Things are going to be different this year!

Quote: Originally posted by Demoknight

I won't have to cross state lines or drive for 18 hours to get there this year! I test fitted the buggy to the hitch I just installed on my Impreza, and it works a treat! Here is the test fit: https://photos.app.goo.gl/3gQgp1NkqThV3wZE8

I know there is some foreshortening in the photo, but the buggy almost looks bigger than the car!

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

I know there is some foreshortening in the photo, but the buggy almost looks bigger than the car!

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I also have an impreza and it is the full width of the car. I need to measure the height. It's a much quicker load load than going onto the roof with my flexifoil.

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Quote: Originally posted by mougl

Where are you guys getting the racks to fit into a hitch receiver???

I described mine here. (Home made)

http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=34245#pid32...

Quote: Originally posted by pbc

The two-horizontal-prong style bike racks are very effective for carrying buggies. I contemplated a custom buggy rack for my new car, but in the end I ordered another bike rack. For price and convenience they are hard to beat. I'm getting one of these in the mail this week: https://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Bike-Racks/Swagman/S63360.html

Do the straps fit around buggy frame...? Or do you bungee..?

Quote: Originally posted by cheezycheese

Quote: Originally posted by pbc   The two-horizontal-prong style bike racks are very effective for carrying buggies. I contemplated a custom buggy rack for my new car, but in the end I ordered another bike rack. For price and convenience they are hard to beat. I'm getting one of these in the mail this week: https://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Bike-Racks/Swagman/S63360.html Do the straps fit around buggy frame...? Or do you bungee..?

On my CR-V I used a yakima bike rack that attached to the rear-mount spare tire. I sleeved some bicycle inner tube over the plastic coated steel pipe. Otherwise the pipes were bare an featureless--no clamps. I hung the first buggy from the right side tubes. I'd rotate the second one so the wheels wouldn't interfere with the first. Then I used a single line about 12 feet long to go from the top of one side of the rack, around the backside of the buggies, down to the vertical, then back up again on the backside to the buggies to the other side of the rack. Finish it off with a truckers hitch and pull tight. This rig pulls the buggies forward and down on the rack.
I used to try to use the bike tie downs, but I achieved nirvana when the last one fell off. The bare steel pipes make it easier to load the buggies. Figuring out the rope pattern for your buggies and rack is hard initially, but once you get it right, just leave the rope attached the rack and it's ready for the next adventure.

The same rig works for loading bikes. Those rubber tie downs are just marketing crap. They can never match rope and knot skills.

I looked for a picture of this, but I have none. I'll post one this week when I test out the new rack. I expect I'll pull the bike tie downs off from the get-go. Rope rocks!

Philip

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob

That has a 70 LB limit. I could carry the back half of my buggy. Something to consider

Mental note: do not offer Bobby a ride to the beach.

Quote: Originally posted by pbc

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob   That has a 70 LB limit. I could carry the back half of my buggy. Something to consider Mental note: do not offer Bobby a ride to the beach.

And there is another buggy too. So there is that. I can be towed pretty easy if it came to that!:duh:

Mougl just got a large buggy so didn't want him to not have enough rack and tear something up.

Quote: Originally posted by D Cheek

Buggy Tote Rack posted on 2-6-2016 at 02:53 PM Here's a trailer hitch buggy rack I built a few years ago. The buggy was a Kite Trike. Now it carries my Ivanpah. I did have to add internal structure and gussets to support the extra buggy weight. Works great. Comes apart. I can still make them up and powder coat them any color if ordered. Photo Library - 209.JPG - 166kB Photo Library - 208.JPG - 150kB Photo Library - 207.JPG - 173kB Photo Library - 206.JPG - 126kB Photo Library - 205.JPG - 123kB Photo Library - 204.JPG - 114kB Photo Library - 195.JPG - 118kB Photo Library - 193.JPG - 120kB

Wasn't able to get the pics to cut and paste. In full color there.

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