Easy trailer spare tire carrier for 2nd gen owners

I'm sure most of us send gen owners have had to replace the front wheel bearings. I got an idea to use the hub part as a tire carrier for a trailer with the same bolt pattern. I'm sure I'm not the first to do this, but here are a couple of pictures to show what I did. I also may use this idea to to hold the tire for a rear bumper tire carrier.


Here is the hub pressed out of the hub bearing assembly and welded to the trailer.

Trailer with the tire on it.

 

[gmanpaint]

Sweet! Great way to reuse old parts! Going green comes in many different ways...LOL

I used a hub bolted to a plate for my spare tire carrier placed in my cargo area.

Another Idea,
I went out and purchased a Vise hitch mount with 2" tube from Harbor Freight, it could be used to bolt a hub to as well to hold a spare tire. Just weld the tube so it is straight up & down, or weld on a receiver tube to the bumper so it is removable.