weight of a spare tire

[ash98fordexp]

i removed my spare tire yesterday as i was doing some maintance and i notice after i got the tire all the way down and gave it a few turns to get some slack on the cable that the truck went up about 1/2 to 1 inch.. is this possible or do i have a weak spring? it does lean to the driver rear a bit and u can tell when its park that it does. i left the spare off for now but i just cant believe that taking it off gave me about an inch higher lift. also notice my shackels are almost gone will be changing soon. thanks for any feedback

 

[IZwack]

It shouldn't be an inch - because if that's the case, then sitting on the rear bumper should squat the vehicle even more - which is unlikely.
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[ash98fordexp]

well yea that what i was thinking but maybe it was the way i measured it.. i cant see how the spare can be that havey for gain an inch

 

[firepop5]

Put spare back in cargo area a remeasure to check you numbers

 

[ash98fordexp]

with out anything in the back im at 4 1/2 inches from top of tire to the lip of the wheel well area.. before it was 3 3/4 but i had a 50 lbs tool box and some other junk. so i will add the tire and remeasure it again. im not saying it did give me a higher number but more unlikely that it did. i dont see how just taking the tire out can do that. i measure with out thetool box and other stuff before so maybe taken all the stuff out made it go higher some but not an inch. trying to improve mpg but i dont want to leave my spare at home either i have to clean the rust off the spare before i put it back under the bed thanks guys