Looking for good bike carrier for front of Elkridge 5th wheel
- Thread starter CeeCee
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I have mounted a 2" receiver on my Trail Air pin box. Many others have done the same thing
Member 'Alf' has a different set up on his pinbox.
It can be done. If you have the equipment you can do it yourself, if not have someone else weld something up for you.
Peace
Dave
Member 'Alf' has a different set up on his pinbox.
It can be done. If you have the equipment you can do it yourself, if not have someone else weld something up for you.
Peace
Dave
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How much weight can it hold? I have a bike carrier that holds up to 4 bikes & slides into a 2" hitch but it is heavy & that is without the bikes. But I would like to try your setup it sounds like the easiest.
I really like that idea. We'll have to look at the front of our truck - it's a 2012 Ford F250. What make truck is yours mounted on?
Grey Ghost
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Hi, where did you get that hitch?
mobilcastle
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I have a 2" hitch on the rear and I installed a Swagman-I really like it. easy to load and unload- I believe this is the one. http://www.amazon.com/Swagman-Cross...=1378893196&sr=8-2&keywords=swagman+bike+rack
Lance & Jo
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Like Dave I made this one for the Trail Air pin box but had an earlier version mounted on the original Lippert box. Both were easy to make and the bikes ride great this way.
My truck is a silverado
3500HD, I got the hitch from etrailer.com. It says it good for like 2500lbs or something. It was $160 or so I think. They had several brands on the site, and again I only intend on using it for the bike rack which I already had. It was set up for 2" so its. I originally had that factory installed rear 1.25" receiver on the back of our big horn, and it just flexes so much with two bikes on it, well that is another story. Anyway when the rack is not installed, the reciever is hardly noticable.
3500HD, I got the hitch from etrailer.com. It says it good for like 2500lbs or something. It was $160 or so I think. They had several brands on the site, and again I only intend on using it for the bike rack which I already had. It was set up for 2" so its. I originally had that factory installed rear 1.25" receiver on the back of our big horn, and it just flexes so much with two bikes on it, well that is another story. Anyway when the rack is not installed, the reciever is hardly noticable.