Really?

Well....they say the bumper is only good for a spare!!!

Everyone knows that you can't carry your bicycles or your Smart Car on the bumper. They are only strong enough to hold the sewer hose.

Well....they say the bumper is only good for a spare!!!

Cargo carriers, Bike lifts, etc. on MH's are NOT mounted on the bumper. They are welded and some incorporate the hitch which is also welded to the frame.

This is an example of a "bike" lift. They make another model for heavier items.

http://blueox.com/p-1185-sport-lift-iii.aspx

I don’t see swivel wheels in either of the pictures posted, and I don’t know of a carrier rated to carry more than a 1000 pound load… that doesn’t mean they aren’t out there, but few Class A’s chassis and suspensions would be able to support much more than 1200/1400 pounds total even with the chassis enhancements required… the next problem is the front to back length of most lifts/carriers is only 48 inches, not enough for a Smartcar…

As neat as it may look, Without knowing more about these setups, I would have to think they are both overloaded, illegal , and unsafe…

I know, I know, someone will eventually say they have done it for a million years and a billion miles and even some off-road use in the mountains and never ever had a single problem… and still it wouldn’t make it OK, legal, or safe…

My Harley Davidson (Road Glide) is 99" long, I wonder if the Smart car is shorter than my Harley? :@

GottaRunGottaCamp wrote:
My Harley Davidson (Road Glide) is 99" long, I wonder if the Smart car is shorter than my Harley? :@

Yes, the Smart in the photo is 98.4" long.

GottaRunGottaCamp wrote:
My Harley Davidson (Road Glide) is 99" long, I wonder if the Smart car is shorter than my Harley? :@

Depends...are you counting the length of your Harley's pipes? :B



NOTE PER ABOVE DIMENSIONS:

That 5.1 inch "height" is variable, depending on whether practitioners of an Certain New Sport have been around. ;)
Smart Car Tipping

Now if I could just carry my Honda Pilot like that!

tatest wrote:


Nose-in parking at the curb is the reason for the popularity of these mini-cars in large European cities, where it is either permitted, or where parking is poorly enforced (like Rome, where Smart cars often end up in spaces designated for motor scooters). Some countries simply don't allow this parking trick anywhere, and in other places, like U.S., it is up to local governments to decide what to allow.

On a trip to Europe, Italy and Rome especially land of the Mini car and Moped. Roads are very narrow.

How much does a Harley weigh?

I've seen tons of them on a carrier with a lift off the back end of DP's.