My hitch has no problem supporting 4 bikes on a Reese bike carrier. I will
be making a bunch within the next week or tow. A bunch of folks are
waiting patiently. I am in the middle of a huge project at work. I will
P-mail some information for your review.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Clint Kolda
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:27 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: trailer

I would like to take 4 bikes along on some of our camping trips.  I do not
want to drill the roof for a rack.  Even though I already have a receiver
hitch rack for another vehicle, I am not convinced the Vanagon has
adequate support for more than two, perhaps three bikes.  I've looked at
Fiamma racks, but they only hold three bikes.  My thought is to buy a
small trailer like the one below and mount my roof rack on it.  I'm sure
this has been done before.  If so, what advice does the collective wisdom
of this list have for me?  My main concern is the light weight and high
center of gravity may cause the trailer to be unstable.   Maybe I have no
need to worry.  Any thoughts?

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