bike rack

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Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder mounted. I
suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the side rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
Many Thanks for any insight on this.

Kevin C.
--
Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb, headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
'72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
Member GMCMI since 8/20
 
It is fairly easy to make one that hangs off the spare tire mount. This frees up the hitch and ladder.

Nelson
78 Royal Rear bath
Belle isle Fl

Sent from my iPad

>
> Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder mounted. I
> suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the side rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
> Many Thanks for any insight on this.
>
> Kevin C.
> --
> Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb, headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
> '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
> Member GMCMI since 8/20
>
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I second the no way in H$LL hang stuff off the ladder.

Sully
Bellevue wa

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:56 PM Nelson Wright via Gmclist <

> It is fairly easy to make one that hangs off the spare tire mount. This
> frees up the hitch and ladder.
>
> Nelson
> 78 Royal Rear bath
> Belle isle Fl
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Feb 21, 2021, at 7:34 PM, kcloutier--- via Gmclist <

> >
> > Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a
> bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder mounted. I
> > suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the side
> rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
> > Many Thanks for any insight on this.
> >
> > Kevin C.
> > --
> > Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb,
> headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
> > '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
> > Member GMCMI since 8/20
> >
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Our first coach was a 76 Birchaven. It had a bike rack somehow mounted up
front. For the life of me I don’t remember how it attached. It held two
bikes.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 19:08 Todd Sullivan via Gmclist <

> I second the no way in H$LL hang stuff off the ladder.
>
> Sully
> Bellevue wa
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:56 PM Nelson Wright via Gmclist <

>
> > It is fairly easy to make one that hangs off the spare tire mount. This
> > frees up the hitch and ladder.
> >
> > Nelson
> > 78 Royal Rear bath
> > Belle isle Fl
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Feb 21, 2021, at 7:34 PM, kcloutier--- via Gmclist <

> > >
> > > Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a
> > bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder
> mounted. I
> > > suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the
> side
> > rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
> > > Many Thanks for any insight on this.
> > >
> > > Kevin C.
> > > --
> > > Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb,
> > headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
> > > '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
> > > Member GMCMI since 8/20
> > >
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*Len and Pat Novak*

*1978 GMC Kingsley*

*The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!*

*Las Vegas, NV* new email: B52sRule

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375

www.bdub.net/novak/
 
I ride bikes a lot with a group... The group consensus is that Hollywood
makes the best rack.
https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Racks-HR1000-Platform-Receiver/dp/B000QJ8C3W/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=hollywood+bike+rack&qid=1613965313&sr=8-9
This has a key lock to lock the bikes to the rack.
I have 2 racks, standard and recumbent. They work great.
If you need a towed there is an adapter that will let you put the rack in
the slot above the car hitch.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 7:36 PM Len Len via Gmclist
wrote:

> Our first coach was a 76 Birchaven. It had a bike rack somehow mounted up
> front. For the life of me I don’t remember how it attached. It held two
> bikes.
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 19:08 Todd Sullivan via Gmclist <

>
> > I second the no way in H$LL hang stuff off the ladder.
> >
> > Sully
> > Bellevue wa
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:56 PM Nelson Wright via Gmclist <

> >
> > > It is fairly easy to make one that hangs off the spare tire mount. This
> > > frees up the hitch and ladder.
> > >
> > > Nelson
> > > 78 Royal Rear bath
> > > Belle isle Fl
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> > > > On Feb 21, 2021, at 7:34 PM, kcloutier--- via Gmclist <

> > > >
> > > > Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a
> > > bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder
> > mounted. I
> > > > suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the
> > side
> > > rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
> > > > Many Thanks for any insight on this.
> > > >
> > > > Kevin C.
> > > > --
> > > > Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb,
> > > headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
> > > > '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
> > > > Member GMCMI since 8/20
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> --
>
> *Len and Pat Novak*
>
> *1978 GMC Kingsley*
>
> *The Beast II with dash lights that work and labels you can see!*
>
> *Las Vegas, NV* new email: B52sRule
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=4375
>
>
>
> www.bdub.net/novak/
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*John Phillips*
 
