Bike rack mounted to 5th wheel bed rails.

Question

When I set up our 5th wheel on a campsite that we're going to occupy for an extended period, I like to unpin my 5th wheel hitch from the bed rails and lift it out of the truck. I usually just leave it locked on the kingpin and let it stay there until we're ready to hook up and depart. This leaves the bed of my truck free for anything I want to haul around.

I would like to find a bike rack - for 2 e-bikes - that's designed to be pinned in place using the 5th wheel bed rails. Has anyone seen anything like this ?

And before I get a bunch of comments about just using a bike rack designed for the hitch receiver, I have looked at quite a few of those. And there's nothing wrong with the higher quality models. But I would much prefer to have our expensive e-bikes securely mounted in the bed of the truck, rather than hanging on the hitch receiver.

jmalt85 · Answer

I am looking for a product like this as well. Have you found anything?

valhalla360 · Answer

I'm betting any welding shop could take the rails from a $50 5er hitch bought off facebook marketplace and weld a bike rack to it.

The big problem I see, is what do you do with the bikes while traveling?

You might look at mounting a rack to the pin box. I've seen that done and it would make it a bit tougher to steal.

lantley · Answer

bike pad

Consider a bike pad. 5th wheel rails are fading away as puck systems become the norm so there is very little market for 5th wheel rail accessories. Although as mentioned something could be fabricated by a welder.

Taking out your hitch is extreme just to haul bikes.

I carry to large heavy Pedego bikes using a bike pad

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