Rear rack / Bike rack

[thedoghouse]

Just finished up rack for my dad for fathers day gift and he was pretty happy. He had trouble loading and unloading the tandem bike in truck so built a custom rack:

[BurbMan]

Nice job on that DogHouse!! I especially liked how you designed the bike rack, simple yet effective! I would encourage Dad to re-weight the TT once the back os packed to be sure he still has enough tongue weight, otherwise it'll sway like a bee-otch.

I would also consider adding some lighting to the back of the rack if possible. The rack sticks out pretty far and the bike helps to obscure the factory lights.

I moved the factory bumper back and added extra lights:

[93Cobra2771]

Still waiting for the picture of how it's attached to the frame. Good job!

[Jagtech]

Wow! Wish I could weld like that! Nice job....

[Lynnmor]

penguin747 wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
Way too much and too far back.

It amazes me how some can judge something they have never seen. It's a rack for hauling stuff. I would assume that he took into consideration all of the above and what purpose he needed it for. Jmo

The OP posted this and I am sure he would appreciate any input. I saw that there is a potential of the rack and bike bottoming on the road which could cause serious damage. I also am the guy that welded my cracked frame with no extra weight. Trailer frames are built extremely light and the leverage of weight bouncing that far to the rear may be a problem. That's my opinion and I expressed it out of concern and not to demean the OP.

[penguin747]

Lynnmor wrote:
Way too much and too far back.

It amazes me how some can judge something they have never seen. It's a rack for hauling stuff. I would assume that he took into consideration all of the above and what purpose he needed it for. Jmo

[goducks10]

Nice job. I did something similar 2 yrs ago and it still working. I also used the bed liner spray. Stuff is great. I use it for all metal projects concerning the 5'er.

[Lynnmor]

Way too much and too far back.

[penguin747]

Great job!!

[ChuckandSue]

How did you mount your mom's head on the spare tire? She photo bombed you!

[ChooChooMan74]

Ohh, my bad. The U bolts I saw were for the spare tire carrier.

[thedoghouse]

Sorry for not posting pics of install. I will be camping with dad this weekend and I update with rack painted and installed. We coated with spray bedliner and it turned out nice

[thedoghouse]

Yes the 2x2 tubing goes under bumper and 2 feet along side frame with bolts attaching

[Shadow_Grey]

Nice work! Get that thing painted and/or powder coated if you can. Put something on the arm that holds the bike upright so it doesn't scratch the bike. Maybe even add some straps/holddowns for the wheels. Just taking from what my KUAT has. Again that looks real nice!

[ScottG]

ChooChooMan74 wrote:
Looks great. Just hope you reinfored the bumper to be up for the task and the torque of the rack.

Looks like it goes back under the frame and bypasses the bumper altogether?