I've been looking at OrFab bumpers and tire carrier and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. Welds look good but they seem to be a little lighter weight then some of the others I've looked at.
I ran their tire carrier for a couple of years, had a 40" tire on a beadlock wheel hanging on it daily without a problem. On the trail I often had the added weight of 10 gallons of fuel and my hi-lift jack too, zero problems. If they had offered it at the time, like they do now, I would have purchased the slimmer/closer fit to the body "Rotopax" version as opposed to their older Jerry can model.
There should be no concern. The carrier is very well designed and if it is installed exactly as stated in the mfg's instructions, you will have zero issues. Again, I ran a 40" tire on it for about two years, I'm not easy on equipment.
Looks like it requires their new bumper too. The best selling point to their other older design, it works with any bumper or no bumper. This fact also can be applied to the EVO tire carrier and the GenRight tire carrier, you can use any bumper you want :yup: