I don't want to get into personal details here, but I'm hauling stuff that isn't appropriate to have inside the vehicle. Nothing flammable, though.
On my previous van, I had a rear rack. but my new van has a different configuration, and a rear rack would be too far away from the rear axle.
I guess vans must be different from other RVs in this, but the difficulty I have is in keeping enough weight *forward*. It's easy to load up the rear axles and underload the front one. The front rack helps with that, a bit.
I'm still thinking over the point about a rear rack being dangerous for other drivers. I'm so used to being the only car within a mile of road that I didn't consider that.
