Towing both car & Harley
I've got a 35' Class A with a 5K towing limit, tow my Ford Edge with a Tow Dolly, and would love to take my Road King along. Best option appears to be installing a hydraulic lift on the RV to accommod...
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TNGW1500SE wrote:wildtoad wrote:
Swap the car and dolly for a F150 with 4wd, flat tow it, and put the HD in the truck bed.
A Harley in the back of a F150 is going to be a pain to load and unload. I did it when I pulled a camper with lighter weight bikes and a 4 foot wide ramp. You really need a loading dock. Also I think it would be pushing the weight limit of the 5K hitch.
Oh no it's not. Geeeze, all you have to do is look around on the i-net for about 30 seconds and you'll find a number of lift/carriers that go into the back of a pickup that make loading and unloading of large touring bikes very easy.
We used to carry our '08 Honda Goldwing GL 1800 on a Hydralift on the back of our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the CAT C-7 330HP. And who ever told the OP that the lift was a THOUSAND POUNDS WAS/IS absolutely CLUELESS. The actual HYDRALIFT brand lift is right at 375-400 lbs. We carried that bike on that lift, on that coach for well over 8,000 miles and never, EVER had any issues what so ever.
No wandering, no porpoising, no ill-fated handling AT ALL. The front of our coach went up a whopping 1/16th of an inch when the bike and lift was on there. Does it add cantelever weight back there, yep, it sure does. But, as stated, on our diesel, due to the ride height sensors, the coach rode at the same EXACT height with the bike and lift as it did WITHOUT THEM.
But, since the OP does not state just what kind of "35'" coach he's got, I'd bet a 35' coach in his application, is a gas unit, just guessing.
If that's the case, Yep, I'd go with another form of bringing all the toys along. One in particular is the toy tote. It's a form of dual wheel, swivel wheel trailer that, IS NOT A TRAILER!!!!!! It attaches to the back of the coach with TWO mounting points. It is considered to be PART OF THE COACH, and not a trailer. And, you can tow a toad with it. That would get the OPs bike AND his toad without overloading the hitch on the back of the coach.
Using a 4x4 truck as a toad, and loading the bike in the truck, is not rocket science, no LOADING DOCK is needed! But, the weight of any 4x4 truck that's capable of being flat towed, is considerably more weight than the OP may be willing to deal with.
Scott
