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Old May 27, 2007 | 02:36 AM
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Anyone tow like this? For travel coast to coast for work, and sometimes the bed of my truck is nothing but tool boxes. I'd like to get one of those hitch haulers that puts the front wheel up, and lets the back wheel roll on the road. I would just get a small trailer, but the place where I live doesnt allow any type of trailer, and the yard I have isnt big enough to leave it.

 
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Old May 27, 2007 | 03:39 AM
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a ha... just get a hitch mount platform instead...
 
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Old May 27, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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you will kill your rear wheel if you let it hang off onto the road
 
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Old May 27, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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a ha... just get a hitch mount platform instead
My thoughts exactly, I want one too.
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Get a bike hauler platform, I have one it works great.
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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yeah, I found a nice one hitch platform one I'm gonna order when I get paid this week, thx.
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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those hitch platforms always worry me. I have never looked at one up close, so I dont really know how solid it really is. I just dont know that I would trust that much
weight haging right on the hitch, and not having one side drop or bend slightly.
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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the hitch itself will handle the weight for sure. A 500 lb tongue weight (bike+hitch insert) isnt anything for my truck. The one I'm looking at is rated for 700 lbs and has a lifetime warranty, cant be all that bad.
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 02:07 AM
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I have seen them in action many times hauling bikes.
 
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