Cherokee Spare Wheel Position

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01-01-2006, 12:31 PM

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Re: Cherokee Spare Wheel Position

Plastic bags and bungie cords. Can keep even gallon bottles of milk
upright.

Earle Horton proclaimed:

> I like paper bags because they stand up. I live fifty miles from the
> grocery store, and plastic bags roll all over the back and dump their
> contents before I get home. All of the swing away tire carriers I have seen
> hinge from the right. Hinging from the right lets the carrier stay open by
> itself, when you are parked on the normal side of a crowned road. This may
> be a problem for the original poster, who lives where they all drive on the
> wrong side.
>
> Earle
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:c3ctf.16991$iz3.11613@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk...
>
>>of course - you have paper grocery bags don't you ?
>>
>>Dave
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>>"Vito" <vito@crosslink.net> wrote in message
>>news:43b3e10c$0$30231@dingus.crosslink.net...
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>>>"rwalters" <rwalters@beeb.net> wrote
>>>
>>>>I've got a Cherokee (2001 - X reg) which has the spare wheel mounted
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> in
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>>the
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>>>>'boot'.
>>>>
>>>>I want to make more room in the boot (for trips away) and was
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>>considering
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>>>>mounting it on the exterior of the door.
>>>>
>>>>My local UK jeep dealer reckons you can't get the fittings anymore -
>
> any
>
>>>>ideas and thoughts on the pros and cons.
>>>>
>>>
>>>You might want to reconsider. I had a 87 Cherokee 2-door with the spare
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>>on a
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>>>swinging gate over the rear. Seemed like a good idea but proved a PIA.
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>>Took two
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>>>hands to swing the spare, meaning one had to set the groceries down to
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>>open th
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>>>rear hatch. Then the now damp bags would split .... you get the picture.
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>>Of
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>>>course that may not be problem for you.
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