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Laredoct's avatar
Laredoct
Explorer
Oct 05, 2013

Hauling a motorcycle (<400#) on as fifth wheel

We want to take our Honda Rebel with us when we travel. Currently it is mounted on the front of our Chevy silverado. It seems to block the airflow and cooling fans come on more frequently and temperature is running higher than ambient. Any ideas.

OR we could mount the cycle on the back of our Laredo 318 but the bumper is thin. Just hauling 2 bicycles has caused cracks in the factory bumper. Any options or ideas? Weld new bumber and or hitches to the frame to haul the motorcycle on back or additional engine cooling up front...pros and cons?
  • jauguston's avatar
    jauguston
    Explorer
    Oct 06, 2013
    Your best of no real good choices is leave the bike up front and do what is needed to fix the air flow to the radiator. Adding that much weight to the back of the trailer will likely not turn out well.

    Jim
  • stripit's avatar
    stripit
    Explorer
    Oct 05, 2013
    go to a truck scale and weigh each of the trailer axles separately.Find out how much weight is on each axle and check your tires on the trailer to see exactly how close to the max load each is already. Adding 400lbs plus a mounting asm for the bike might just be more than the tires can carry. Worth a look before you go to the trouble of building a bike rack on the rear of the trailer.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Oct 05, 2013
    2" hitch on rear of 5'vr and then a motorcycle rack


    Don't know why this is in Class C Motorhome section

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