IBcarguy wrote:
I'm sure this topic has been posted before but I'll try anyway. We just bought a new Viewfinder 28BHOB bunkhouse with an overall length of 31.5 feet. In my old TT, we had plenty of room inside to haul 3 bikes but with the dual slide outs in the new one, there's not much room for the grandkids bikes inside so I want to go to an outside bike rack. What's the best set up? Front or back? If I went for the back it would have to be a spare tire mount or bumper mount since I don't have a ladder to mount one. I've heard rear mount racks bounce around a lot.
Any suggestions?
Absolutely forget about mounting the bike rack on the rear bumper of your trailer.. That is an accident waiting to happen.
Go with a bike rack which sits over your propane tanks on the tongue!
You can get an Stromber Carlson adapter which adapts a 2" hitch bike rack to your trailer tongue.
HERENot cheap but neither is paying fines and court costs plus the potential loss of life when a rear bumper bike rack rips the bumper off..
There is another brand that I keep forgetting the name , starts with Top o Rail or something like that which is an entire bike rack, not cheap either and is a Canadian Company.. Mounts above the trailer tongue.
The nice thing about having them on the tongue is you can easily keep track of them, pretty hard to lose a bike there.. Rear bumper, easy to lose and never know it..
