Mounting Spare Tire on front of 1997 E250 SuperDuty

[antibo12]

245/75 spare tire hangs too low in rear. Advice needed on whether to have tire mounted in front, how to do it, and any options for moving tire up in rear.

[carringb]

Is the tire seated up on the carrier all the way?

My hitch would always touch before my tire would. I did end up going to a rear tire carrier though, and upgrading to an integrated-hitch-bumper to increase hitch clearance.

If you put the tire up front, watch your transmission temps initially. When I installed my Buckstop and light-array up front, if blocked all the air to the trans cooler so I had to put in a larger cooler to compensate. A good way to mount one up front is installing a hitch receiver (great for a recovery point and also moving trailers in tight places) and a simple hitch-mount tire carrier.

[Ford_6L_E350]

That sounds like the stock tire size. It should fit up in the carrier nicely.

A photo or two would help.

Mike