It looks like opening the rear hatch would be a bear with the spare tire on it.

Rob
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At  7/12/2015 11:56 AM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>Trying out a ladder type carrier I made to replace the paulchen. The
>paulchen was over kill for carrying a spare and I really don't like
>how it didn't grab the hatch as well as I though it should. full
>disclosure, the paulchen was originally a eurovan version that I cut
>down to fit the shorter hatch of the vanagon. That might be why it
>didn't grab super securely. Mind you the angles all look pretty well
>the same as on the stock vanagon paulchen. But I digress, pic of the
>new rack here
>
>https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/vanagon-hatch-mounted-spare-tire-carrier/
>
>I'll give a go unpainted, maybe I'll be modifying it. Then I'll paint black.
>
>Alistair