It stopped the truck even though it wasn't going that fast lol Thinking about it in hindsight, the automatic suspension raise mechanism didn't fire. Maybe that is only for the front to raise up if it detects high centering?

I was thinking about putting a water tank underneath where the spare tire is now and then retrofit a battle bumper with nato water and fuel can mounts lined up across the width. The water tank would need to be pretty beefy if I make another mistake like that. The spare came loose and bobbled around. It will go through the washout fine in off-road height.