Wow, outstanding comments, thanks! We re in our 60's and retired. Have a Jeep Grand Cherokee for DD. We expect to be doing, say, a couple one month road trips from our home north of Seattle (Brier) and a single 5 month trip to Alaska or the East Coat (family and friends and service buddies from 45 years ago). The thought is to frequently drop the camper to play and explore locally for a few day then pick it up for a day or two then drop it again. Wife is concerned about aesthetics (smh) but I see some nice looking rigs in the signature files. And to be honest I am not concerned about looks but I am about safety having owned heavy dump trucks and trailers. Maxxing out the weight does not make for fun driviing. Considering 4500 or 5500 class trucks after reading these but DW is concerned about ride when the camper is off. I saw today on a Northern Lite that I could bolt a box to the patio on each side of the door. That might be enough. The idea of a Torklift hitch extension with a swing out hinge might work for the bikes. Rack would be easy to remove when dropping the camper. Please keep the comments coming. Thank you all!