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Topic: Anyone have this bike rack?

Posted By: Espo05
Subject: Anyone have this bike rack?
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 10:27am

Still working on the bike rack decision. Our contact at FR thought we should look into this one...anyone use or have thoughts? Love the bikes on the hitch, prefer that over using rear receiver. if we have to use the rear receiver we will probably go with the Hollywood 2 bike rack.

http://www.hollywoodracks.com/bike-racks/hitch-racks/tow-n-go-hitch-rack.htm

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Posted By: CharlieM
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 10:36am

Should work IF you have room on the draw bar and IF you have room between bikes and trailer parts like tanks and tongue jack. May require a longer shank if you're using a WDH. Also check similar units from swagman.net

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Charlie
Northern Colorado
OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD
PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD

Posted By: Espo05
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 6:06pm

Measured this afternoon and we really don't have the room 😟. Thought about a back window bike mount, but now back to thinking maybe a 1.25 to 2 inch rear receiver adaptor and then we can used our 2 inch Thule that we already own. Adaptor plus rack puts us at 50 pounds, two bikes should keep us around 100. We can then move the rack to our tow vehicle when we are in camp, in case we want to take bikes to a nearby trail.

Posted By: CharlieM
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2016 at 6:45pm

A word of caution here. It's not just the weight, but also the lever arm or distance from the bumper. Adapting a 2" tube to a 1.25" receiver is generally not a good idea because it increases the distance from the bumper. The back of a trailer is not a friendly environment due to bouncing and whipping as you drive. That's why the rack manufacturers (lawyers) recommend against that application. Adapting a 1.25" tube to a 2" receiver is OK because it is just a sleeve inside the 2" receiver. I don't know the details of the 176T, but you might be able to add a bolt-on 2" receiver to the cross member of the Pod. A few inches off center won't matter.

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Charlie
Northern Colorado
OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD
PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD