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April 9th, 2008

Bike Rack Idea For Pop- Up Trailers and Tow Vehicles: A Dual Hitch!


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One of the bigger and certainly more expensive modification to your pop-up trailer can be adding something to haul your bikes. No one bike rack really solves all the problems of bringing bike while you camp. An on top of trailer bike rack/ track is EXPENSIVE our dealer wants to charge 1200.00 to out on our Fleetwood pop-up trailer.

We have a “cheap” rack- one that hooks with elaborate straps, etc on the back of our minivan - it has made quite few nicks in the paint- never looks secure to me and you can’t open the rear of minivan ( easily) when traveling and hooked up. Also a a pain to use. On top of car would just add drag and increase gas costs. We tend to go long distance and that is an issue for us. I thin I MAY have found solution- a dual hitch receiver Specs one the site say it holds 4000 lbs.

Basically you could put a standard 2″ bike rack rack into the upper hitch- not sure if I will still be able to open rear minivan door, tho.

Any feedback?? let me know :-)

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2 Responses to “Bike Rack Idea For Pop- Up Trailers and Tow Vehicles: A Dual Hitch!”

  1. Barry says:

    I have been doing a lot of research on a bike rack for my pop, and the dual hitch seems to make sense. Did you purchase one yet? If so, I am curious to know your opinion on how it worked out for you. I am also looking at a one piece hitch and bike rack where the hitch part extends about 2 feet out from the receiver. I am not sure if this extension would create towing problems though.
    Thanks, Barry

  2. David says:

    I looked at getting one of these…seems like a rather good idea and would also allow me the extra space so that I can let my tailgate done and use my bed extender when hooked up to the trailer. One small problem that I noticed was that the dual hitch that I looked at had a maximum trailer weight of 4000 lbs. We have the 2007 Fleetwood Avalon and our the trailer weighs 3710 dry.

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