RedRocket204 wrote:
Other option would to put a hitch on the front of your truck and carry the dual-sport there. I would probably choose this route.
If you continue on with the idea in your first post, you may want to contact the 5th manufacturer and make sure they are OK with the added weight on the frame at the end of the trailer. That extra 100 lbs gets magnified with the bouncing that will occur back there.
Great suggestion. I actually do have a Class III hitch on the front of my truck and I use it for a bicycle rack. For it to be practical though I had to find a 10" drop to get the bicycles low enough so that they are out of my field of vision (10" drop was no problem for me because the truck sits on 20" tires and rides a little tall). In California I can only extend 36" past the front bumper to be legal. If you have done what you are describing and have found a way to pull the load as close as possible into the front of the truck I would like to know what it is. My 10" drop pushes the bike rack out about 12" which makes me close to illegal and I would definitely be illegal with a M/C carrier. I'd have to figure out how to get it closer to the truck and haven't ever seen a drop that went straight down and not out.
