Bike rack suggestions requested..
We've always carried our bikes inside a vehicle. When we had a truck and TT, bikes all fit in back of our tow vehicle (Ford Excursion). Now, with the MH, bikes fit in the back of our towed vehicle (...
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willald wrote:JN_B wrote:
Hanging 4 bikes off the back of a car is a BAD idea especially when you have a tow bar pushing/pulling on the front of the car.
Just get a roof rack.
Roof rack creates a whole 'nother set of problems that I don't want:
1. I am not convinced that mounting a rack to the top of a car that does not have any real place to mount such to (except gutter tracks), is not going to cause some serious scratching, eventually. Thats before getting into the fact that the Fusion has such a curved roof, I still have serious doubts you could even put a rack up there very well. That is something Thule or Yakima would be able to answer Very easily
2. One day somebody (me or DW) would forget the bikes were up there, drive the car into the garage, and CRUUNNCH!! There goes several thousand $$ in damage to bikes, car, and garage door!That's no different than forgetting the bikes are on the hitch on the back. In fact your probably more likely to hit something with a 3' extension off your car that normally isn't there.
3. NOBODY would be able to put the bikes up there or take them down, but me.I agree with this one, except I end up having to go and check that everything is tight anyways, so I'd much rather be responsible for putting the bikes up there. That way I know it's done right.
I understand your point about putting 4 bikes on the back of a car, that is being pulled, pushed from the front. However, I'm just not seeing where that will be an issue, all things considered.My parents have a toad behind their DP, and it gets tossed around back there, more than you would think.
Will
But that choice is yours. Have you thought about putting a rack on the back of the motorhome? My dad built a rack that attached to the bumper (steel back then, not hitch), and the roof. It carried four bikes stacked 2x2 high. We used the factory hitch to tow the boat. This worked great, except loading and unloading was always a two person job. Which didn't really matter, but I guess that means you can't take the bikes with the toad.
