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Saturated_Fats
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Feb 22, 2015

How to do a bike rack on a 5th wheel with no receiver?

The 5th wheel's bumper isn't strong enough to support a rack for two bikes. I tried it. It seems impractical (over $500) to have a hitch receiver fabricated for the back of the trailer. The only ot...
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n7bsn
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Feb 22, 2015
There are bike racks that attach to the king-pin, but with an F150 it is certainly possible that you could exceed your load limit of the truck

There are receivers that front mount in trucks

There are receivers that attach directly to the frame of the trailer

Some examples:
bolt on rv

front mount

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