4x4ord wrote:
Have you done a bit of figuring to find how much ground clearance you need at the back of the deck. Without thinking much about it I'll guess you'll want at least 3 feet.
At least 3 feet. Maybe more.
I struggle with that part of the design because the current 40" rack on the back of my trailer scrapes from time to time. The departure angle on the back of the trailer is very low with such a long rack, because of the distance from the back tires to the end of the rack is so long.
I'm thinking of making my rack foldable, so that the trailer isn't so long when I'm not using the rack. I'm wondering if I could make it hinge upward during use so that it has some movement if it does contact the ground. It would need to do this in a manner that didn't hurt the bikes. I could also have the rack slanted upward while in the travel position.
If my trailer had hydraulic landing gear I'd be tempted to leverage the hydraulic pump by using a hydraulic cylinder to fold and unfold the rear rack.
