Bike Rack Trailer Hitch
We have our order in for a Bighorn as of 9-14-05, there is a similar model at Thompsons where we ordered our new 3400RL so I've been measuring and studing for all the changes I seem to always make. One is the trailer hitch, I like the bikes in the back, cover stays on better out of the wind, a lot easier to load, and they are out of the way when your not going to use them. I did have a couple of ladder mounted bikes come a sliding down the road at me in Texas last year, not a pretty sight. Not much good after they stopped either, lucky everyone missed. It looks to me like the rear landing legs could be moved ahead about six to eight inches and the 2" square tube they are attached to lenghtened to extend all the way to the rear of the frame, the extra length tubing would actually strengthen the frame amd there would be ample room to mount a 2" reciever hitch for bikes only. I have the hitch all fabricated ready to install. The 3400 that I'm looking at has the spare tire right in front of the landing leggs but I understand the new ones are further foward, It looks like it would be easy to move anyway. I'll take some picture when I get my Bighorn and get the hitch mounted, hopefully I can figure out how, I'm a fair fabricator and designer, 40 years of it plus, but not much of a computorer, didn't even have calculaters when I went to high school