So last year we bought a cargo box with a swing-out rack to go on the back of our Saturn Vue with the idea of modifying it to carry the spares. We removed the cargo box and put it in our storage unit here. Mike and W.T., the owner of The Willows, have been looking at different ways to modify the rack. They built a platform on top of the rack for the cargo box and have secured the spare tires for the RV and the Vue on it. The spare tires are too high for us to open the back door of the Vue, but because the rack swings out from the car, we are able to open the door.
Mike bought a couple of tire covers and has secured the tires to the car, so we don't lose them should something happen to the rack. We weighed the tires (207 lbs), so we are under the weight limit for the rack (250 lbs) even with the boards Mike used for the base.
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