Advice on hauling adult tricycle

dpgllg wrote:
Do to illness I have acquired an adult tricycle to ride while camping. It is a folding model where the frame folds the front wheel back alongside the frame and between the rear tire.

I have not tried yet but I imagine it might be a little difficult to put the trike inside the RV for transport. Also I'm not sure if it will fit in the back of my truck in front of the hitch without causing an issue. I do have an 8 foot bed.

I do not have a hitch receiver on the back of my 5th wheel to add a cargo tray.

If anyone else has encountered this situation how did you resolve it?

To further muddy the waters my wife who never rode a bike in her entire life wants a trike of her own now once she saw the trike!

Any advice is appreciated!

Dave

Were I in your shoes, I'd find a =good= trailer/welding shop and simply have them replace your rear bumper with heavier gauge steel and add a 2" receiver on it. Get a basic $100 cargo rack from Harbor Freight or Walmart and load 'em up. I had this done on my FW and my welder said it would carry 300 lbs, no problem. Only loss was the bumper tube was just enough smaller ID that the stinky hoses would no longer fit, which was not an issue since I never carried them there anyway. My welder was also able to drill out the pop rivets holding the outer decorative sleeve and reuse it on the new bumper, so it still looks great. Just notched it to fit over the receiver.

After thinking about this for a couple minutes, I remembered seeing cargo racks with a ramp on one end. Just roll your trikes up and strap 'em down. Worst case, have the shop modding your bumper build you a nice aluminum rack. Save a bit of weight hanging from the bumper that way.

Lyle