Rear rack / Bike rack
Just finished up rack for my dad for fathers day gift and he was pretty happy. He had trouble loading and unloading the tandem bike in truck so built a custom rack:
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- Way too much and too far back.
- Nice job. I did something similar 2 yrs ago and it still working. I also used the bed liner spray. Stuff is great. I use it for all metal projects concerning the 5'er.
Lynnmor wrote:
It amazes me how some can judge something they have never seen. It's a rack for hauling stuff. I would assume that he took into consideration all of the above and what purpose he needed it for. Jmo
Way too much and too far back.penguin747 wrote:
Lynnmor wrote:
It amazes me how some can judge something they have never seen. It's a rack for hauling stuff. I would assume that he took into consideration all of the above and what purpose he needed it for. Jmo
Way too much and too far back.
The OP posted this and I am sure he would appreciate any input. I saw that there is a potential of the rack and bike bottoming on the road which could cause serious damage. I also am the guy that welded my cracked frame with no extra weight. Trailer frames are built extremely light and the leverage of weight bouncing that far to the rear may be a problem. That's my opinion and I expressed it out of concern and not to demean the OP.- Wow! Wish I could weld like that! Nice job....
- Still waiting for the picture of how it's attached to the frame. Good job!
- Nice job on that DogHouse!! I especially liked how you designed the bike rack, simple yet effective! I would encourage Dad to re-weight the TT once the back os packed to be sure he still has enough tongue weight, otherwise it'll sway like a bee-otch.
I would also consider adding some lighting to the back of the rack if possible. The rack sticks out pretty far and the bike helps to obscure the factory lights.
I moved the factory bumper back and added extra lights:
