Carrying/ storing an electric bike

You don't see it in the picture, but off my SuperTruss is this hitch extension step and wobble stoppers at each junction out to the cargo basket. The basket has additional support by the straps to the jack mounts to completely eliminate movement.

Bedlam I was more concerned about the carrier than anything as they say only 45 lbs on each spot or 90 lbs total weight.

I thought of doing the same thing with my cargo carrier but again to close to the door.

That's light even with batteries. I carried this on the back of my F250:

So after a lot of playing I think I am happy with the carrier and how it is mounted. I added an extension to bring it back a little further so I could open the door. Then made a wobble stopper out of a exhaust clamp. Did not add the second carrier closest to the door as I do not need it, when my son comes with his bike it is small enough to go in the back of the camper and if my wife ever comes we can take the trailer that has mounts on the top to carry the bikes.

Played with a lot of ideas and this seems to be the best so far.

Was concerned about the weight so weighed everything:

Bike with panniers & battery - 54.8 lbs

Bike with everything removed - 40.8 lbs

Battery only - 7.6 lbs

FunTwoDrv wrote:
Is it feasible to mount a receiver on the side of the truck just ahead of the rear tire and plug your bike carrier into it? Might look a little odd but, it puts it in a place that would be out of the way of everything else... or not! LOL

Gary

I thought of that, including mounting on the roof :B

Is it feasible to mount a receiver on the side of the truck just ahead of the rear tire and plug your bike carrier into it? Might look a little odd but, it puts it in a place that would be out of the way of everything else... or not! LOL

Gary

Photomike wrote:

RickW wrote:

FYI I modified my cargo carrier with a hitch extension so the bike rack mounts behind the cargo carrier. A couple of anti-rattle fittings keep it pretty steady.

I also replaced the 4 bike posts with shorter ones for 2 bikes only.

Hope this helps,

You are not helping things :-)

I am considering that as well but it puts the carrier way behind the camper and really not sure how it would do with the weigh. I need to weight the bike and see how much I am dealing with.

If I did that I thought of putting a platform on the top of the one side of the carrier and a small set of stairs to the ground from the carrier and not using the larger stairs at all. The good part of that is that I can secure the bike to the carrier at night and could use the door when traveling.

More research :-)

FYI 2

I built a step on my carrier that is also a small cargo box. I only need a portable step to get in (or none at all in an emergency). My bike rack swings out of the way of the step box and the door. An 18 inch extension should hold about 1/2 the rated weight for the receiver.



Maybe consider welding a step onto your bike rack to get into the TC.

Let me know when this hurts ;-)

Terrick down Under wrote:
Is it a folding bike?
We sit both of ours under the dinette table when traveling without the trailer. Remove the battery and fold down the handle bars then push thru the door and fold in half and it slips under the table.

A couple of handy hinges from Walmart, a hacksaw and you could make a modification to a standard bike LOL.
Love to see a pic of what you come up with.

Not folding and no hacksaw :B

Is it a folding bike?
We sit both of ours under the dinette table when traveling without the trailer. Remove the battery and fold down the handle bars then push thru the door and fold in half and it slips under the table.

A couple of handy hinges from Walmart, a hacksaw and you could make a modification to a standard bike LOL.
Love to see a pic of what you come up with.

RickW wrote:

FYI I modified my cargo carrier with a hitch extension so the bike rack mounts behind the cargo carrier. A couple of anti-rattle fittings keep it pretty steady.

I also replaced the 4 bike posts with shorter ones for 2 bikes only.

Hope this helps,

You are not helping things :-)

I am considering that as well but it puts the carrier way behind the camper and really not sure how it would do with the weigh. I need to weight the bike and see how much I am dealing with.

If I did that I thought of putting a platform on the top of the one side of the carrier and a small set of stairs to the ground from the carrier and not using the larger stairs at all. The good part of that is that I can secure the bike to the carrier at night and could use the door when traveling.

More research :-)