Motorcycle lift

JimM68 wrote:
It's gonna happen. We have a contract on our house, and will be going full time this summer! (Yeah!!!!)

I need my motorcycle to come with me.

I'll be shopping for a triple receiver carrier to carry my vintage Honda CB750k4.
Bike is just at 400 pounds.

Hoping not to pay many thousands for a good electric lift that will still allow a 5000 pound toad.
Blue ox has some looked nice, but they are no longer on the website...

Looking for suggestions / recommendations, what not to buy as well as what to buy.
Would love to buy used, but I got about 6 weeks to get this together.

Also, what kinda shop do I look for to weld a triple receiver hitch on my Monaco DP?
And is the spacing on these things standard, or does it vary?
(as in can I get the hitch done b4 I pick, buy, or take delivery of a device?)

Jim,
Well Sir, I don't know what kind of research you've done on this situation but, I've been there, done that, many ways. I won't bother going into a long dissertation of weights and weight transfer and, bla, bla, bla, bla. All the weight police will come on and do that for me.

But, even though your Honda 750 might just weigh 400 lbs., 400 lbs, is a TON OF WEIGHT if it get's out of hand, while loading an un-loading. I used the Hydralift on our D/P and it, by far, is the best lift/carrier on the market. And, they're proud of it too. It normally hovers around $4,500.00 before tax, shipping and installation.

But, when I started looking and or thinking about one, the Dear wife was cruising around on Ebay and immediately found one. The seller wanted $2,500 for it, sitting on a pallet. I called, inquired about the condition and all the parts and, negotiated a price of $1,800. All it took as a road trip from San Diego to Scottsdale AZ to pick it up.

Long story short, it worked outstanding for over 8,000 miles. Then, we changed tactics. We sold the lift and, purchased a new toad. That toad is a GMC Sierra 1500 Extended Cab 4x4. Along with purchasing that truck, we looked for a Rampage, lift/carrier for the bike. Again, the D/W was cruising around on Craigs list and, low and behold, she found one. A new one is, $3,000.00. A negotiated price for this "used twice" Rampage, was $1,500.00.

Now, that Rampage, can be installed, parallel to the back of your coach. I can lead you to a gent who's done many, many of the Rampage lift installs on the back of coaches. It works flawlessly. And, you don't have to lift one pound, of your 750s 400 lbs. IT will do it all for you and, be secure to boot. You'd like it. Anyway, if you're interested, PM me and I'd be glad to assist in all facets of your endeavor. Had a great time doing it with mine.
Scott