Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
My plan is to make a carrier that uses the receiver hitch & holds the spare where my door mount used to.
Tom, don't re-invent the wheel. There are already various forms of receiver hitch style spare tire carriers on the commercial market. Click-on the link below and then hover your cursor-pointer over the desired image and it will give you a follow-on link of where to purchase the item or gather additional information.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/searc...e+tire+carrier