Added an air tank in the bed. Did some testing and it ended up being about 43% faster. Pretty happy with it and will be adding some more tanks under the bed in the near future.
Finally made a video on the spare tire basket. More suitable for the Wrangler but there are a few JTs with spare tires mounted on the back. Additional storage never hurts!
Thanks! I can’t remember exactly since it’s been so long since I built this and material prices have fluctuated since then but I think just for aluminum portion it was only like $150 in material and about 5 hours of labor total. I ended up adding more to it later
I won’t be adding a gas strut to this setup. Swing out carriers don’t usually have them. It’s an interesting idea though. It swings open so easily because of the bearings.