Trailer tongue mounted bike rack mod

It looks like it will work great. I hope it does not wiggle to much with all that weight about 5' above the mounting point. All that height can bend things because of the length, a little pressure is multiplied by the 5 feet of distance, so 35 pounds of pressure becomes 150 foot pounds of torque.

The total height of the rack is 33", nowhere close to 5". I was a bit concerned about the stress at the tubing weld point, that is why I installed the gussets. The rack is rock solid now. It is plenty strong to hold two bikes, however I wouldn't put a 4 bike rack on it.

tll wrote:
Hello everyone, take a look at my bike rack bracket for the toungue of my trailer over on the Jayco Owners forum.
Bike rack bracket mod

Great idea.



It looks like it will work great. I hope it does not wiggle to much with all that weight about 5' above the mounting point. All that height can bend things because of the length, a little pressure is multiplied by the 5 feet of distance, so 35 pounds of pressure becomes 150 foot pounds of torque.

Fred.

I just saw a company that made one similar. I like it a lot!!

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26948647.cfm

Very cool and nicely built. You seriously should market this!!!!

Great job! I was looking for some way to bring our bikes when we tow our trailer. Wound up buying a front-mounted trailer hitch for our Envoy. Fits the bike rack perfectly. The other advantage is it doesn't add any tongue weight.

Nice job

I have been searching for the exact item you constructed! I sent you a private message