tshep
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OK, I finally got a spare for my trailer. Need to mount it. Don't like on 'tongue', may want to store stuff, and will get full sun. So, planning to mount to an upright from 'deck' to rails.
5 x4 1/2, so no easy choice for 2 holes aligned up and down. (5 holes, 72 degrees apart, no 2 on center.)
Will be either:
1 - holes 1 and 3, straight up and down in middle of upright, I will have to 'hang' the tire on the upper stud, and rock it left or right to push it onto lower stud. (Always wanting to rotate 'back' to center.)
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Or,
2 - holes 1 and 3, but at the extreme widths of the upright, so tire goes onto upper stud, and without rotation, slips onto the lower stud. (It will 'hang' balanced.)
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My simple technician common sense says the 2 studs carry the same weight either way, but I think the 1st way the lower stud carries more, and will get beat up (the tire will want to rotate 'down' on every bump). Method 2, though a lot more trouble to create, should always have both studs carrying equal weight - you know, what with gravity and all!
Long term, what makes more sense, what is safer?
5 x4 1/2, so no easy choice for 2 holes aligned up and down. (5 holes, 72 degrees apart, no 2 on center.)
Will be either:
1 - holes 1 and 3, straight up and down in middle of upright, I will have to 'hang' the tire on the upper stud, and rock it left or right to push it onto lower stud. (Always wanting to rotate 'back' to center.)
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Or,
2 - holes 1 and 3, but at the extreme widths of the upright, so tire goes onto upper stud, and without rotation, slips onto the lower stud. (It will 'hang' balanced.)
|* |
| *|
My simple technician common sense says the 2 studs carry the same weight either way, but I think the 1st way the lower stud carries more, and will get beat up (the tire will want to rotate 'down' on every bump). Method 2, though a lot more trouble to create, should always have both studs carrying equal weight - you know, what with gravity and all!
Long term, what makes more sense, what is safer?
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