CYCLEPATH
Feb 16, 2023Explorer
Bicycles
I'm a long time truck camper, and am now considering adding a fifth wheel to the mix. I was thinking toy hauler, but only because my wife and I each have bicycles. I know a toy hauler might be overk...
BB_TX wrote:Martyn wrote:
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As for the hitch mounted on the pin - that would be better for long bed trucks, where turning and hitting the cab with the bikes may not be an issue. Plus, at 74, I don't think I could lift a bike that high any more. :)
I just backed the truck to within 3’ or so of the pin box with the tailgate lowered, lifted the bikes in the the truck bed, stepped up in the bed, and set the bikes on the rack. Not hard like that. And reverse to get them off. And I am 77.
Easy to see them in the mirror and no bouncing at all. I know a lot of bikes are carried on the rear with no problems. But I have also seen enough of them bouncing like crazy back there that I did not want to chance it.