That’s only a lug nut sized bolt, the hole you would have to drill would be small and you would need a pretty thin shanked lock, I think.Excellent idea!
My humble opinion, I would change the lock lugnut out for a normal nut. Drill through the carriage bolt at the end and insert a keyed lock to keep the nut from being unscrewed. Not perfect, just makes it a little harder to help keep the honest people being honest.
No doubt on someone being able to get it. I was just saying add the lock for an additional deterrent. You did call it a temporary tire mount.
It’s sad that we live in a time when you have to do things to keep people from stealing your stuff. It wasn’t that long ago when a spare tire could lay in the bed of the truck and no one even thought about having to protect it.
Take a truck with an already comically small bed... and reduce it to the size of the trunk of a full sized sedan? Seems legit.I always love DIY mods - great idea!
When I needed a spare for my Avalanche I used...a freaking metal bar stool that I modified, then used ratchet straps and a bike lock to secure it to the bed hooks LOL...no one could actually see the bar stool, it was just used to give it that angle and height.
