Rear Wheel Carrier Choices

[TheLovePelican Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close TheLovePelican]

Hello all,

I am looking at getting a rear wheel carrier for rear protection and to carry two spares for long remote trips. I am pretty set on an MCC carrier () due to the much lower price than kaymar etc. I know it has fewer mounting points than the more expensive carriers which doesn't concern me much but I just read about a few bad experiences with them and I am starting to worry.

Does anyone have some advice on choosing a rear wheel carrier?

My only must is that it needs to replace the whole bumper wings to protect the whole rear end, not just poke through the bumper like this:

Thanks!

[Goggo Member Find all posts View Profile Close Goggo]

Hi mate, I work with a fellow that just had his MCC bullbar replaced by Opposite Lock. He said it just didn't fit the vehicle properly and was rubbing and banging on the guards. I don't know much about their rear bars. I had a rear bar on my LC100 from http://www.raslarr.com.au/ it was really solid and I was happy with it no problems. Maybe you could check them out. Cheers

[photoprado Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close photoprado]

We have a MCC dual wheel carrier on our 120.

It has been bounced over the outback for several years, and no failures. No rubbing that I can see.

There are some rubber crimp covers for the gap between the bar and the guard, they do occasionally loosen but have not been lost (yet)

AJ made and sold a bar of his own design, not sure if he still does as he is no longer on PP.

[rags Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close rags]

When I priced the MCC bar I was informed it does not have a tow hitch provision and you still need to include a Towbar as a seperate item. Also it would only fit with particular Towbars (maybe Hayman Reese)

[photoprado Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close photoprado]

When I priced the MCC bar I was informed it does not have a tow hitch provision and you still need to include a Towbar as a seperate item. Also it would only fit with particular Towbars (maybe Hayman Reese)

The MCC bar is designed to fit the Toyota bar and some other bars. Pretty sure Hayman Reese is one of them.

Here is the MCC 120 bar with the Toyota towbar:



You can see the plate above the towbar which is removable to fit alternative bars.

Sorry about the dirt. lol.