The Glorified Tonka Truck

[YellowDodgeBrian]

Time for more tiny pictures and long captions... My father just got some new wheels and tires for our tow pig so I got to steal his old wheels for my two spares, now comes the next question of how I should mount my spares. I thought about just having one spare but I have two so I might as well mount them both. Two is one. One is none. Anyways, this is where I'm at, I have narrowed it down to about three options, I can double stack them in the rear and get rid of my shitty tailgate and go full pre-runner, I can have them stood up in the back vertical(also tailgate delete), or stood up in the front. If they were in the rear it would balance out my truck more and I could have an excuse to get rid of my shitty tailgate but so I could still see I would cut into my bed to lower them down more. I'm wanting to make a kick ass rear toooob bumper so this isn't really that bad because I would tie it into that. If the tires were up front it would really make my blind spot a lot bigger but it would give me a lot of room in my bed and I'd still have my tailgate. It would also make a good spot for a shock reservoir mount. Anyways, enough talk. Here are some pictures. Let me know what y'all think.

[BadAssEddie]

My vote is vertical against the cab.

Couldn't find a better pic of this truck that was at KOH:

[YellowDodgeBrian]

I found some moaaar pictures for ideas and such. I have a steal Box that would go really well for storage and on top I could have a jack mount and have a place to mount shock reservoirs. I'd also be able to have a seat at tailgatesI'm learning towards on end in the front of the bed.

[YellowDodgeBrian]

On top of that I could still have easy access to my cooler with my tires in the front. That is the most important thing.

[VerticalTRX]

My vote is just haul one spare, weight is your enemy off road and that's an extra 100-150 lbs. In the past 15+ years of wheeling I've never needed more than one spare (knock on wood)

[YellowDodgeBrian]

I ended up going with the two tires standing on end near the cab. I figured it would give me the most room in my bed while letting me still have good visibility. I figure since i have the two tires i might as well throw them on there because #racecar How else will people know I wheel if my truck doesn't have unnecessary weight for looks and lightbars everywhere? I still need to finish it but I ran out of fence posts so I guess Ill wait until I get my hands on some better toooob. Ok, no more words. Picture time!

[YellowDodgeBrian]

Here are some pictures from flagpole as well. Front straps on my driveshaft came loose and allowed my driveshaft to poop out the front u joint so i had to mash me motoorrrrr up everything. Tore the hell out of my tires but they wont last much longer because of the dry rot courteous of Wong the merchant.

[YellowDodgeBrian]

Many of you have lately become very interested in my new mod. Asking questions like, how'd I do the install? How do I maintenance such a vital instrument? What exactly does it do? Well read along and hopefully all of your questions will be answered. This upgrade is not for the faint of heart so make sure before starting you have the right tools and knowledge to do it right the first time so money, time, and possibly even reputation, will be wasted.

First lets begin with the install, to install one of these bad boys you'll need:
Drill
Self tapping screw
vehicle of choosing
miscellaneous bolt
fidget spinner
no friends
small amounts of self hatred
small amount of lube

You can pick most of these things up at your local hardware store


When installing a fidget spinner to the front of a vehicle many things need to be taken into account such as placement, aerodynamics, swagger, ground effects, ect. I placed mine on my front bumper.
When installing the fidget spinner, you will need to removed the buttons on each side of the bearing so that a self tapping screw can be inserted through it (may need a small amount of lube, if lube is not present just shove it in. Itll be fine in the morning) Once the screw has been inserted a bold must be placed on the backside between the bearing and the surface it is being mounted to so air can get behind it for maximum lift. Look at these pictures provided below. When both the screw and bolt are in place, use a drill to secure it to its final destination.

As you can see, I have neglected maintenance and it has begun to rust. This piece of equipment must be lubercated lots to maintain proper RPMs

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I used a locking nut because if this comes loose its game over

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Now for maintenance, maintenance is key to keep a fidget spinner running properly. After every trip proper care must be used to make sure ut lasts as long as possible. Make sure that mud and dirt are free from the bearing or else it will seize up and Sam will kick and break it. Other than that, try to keep a tub or two of grease in the vehicle for the spinner and yourself (just in case you see someone else with a fidget spinner)

As for use, The use of a fidget spinner is to make sure that at high altitude jumps, the nose of the vehicle does not dive down. When the air strikes the spinner it spins normally like a propeller, pulling my truck along faster. Now, this is where most will mess up when trying tom understand, when I launch my truck to the moon at mountain lake, I get to such high elevations that the moons gravitational pull starts effecting all the bearings on the outside of the spinner. This causes it to reverse direction and begin blowing air down to the surface of the earth, and in effect, giving the front of my truck thrust. This levels out my truck so it does not nose dive and so all four tires take the load of my truck landing.

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Without fidget spinner

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With fidget spinner

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If there are any questions on my build, feel free to post up an comment! Im happy to help!

[BadAssEddie]

, the technical details are pristine!

[redneckrapunzel]

This shit needs to make it into the dangerous world of biggaytruckland so that they all start putting figit spins on there trucks.

[FJCcrawler]

You're an idiot. Maybe that's why I dislike you less than everyone else.

[CJMTaco]

I'm glad I took the time out of my evening to read this. High quality content, Brain

[YellowDodgeBrian]

So here is the problem, my current fuel tank hangs lower than a pair of nuts on a hot summer day and it also comes into contact with with my driveshaft when my rear passenger wheel flexes up. I'm planning on either buying a fuel cell or building a custom fuel cell that will go under my bed where my spare tire would go. I am trying to figure out what material I should go with. Looking online lots of people had different things to say about each on. I am not very worried about weight but cost is a factor. Im trying to decide which would be best: Aluminum, Stainless Steel, or just normal steel. Some said that aluminum does not do well with ethanol but is the lightest/ cheapest. That's about all I know. Help point me in the right direction or give me recommendations or ideas on what I should do.

[FJCcrawler]

What I was gonna do to the 4Runner is ditch the factory crumpled beer can tank and run an f150 gas tank where the spare tire was. It's about a 19 gal tank, but still relatively shallow height wise. Something to think about.

[redneckrapunzel]

I can build you a steel or stainless one if you want. Shortly I will be able to make you an aluminum one as well. Or I have a family friend that will make you an aluminum one for about 10 bucks a gallon