On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 5:11:33 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I see there are draw bar adapters/extensions that enable mounting a bicycle rack plus your standard hitch ball for coupling the trailer, e.g:

https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Recei...k+extender#Ask

Could the extended arm of such connections plus the added weight of a bicycle or two present some tradeoffs in trailering stability and weight limits?


Has anyone tried this, and if so what was your experience. Any engineering cautions welcome as well.

Thanks,
Mark

I built a clamp with a bike rack receiver that went onto the square tow bar of my trailer (no brakes on this trailer). The bike rack went into that receiver front-to-rear and I did haul three bikes from SC to UT and back with it. The bike rack was positioned such that I could still open the tail-gate of the station wagon (VW Passat). To access the trailer's front hatch, I could pull a pin on the bike rack and lean the bikes forward a bit. Worked great and the person who bought my glider several years later thought it was a great added feature.

Uli
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