Motorcycle loading on a hitch
Not sure where to post, so i thought i try here... I would like to haul a motorcycle on a Blue Ox SC2000 hitch. It takes up to 1000lbs. I am wondering how to load the motorcycle on this hitch? I...
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caymann wrote:Dale.Traveling wrote:
Concerning the height of the bike once on the stand why not used the coach levelers/jacks to raise the front end up? Considering the length of an average coach a three inch change in height at the front could amplify to 12 inches at the rear. Rasie the front end enough and you might not even need the ramp.
I have thought about this and probably should try how much does the bike hauler platform comes down by raising the front end. The bad news is, i don't have hydraulic leveling - only air leveling and it doesn't have as much play as a hydraulic leveling jacks do. I do expect to gain a few inches but i may be speaking ahead of me.
jim
I think the measurements are a little backwards here. If you lift the front of the coach, the fulcrum will be the rear axle which is a lot closer to the rear bumper than the front. I'd have to know the exact measurements to do the math, but raising the front end three inches will more than likely only lower the rear by about 1/2 inch.
