bike rack
Looking for a bike rack that will hold at least two bikes on the back of a travel trailer...any suggestions
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- How are you going to mount the carrier?
- Go to a good welding shop and have them build you a hitch which welded to your frame. Then you can just about pick any bike hitch you want.
- Take Dick's advice. Do NOT - under any circumstances, mount one of the U-bolt hitch recievers to a travel trailer bumper. The bumpers are too light weight to handle the torquing that results from bicycles bouncing around on the back of the TT at the end of what amounts to a long lever. You can search this thread (and others) and find many stories of the bumper coming off under these circumstances.
- Be aware that many/most bike racks come with instructions that state very clearly that they are NOT for use on trailer bumpers.
See user manuals for the following very common brands: Yakima; Thule; Blue Devil Dimac wrote:
Looking for a bike rack that will hold at least two bikes on the back of a travel trailer...any suggestions
Since you didn't mention how you wanted to mount it and the fact that most people warn against bumper mounting a bike rack, here is my method. I have a very sturdy rear ladder on the back of my TT so I ordered a Swagman 2 bike rack. Since the bikes partially obscures the right tail light I added an an auxiliary tail light that is magnetically mounted. I originally mounted the bike rack one rung higher to clear the light but that is a long lift.
- It depends on the bumper and the manufacturers weight limits... Example my coachman states 250 lbs max weight... Although I only carry a spare tire on the bumper. I throw the bikes in the back of the pickup...
Whats the make, model and year of TT?????? - Put them on the front of your truck with a receiver.
Halmfamily wrote:
Put them on the front of your truck with a receiver.
X2- I went with the Swagman bike rack. It is one of the few that state it is alright to use on a trailer. As stated above do not just bolt a hitch to your bumper.
Here is how I went about mounting it. I also use a tie down strap to pre load the rack after the bikes are in place to help reduce the bouncing.
