Maybe someone creative could build a tough round plastic insert with lid -
you could have quite the water proof storage / tool chest below deck in the
old clam shell - dedicated to all the stuff brought on the trip just in
case - but still taking up much needed room regardless.

Still spare sparring here.

Bruce

On Thursday, April 1, 2021, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:

> You’re not missing anything Richard.  It’s a choice.  I like Ceviche with
> shrimp, others want steak.  Nobody’s wrong.  One person’s contraption is
> another person’s ingenious device.  One person’s hassle is another person’s
> project.  Ain’t freedom grand?
>
> From: Richard Koerner
> Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 2:32 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Tire Holder?
>
>  I will submit a contrasting opinion.  I mean, what is wrong with a
> standard Vanagon 14" steel wheel and tire put up into clamshell?  It's a
> spare....just to get you to next town.  OK, I might understand it if you
> guys are using big burly tires where the difference in rubber OD causes a
> problem when getting to the next nearest tire shop.  For the many others of
> us, say using GoWesty 16" alloys and tires which nearly match the original
> OD and on a 2WD, this is not an issue.
> Meanwhile, the trouble and expense of mounting a rear tire carrier?  Or
> some contraption to accommodate big tires in clamshell?  After all,
> rotating 4 tires is surely easier than trying to figure out the logistics
> of rotating 5 tires.
> What am I missing here?
>