Hauling A Motorcycle With A Truck Camper

[IdaSHO]

Nope

KISS method, always.

Mechanical boat winch.

And it weighs less than 50 lbs.

With the bike loaded Ill sneak under 300#

 

[boxcar1]

Verrrrrrrry nice.........

 

[IdaSHO]

Thanks.

With any luck Ill be able to get back to that project soon

Sidetracked with other people projects at the moment.

 

[boxcar1]

I may have to barrow your design. With my rear winch it could double as a rear door platform.
The gears are a grindin.........

 

[STANG302]

Here is a pic of what not to do! Carried my Vstrom up north last summer. Carrier took it like a champ but there was a major problem loading and unloading. Was a 2 man job getting it up there and a 4 man job getting it off!

 

[RedRocker]

http://www.cruiserlift.com/index.html

 

[Curtis in Texas]

http://www.cruiserlift.com/index.html

A word of caution about those swivel wheel carriers. They put your pivot point way behind the rear axle which means the towed is swung out into the outside traffic lane in a 90 degree turn. So if there is no outside lane for to go in to, your towed could end up on the sidewalk, or worse yet, into a power pole or a fireplug.

Learned that the hard way.

 

[IdaSHO]

Here's an update on mine.

Came together pretty good I think.

Although the trail bike is in pieces.
Just a good reason to take the bikes on this trip. adapted easily. :ylsmoke:

 

[Philp100]

Pretty slick there Ida. What did it end up weighing and what's the capacity?

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[IdaSHO]

Final weight snuck in under 65#

Proposed max load is a 125 swapped CT90, with a projected finished weight of 225# wet

Its pretty stout. but if I had to venture a max load rating, its probably in the 350-400lb range.

Certainly light duty enough that I wouldn't trust it to haul a big CC bike, indefinitely, with off road travel

 

[Darwin]

Very nice Ida!

 

[Motafinga]

That came together great Ida! If my rig had a side entry door I would totally rock something like this..

 

[IdaSHO]

Thanks.

Yes, the side entrance affords all kinds of benefits

Here are a few shots from the most recent trip.

Spent a good week and a half in central oregon.



Rack worked out fantastic.

Lightweight, and super easy to operate.

Bikes up high adds a pretty good level of theft security as well.

 

[Motafinga]

Very cool Ida, have you thought about using it for moto carrying duty? Maybe a swappable attachment
?

 

[IdaSHO]

Thats what it IS designed for

Just do not have the moto together just yet.

Here is a photo early on to get things fitted correctly.

It will haul a little CT90. Resto-modded, with either a 125CC or 140CC swap.