Cooler Mounting Options? (1 Viewer)

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Folks – – hope everyone’s doing great. I’m looking at options to mount my old school cooler to the back of my 1979 ‘40 series.

Currently looking at a 4Plus bumper with cooler rack, but the tire carrier is overkill for my needs.


I don’t see myself running over a 35” tire in my future, and the stock carrier handles my current 33” tire just dandy.

Pics of the cooler with quail we shot, and link to the bumper;

What other options am I missing?

I considered fabricating my own mount that would bolt up in place of the license plate bracket but worry the bolt holes aren’t sufficient enough for a full cooler…

I don’t want to do any additional drilling into the body, as I would like to keep it as stock as possible. Has an Aqualu tub.

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I have the 4plus cooler/tire carrier. It's legit.

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I made mine but "borrowed" ideas from 4+ and others.

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It’s one of the nicest hand built bumpers I’ve seen and I’ve had many on various vehicles. Dave is also a joy to work with. He will go above and beyond on all fronts.

You know you can just get the cooler side swing out without the tire carrier portion correct?

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Thanks for the compliment. This basket is v 2.0 made out of aluminum. The v 1.0 was made out of mild steel and weighed a ton. The 3500 lb axle spindles that I used for the pivots could handle it though.

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Thanks - what I saw that I liked from them was a carrier for 4 Jerry cans.... In actuality, it's for my cooler that's JUST slightly larger than 4 cans.... but I don't see that option despite seeing a photo of that on here lol
I have the plate style carrier that holds 4 cans, I’ll get some pics later.
 
@67cruiser

It will hold 4 Scepter MFC's in there tight, the modern-day cans will only fit 3, they are slightly wider at the base.


I only carry 3 around if I need to.

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