Since it is not advisable to mount a bike rack on the rear bumper of the TT, could you mount a bike rack on the trailer tongue?
My thought is to move the propane tanks on my 19 CCD back up against the front of the trailer over the battery box. That would open up space to attach a bike rack to the trailer tongue and maybe supported by the trailer tongue jack. Thus allowing enough space to hang two bikes between the TT and the TV mounted high enough to clear tight turns.
It will add about 80 lbs. to the tongue weight but since the tongue weight on the 19’ is about 510 lbs., I believe that it would be doable. My VW Touareg has air suspension so it automatically levels the load and the hitch is rated for 660 lbs.
I don’t want to mount the bikes on the roof of the car or inside the trailer. A front bumper hitch is not an option.
I don't have much to add to this conversation except to say that I've heard nothing but BAD things about mounting bikes to Airstreams and the ultimate results. If you want your trailer to last a lifetime, don't do anything to create bad karma with the balance, etc. Front OR rear.
We're spoiled, but I think it's fun so I'll report it: we're able to carry our two bikes, front wheels removed, fork mounted to mounts on a 2x8 board, upright in our Excursion. The golf bags go between the bikes. Works amazingly well. I realize this is a solution for very few people.
Tom
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I spent about 30 min scanning all the results regarding bike racks here. I would like to take a motorcycle in the bed of my truck along with 4 bicycles. Looks like I'm going to have to compromise, huh?
I think this rear bumper no no is not based on anything, I haven't seen anyone post anything negative other than an opinion.
This is an engineering question, so unsupported opinion is, as you imply, of no great help. If you are comfortable with simple Newtonian mechanics, we could discuss levers, moments, angular accelleration, torque reversal while travelling over humps, moments of inertia etc. If that's not within your field of expertise, I suggest a good source of experience would be from someone like Inland Andy (is there anyone else like him...... ) who has spent his working life dealing with these issues. If you put "andy frame separation" into the search box you will find 31 threads, some of which are particularly relevant: http://www.airforums.com/forums/f36/...iler-2614.html
I suggest his statements are based on "experience", rather than "opinion".
Nick.
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We carry 5 bikes on the roof of our Excursion. I had a front hitch placed on the Expedition that I had previously but it was unusable as it caused a distraction while driving and interfered with the headlights. If you have aluminum bikes its not too bad loading them on the roof. We have a yakima rack and are very pleased with it.
dik
OK henw.... you've inspired (or challenged) me. We have a tandem and I have yet to try getting it inside my 22' CCD. I would prefer to transport it inside the AS, so I'll give it a try. When we carry the bike inside the bed of my truck (with a topper) it needs to go in diagonally with the front wheeel removed, and just takes up too much bed space there. So, the perfect solution would be to transport it inside the CCD. It's a tight fit around the door, with the dinette, bed up front, etc, but I'll give it a try and report later.
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We were camping with forum member, doorgunner, this week. He told me of seeing a bike rack that held bike(s) over the propane tanks on a 'box trailer'. Hopefully he will have the opportunity to get a photograph of it before it or he leaves the campground soon.
Neil and Lynn
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RedTruck, I sure like the appeal of the women on the website that you recommended. However, the system that I prefer meets my needs better. (the bedcover not the females.) Roll-N-Lock_ the most advanced retractable truck bed cover available. I had one on my F150. Just put it on the F250.
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Here's the cover I have: Pace-Edwards. I purchased it with the explorer rails. Then from Yakama, I purchased landing pads for the rails, towers, bars, and bicycle racks. Our bikes ride upright in the racks, over the bed of the truck, so I still have the cargo capacity of the bed and the cover keeps it secure.
I noticed that when I just have the bikes mounted, that the handelbars being up in the slipstream behind the cab cost me about 1.5 mpg. When Daisy is hitched up, my mileage is about the same with or without the bikes in the racks.
Randy
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This should make a few of you cringe... There is a 20' Argosy for sale on Ebay right now. On the rear bumper is a heavy metal storage box, a spare tire, and a hitch ball. All we need is a bike rack to run the gammit of no no's.
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