Saw this Harley on the back of a 5er yesterday

dapperdan wrote:
There's a guy from Florida that frequents this site that has a DRV with a Hydra Lift on the back of his unit too. I think he hauls a Harley around with it, maybe he'll see this post and chime in.

I'd love to see one up close and talk to somebody about what it took to get in installed, both structurally and financially. :B And how he deals with not being able to see it back there.


Dan

As a DRV owner since 2004, I'm aware of a 36' or 38' DRV that was specifically built to handle a heavy bike on a HydroLift. DRV normally doesn't go to a triple-axle arrangement for model designations below 40', but this 36'/38' incorporated triple axles to handle the additional loading of the bike and HydroLift. I understand that additional reinforcement was also used on the rear frame area.

I'm more than a casual observer of this application as I have a BMW K1200GT sport touring bike (probably 660 to 680 lbs) that I'd love to be able to take with us, but I'm not ready to buy into the HydroLift solution with my non-modified DRV, even with its 15" triple-box-section frame.

I believe Excel offered the HydroLift as a factory option on its 5th wheels for awhile, but after problems on the longer units wound up restricting the HydroLift to its 32' 5th wheels, IIRC.

Rusty