I had the inside cap down and could see the pointed ends of the ladder rack screws. They are mounted in the very thin fiberglass of the outside
shell. After that I worried about the ladder supporting my weight climbing it. I added sevral layers of fiberglass on the inside where the holes are
to make hard points for those screws. I would not hang anything on the ladder without hardening the screw mounting points.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
 
Kevin:

May I suggest referring to my strategy the following Photo Album of the GMC Motorhome Photo Site. It is of course just One of many strategies on
mounting a bike carrier.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g7346-bike-rack.html

--
John and Cathie Heslinga
1974 Canyonlands 260
455, Manny tranny and 1 ton, 3:70 LS,
Red Seal Journeyman, DTE, BEd. MEd.
Edmonton, Alberta
 
I hung one on my spare, using bungies to secure the bottom.

Here’s a picture from the deeps of time.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/eastern-states-rally-2c-gettysburg-2005/p14044.html

Rick “the day I met Jim Galbavy” Denney

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 7:34 PM kcloutier--- via Gmclist <

> Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a bike
> rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder mounted. I
>
> suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the side
> rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
>
> Many Thanks for any insight on this.
>
>
>
> Kevin C.
>
> --
>
> Kevin Cloutier -'77 Eleganza II-455, 6 disk brakes, Edelbrock carb,
> headers, , resident of NYC and Dingmans Ferry, Pa.
>
> '72 MGB-GT & '73 MGB convertible
>
> Member GMCMI since 8/20
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
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>
> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
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> --
'73 X-Glacier 230 "Jaws"
Northern Virginia
Offlist email: rick at rickdenney dot com
 
Hitch mount (ball is the through bolt) has served me well. It does make it slightly harder to use the dump with bikes on rack but it is possible.
--
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
I had a bike rack on my toad until a fella approached me in a rest area. He had followed me into the rest area and noted that unless he had the right
angle on my toad tail lights, he could not see the lights because the bikes blocked the view. Since then I have noted the same on many other RV'rs
toads....difficult to see those tail lights. So I went to a ladder style bike rack. That was 7 or 8 yrs ago. Carrying two bikes and have had no
issues to date.
JWID
--
Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.
 
to clarify, my screws held tight in the fiber glass. the articulation going down the road of the ladder bike rack with 2 toddler kids bikes,
caused fiberglass fatigue around the ladder mounts and cracked out about a 4" square of fiberglass around each of the ladder mounts just below the
window. I have since used epoxy to repair and have bolts now rather then screws to a large fiber plastic backer. so if my ladder pulls loose
there, it will be a 1'x6" hole now. but I will not put anything off that ladder while bouncing down the road.

it is amazing the leverage and such that happens while driving around back there. I would not put more then 2 bikes off the spare tire. it is not
the weight of the 4 bikes that cause issues, it is the leverage once it gets further out.

--
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
 
> Hello - Does anyone have a recommendation/experience with mounting a bike rack (for 2 bikes). I am looking at hitch mounted and ladder mounted. I
> suspect that ladder mounted could be more stable if attached to the side rails (but then that ladder has been there for 43 years...hmmm).
> Many Thanks for any insight on this.
>
> Kevin C.

I have used a ladder mounted rack and found it was a hassle to mount and dismount the bikes. Especially if you have a girls bike. Also, our ladder
mount made it very difficult to access our storage pod with bikes attached.

I now have a hitch mounted rack which provides us with an easier way to mount and dismount the bikes. The only downside with the hitch rack is our GMC
garage is only 30.5' deep and with bikes attached, there is little to no room to walk around our GMC with the garage door closed.

--
Richard
76 Palm Beach
SE Michigan
www.PalmBeachGMC.com


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