Hitch Mount Bike Carrier???
Hello All, We have a 2" receiver mounted to the rear bumper of our Travel Trailer and we recently purchased a 4 bike carrier from Wal Mart. We took it on it's first trip and it destroyed the paint...
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TomHaycraft wrote:I've got the Thule equivalent and love it. Only issue is weight, the rack ways in around 50lbs. If I want to extend it, it's another 50lbs, so 100lb bike rack on the end of really long lever holding over 100lbs of bikes, yikes.
Yakima has never let me down. Pricey, but when my holds up to $4,000 of bikes at times, scratches or damage is not an option.
HoldUp 2 with option to extend for 4 bikes.
I had a friend weld c-channel into the 2" receiver and welded that to the frame. Essentially the receiver is at the bottom of a "T". It keeps the receiver from twisting and pulling off the bumper.
- Ken
