I'm gonna get my logo printed in vinyl so I can put it on the rack. It turned out pretty nice. I'm gonna finish up a couple more incase someone else wants one. Haven't work out all the details to make it universal to all buggies and vehicles yet so I might have to make them in 3 different sizes to accomodate different buggies. When you get your ideas on paper we can talk about your double rack. I got a few of my own so we will talk soon.

That thing looks sweet Van!

Looks incredible. I like the shin-saver reflective tale.

How heavy of a buggy will that hold? I think mine is heavier than you Van!!
But it looks great. OYu could make the axle rail extendable for wider and narrower buggies as well. "Oh the thinks you can think" (DS)

I'm guessing 250lbs would be the max I would put on it. I haven't done the calculation but it's not the buggy rack that's gonna give out. The leverage due to the distance (24") away from your hitch receiver might put more weight than your vehicle can handle. When Todd gets his buggy rack, he can chime in on the weight capacity. My buggy with the bigfoots was around 120lbs and it was a light weight on that rack.

Thats about what my Rat wieghs in at too very cool. But now we need a three buggy rack!!

van, why 24"? I don't think my dual rack comes that far out. Please clarify.....

Mine comes out that far and I can't open the back glass all the way now. I like the buggy bottom facing backwards so I don't have to pick it all up to put it on the rack. Looking into designing a double rack now, so WG I"m interested in your input.

Here is a pic of my dual

cheezy's single I built

WG .. what BB said. In order to just back the buggy to the rack, lift the axle onto it and raise the front into place, the buggy has to have the belly pan face backward. The Ivanpah buggy also has the back rest bar. To clear this bar, the buggy has to be set back atleast 21" from the vertical bar that holds the swan neck. On the prototype rack above, the buggy is about 15 inches back since my BW does not have a back rest bar.

BB , how about we make yours with the two belly pan facing each other??

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Originally posted by van BB , how about we make yours with the two belly pan facing each other??

That might be a good solution to keep it compact. I really want to see how the buggies "nest" together in both positions so they are both protected but as compact as possible. I plan on doing this for years and while I can pick up both buggies now, maybe not when I'm pushing 60. And possibly by then with bfls or eurotrax or beachracers on, my buggy weight will be so high, I won't want to pick the buggy up in the air. Rolling the buggy upside down before loading can be an option but it requires a scooting of the buggy on the ground when putting the rear axle on. Lots to consider.

How about this??

The buggy forms a triangle behind the vehicle? Like having 2 rack at an angle to the back. Both buggy can be backed up and just lifted onto the rack via their back axle as planned. If the buggy is too wide, the back axle can cross also so that the two side rides of the buggies can touch.

Thats going to have the buggies sticking out 4-5 feet behind the car. That's a long way from my back wheels and likely to bang the tires on the ground at driveway transitions. It might be something "out of the box" like this is the answer though.

VAn and WG

check out this site for an idea, these were designed to carry pontoon boats (about 85lbs each) but can be used to carry one or two and sizing is very similair - also really like the idea of "rolling" it on and then lifting. here is the site --- http://easypacker.com/

Actually, shouldn't stick out that much, maybe 36" instead of the regular 24". I was thinking about the axles crossing over so buggy is much closer. idea is to allow you to load the buggy easily. I can build the prototype pretty quick. The only piece I have to modify is the main bottom piece to accept 2 racks. Give me a couple days to mock something up.