Front Frame Mounted Bike Carriers
For those of you who use a front frame mounted bike rack on you TT, like a Jack-It, Arvika, swagman, etc. I am wondering if any of you issues with the bikes hitting the back of your tow vehicle when m...
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You can get a front rack for the Ram and put the bikes there.
You can loosen and turn the bike handlebar 90 degrees so the hand grip is not extending forwards, but rather sideways over the bike frame.
Nothing you can do about the physical bike rack touching the truck bumper.
You really just need to mount it up and try it, or put the trailer and truck in a jackknife situation and then pretend the bike is on a rack and see if it will work. Start there then get back to us.
You can put a hitch extension on, but this creates other concerns. That said, I had an 18 inch hitch extension for a 4,500 lb trailer behind my Ram when I had a TC. It worked fine, but not ideal.
You can loosen and turn the bike handlebar 90 degrees so the hand grip is not extending forwards, but rather sideways over the bike frame.
Nothing you can do about the physical bike rack touching the truck bumper.
You really just need to mount it up and try it, or put the trailer and truck in a jackknife situation and then pretend the bike is on a rack and see if it will work. Start there then get back to us.
You can put a hitch extension on, but this creates other concerns. That said, I had an 18 inch hitch extension for a 4,500 lb trailer behind my Ram when I had a TC. It worked fine, but not ideal.
