Abstract: A removably mounted spare tire carrier for use in mounting a spare tire to a side wall of the load bed of a pickup truck which carrier is engaged in a mounted position by manual adjustment of a vertical mounting bar assembly having portions which both engage the beaded edge or rail of the truck body and the floor of the truck bed and which assembly is prevented from further adjustment after the spare tire is mounted thereto by a tire mounting assembly which extends therefrom through the wheel hub of the tire and which tire mounting assembly is manually tightened to secure the tire to the truck bed.