Landed Gear Rear Door Spare Tire Carrier for Promaster Vans

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The Landed Gear Spare Tire Mount (PATENT PENDING), designed specifically for vehicles based on the Ram Promaster chassis, allows you to locate a spare tire on either rear door.  A large footprint of four (4) attachment points creates a rigid mount for a spare tire, while allowing the rear doors to still fully function and to distribute the load on the Promaster rear doors.  Other hitch or bumper mount attachments may require the mount to be swung out of the way before the door can be opened.  Requires 4 holes to be drilled in the door sheet metal.  Laser-cut, steel construction, TIG welded in San Diego, CA.  Mounting pads are made of hard and soft urethanes to sandwich the mount to the door sheet metal.  Assembly weighs 18 lbs, not including wheel/tire.  The set includes Two M16-1.5 lug bolts and One Locking Lug Bolt for security. Two alignment pins allow resting the wheel on the mount to allow lug bolt attachment. One door check strap and 2 stiffener brackets are included.

If you have any Promaster model with the Parksense sensors, we now carry the lifted mount for both the left and right side doors (see drop down menu for those options)!

FAQ's:

How far out does the spare tire rack extend on the van once mounted?Approximately 11" on the right-side mount and 12.56" on the left side mount with license plate relocator.

Do you offer installation? Yes! If you are in the Tampa, Florida area please email us to schedule an appointment

I would like to have a bike rack in addition to the spare tire mount? Will that work with the Landed Gear spare tire rack?

The spare tire mount works with the Winnebago Travato stock bike racks--Fiamma or Summit bike by installing on the opposite rear door or left-side rear door. You can order that mount on our website in addition to the license plate relocator in order for the license plate to be visible above the spare tire mount.

We have not found a hitch-mounted bike rack that has not worked but please refer to the measurements (see first FAQ) prior to installing or ordering.

Does the right or passenger side spare tire mount interfere with the door handle?

The passenger side spare tire mount was designed to allow the right door handle to fully open. 

How well does this style of tire mount hold up over time? Does the hardware bolt to a frame structure inside the door or only bolts to the metal skin of the door? How is operation of the door affected by adding the tire to the door? Has this style of tire mount been in production for many years? i.e. how well does this design stand the test of time?

We rely on a large spread of mounting pads, each having a large surface area, to sandwich the carrier to the outer door skin.  We do have braces on the lower points that bridge between the inner and outer door skins.  The wheel weighs about 72 lbs.  The mount itself weighs 17 lbs.

We do compare the mount we make to the Summit Bike rack that Winnebago installs on some of the Travato models. They have a similar attachment method, but the cantilever distance with two bikes attached, let’s assume at least 30 lbs each, would have a larger moment than a mounted wheel on our tire carrier.  Our spare tire mount was designed to distribute the load around the full frame.

We have had one installed on our Travato for about 4 years and 65,000 miles with no issues and we have sold over 3000 of these mounts that are on the road with no issues regarding the integrity of the door mount.  The weak point would be if someone backed their van into a wall or object, or a larger truck ran into the spare, which would certainly crush into the door skin.  

Choosing your mount

Right side (passenger side), standard mount: $695. The passenger-side mount is designed to let the right door handle fully open, and the tire sits about 11 in. out from the door. Raised (lifted) mounts are the fit for ProMaster models with ParkSense sensors: right side $695, left side (driver side) $795 — the left-side mount sits about 12.56 in. out with the license plate relocator.

Fitment and installation

The carrier mounts to one rear door on four attachment points, and both rear doors keep full function — no swing-away to open them, and the load is distributed across the door instead of hanging off a hitch or bumper. Installation requires 4 holes drilled in the door sheet metal. Mounting pads in hard and soft urethane sandwich the mount to the door, and 2 stiffener brackets bridge the inner and outer door skins. Included in the set: two M16-1.5 lug bolts, one locking lug bolt for security, two alignment pins (rest the wheel on the mount while you start the bolts), one door check strap, and the 2 stiffener brackets. Laser-cut steel, TIG welded in San Diego, CA. The assembly weighs 18 lbs, not including the wheel and tire. Installation is available at our Tampa-area shop — email us to schedule.

Complete the setup

The carrier already includes one locking lug bolt. For a spare you want locked down tight, add the Landed Gear Spare Tire Wheel Lock M16-1.5 at $25.