New post on bike carriers

Three bikes is a lot; we carry two and they bounce around on our front receiver of our Suburban.
If you haven't yet bought the bikes I'd suggest looking into foldup bikes. We used Dahon's for years folded up in our sailboat. They are adjustable for almost any age group.

garmp wrote:
If you use it on your RV, be sure it is RV rated. And more often than not with carriers you get what you pay for. Best off not to chince on these. MHO

From my many years of rv'ing if it is "RV rated" then it must be cheap junk !

Guy

Looks like it would work, the only information I did not see is whether there is an anti-sway wedge on the receiver shaft. On my Yakima swing away there is a wedge that expands the shaft when securing the rack in the receiver. This prevents the motion caused by the rack shaft being able to move around in the receiver. Maybe not so important mounted on a pickup.

Dave

garmp wrote:
If you use it on your RV, be sure it is RV rated. And more often than not with carriers you get what you pay for. Best off not to chince on these. MHO

Roflmao
What exactly makes a bike rack RV rated?

Lynnmor wrote:
Your main concern should be the bikes bouncing and swinging back there trying to break the bumper or other structure. I carry the bikes in the truck.

The truck will be filled. I have a cap on the truck, but that will have kayaks on it.

Guy

garmp wrote:
If you use it on your RV, be sure it is RV rated. And more often than not with carriers you get what you pay for. Best off not to chince on these. MHO

I'll be using it on a truck

Guy

Your main concern should be the bikes bouncing and swinging back there trying to break the bumper or other structure. I carry the bikes in the truck.

If you use it on your RV, be sure it is RV rated. And more often than not with carriers you get what you pay for. Best off not to chince on these. MHO