How about leaving your current rear Aluminess tire carrier and swing-away box alone, and instead coming up with some kind of front-hitch-mounted auxiliary storage box?
It seems that a full-vehicle width utility/storage box like you see commonly mounted laterally in pickup-truck beds could be made to line up nicely with the front bumper. (If it were affixed to a fairly simple and robust front-hitch-mounted piece of 2" OD square stock.)
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Mike T
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'95 Ford E250 RB30 PH
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