Guest seuadr Posted April 8, 2009 Share #1 Posted April 8, 2009 i've seen a few posts here talking about trailer hitch mounted racks. my question is, what kind of weights would you recommend limiting it to, and if anyone has built their own hitch, any caveats? i'm in college right now, and am taking alot of welding classes. I feel pretty confident about being able to fab a rack and trailer hitch up, but obviously, not having done it before, any tips would be hugged and loved and called george. I would like to make it out of aluminium, mostly to hold camping gear (cooler, tent, mostly light stuff) but i haven't priced out and cleared with the soon to be boss ( getting married on the 30th of may ) on what sort of welder is acceptable. I might have to settle for mild steel. thanks in advance, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Truck Guy Posted April 8, 2009 Share #2 Posted April 8, 2009 i've seen a few posts here talking about trailer hitch mounted racks. my question is, what kind of weights would you recommend limiting it to, and if anyone has built their own hitch, any caveats? i'm in college right now, and am taking alot of welding classes. I feel pretty confident about being able to fab a rack and trailer hitch up, but obviously, not having done it before, any tips would be hugged and loved and called george. I would like to make it out of aluminium, mostly to hold camping gear (cooler, tent, mostly light stuff) but i haven't priced out and cleared with the soon to be boss ( getting married on the 30th of may ) on what sort of welder is acceptable. I might have to settle for mild steel. thanks in advance, guys! I'm making mine out of aluminum.. All the metal came from a salvage yard,but will polish up real nice.With the LED tailites,I will have about 65 bucks invested.... I'm going to try to limit the weight of cargo to 10 or 12 pounds....... Congrats on the wedding....Make sure you buy all your toys,tools and gadgets before you say "I Do".......:rotfl: :crackup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemorrisonjr Posted April 8, 2009 Share #3 Posted April 8, 2009 I bought a rack from Harbor Freight and shortened to fit behind the bike Here's a picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flb_78 Posted April 8, 2009 Share #4 Posted April 8, 2009 I bought a rack from Harbor Freight and shortened to fit behind the bike Here's a picture That things HUGE!! I made mine up out of some scrap 3/4 square stock and expanded metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemorrisonjr Posted April 8, 2009 Share #5 Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) That things HUGE!! I made mine up out of some scrap 3/4 square stock and expanded metal. Not all that big, picture make it look big, took it to oklahoma and didnt notice a thing Edited April 8, 2009 by jemorrisonjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seuadr Posted April 8, 2009 Share #6 Posted April 8, 2009 Congrats on the wedding....Make sure you buy all your toys,tools and gadgets before you say "I Do"...... nice thing about that is, after the wedding, we are going to buy an 87 or 88 venture a family friend has left neglected in a heated garage, so we can do bike camping together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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