Motorhome ladder or towed bike rack

You will hear lots of comments about folks hanging their bikes on the ladder and have done so without issue. I would not. A ladder is a ladder. A bike rack is a bike rack. Aside from risking damage to the ladder and RV, the bikes would have to get beat up and scratched up pretty badly. I do find that the folks using the ladder as a rack typically have cheaper bikes or don't care or both. We have been using a hitch mounted Swagman bike rack for years, it's easily adjustable, reliable and easy to get the bikes on and off and much cheaper than other brands like Yakima and Thule. I care about my bikes and my RV so no way I would hang anything on the ladder for travel. I also care about people behind me and don't want bikes falling off. We also use a dual hitch receiver. Bikes go on the top and tow bars go in the bottom. Easy cheesy.