Fenlason wrote:I prefer to carry my bikes inside.. out of the rain.. and bug splatter.. and out of site.. of vandals
Until gas went to $4.00 a gallon I used to have a 15 passenger Ford van for them.
We also ride tandems a lot... so the extra length was good for that.
We also carried a 21 ft tandem kayak with it.
it was a great toy hauler
nj_rider wrote:I love this set-up:
The trailer did come with a Thule hitch mounted on the back of the trailer itself but I didn't like the idea of not being able to see the bikes and if by chance one were to come loose and bounce off as I was traveling down the highway I wouldn 't be aware of it until much later.
So this solution works for me
dancam wrote:Hitch extenders typically cut your max tongue weight in half, so on a class 1 hitch your bikes may be all you can put on it, no trailer.Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk
Won't putting a bike carrier (especially one with extra weight-the extension arms) have the same effect as using hitch extenders ?; by weighing down the rear, in effect, you've lightened the tongue. Not that I carry my bike with me, my knees won't allow me to ride it, but I would think the best place to carry a bike (or two) with a TD or TTT, would be on a roof rack, or on a carrier/ front hitch on the TV (if a truck or SUV). JHMOtony.latham wrote:
- We just bought a Yakima Swingdaddy. I've got great hopes for it.
working on it wrote:dancam wrote:Hitch extenders typically cut your max tongue weight in half, so on a class 1 hitch your bikes may be all you can put on it, no trailer.Sent from my SM-G920W8 using TapatalkWon't putting a bike carrier (especially one with extra weight-the extension arms) have the same effect as using hitch extenders ?; by weighing down the rear, in effect, you've lightened the tongue. Not that I carry my bike with me, my knees won't allow me to ride it, but I would think the best place to carry a bike (or two) with a TD or TTT, would be on a roof rack, or on a carrier/ front hitch on the TV (if a truck or SUV). JHMOtony.latham wrote:
- We just bought a Yakima Swingdaddy. I've got great hopes for it.
working on it wrote:dancam wrote:Hitch extenders typically cut your max tongue weight in half, so on a class 1 hitch your bikes may be all you can put on it, no trailer.Sent from my SM-G920W8 using TapatalkWon't putting a bike carrier (especially one with extra weight-the extension arms) have the same effect as using hitch extenders ?; by weighing down the rear, in effect, you've lightened the tongue. Not that I carry my bike with me, my knees won't allow me to ride it, but I would think the best place to carry a bike (or two) with a TD or TTT, would be on a roof rack, or on a carrier/ front hitch on the TV (if a truck or SUV). JHMOtony.latham wrote:
- We just bought a Yakima Swingdaddy. I've got great hopes for it.
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