There is a clearance issue on my set up. I can not open the tail gate with the trailer on or the tai

Best deals are on used travel trailers so toy haulers hotels near the georgia dome in atlanta are out plus my wife does not like the interiors of the toy haulers So i was wondering if anyone has just loaded the dirt bike into the trailer strapped it down for the trip and how it worked out? The short bead pick ups make it tought to get a bike in the bed of the truck and close the tail gate. I am not a big fan of putting a hitch carrier on back of trailer for various reasons. The bikes are under 300 pounds so it should not be an issue with weight capacity of travel trailer. I figured on bolting 2-3 d rings into floor in kitchen area of trailer. A little manuvering to get bike in door with a ramp and same to get it back out. Anybody hotels near the georgia dome in atlanta try it?
Sounds sketchy at best. The doors on travel trailers are narrower then a standard door making hotels near the georgia dome in atlanta it even more difficult to load. Even if one drop of gas drips your camper will stink for days and days. I would attempt to put a rail where the propane tanks are normally placed. Inside a camper would be the last place I d be putting a bike. Maybe try to make something like this?
Haven t had any spills or any smells in my TH in 5 years. I fabbed a rack for the back of my standard trailer a while back. You just need to figure out how to set equalizer bars and maybe run with all tanks empty.
Thanks for input. I do not agree with the spill a drop smell forever though....the actual toy hauler models get loaded with the bikes and then converted back to living space once at sestination. At least the ones without garage box. I am hoping somenone will respond that has done this and how much of a pain was it to load into trailer. I thing bars would fit with some manuvering.
I had a friend that did the same thing you want to do. It worked out fine for him but he was also only loading one bike and it was a kx80 at that. IMO if you empty the gas and make sure the bikes are secure it shouldn t be a problem. Good luck
If you wanted to do this regularly, and depending on the floor plan, I would consider replacing the dining area with one that completely folds up against the wall, like a toy hauler would have, and park your bike in the area that is vacated when the table is folded up. I also would put the bike on indoor/outdoor carpet, with a rubber backing, for leak/dirt reasons.
Unless you have one of those short-short-short beds (nothing but a lidless economy car trunk), why not pop the tailgate off, leave it at home, and load the bikes and go? A 6 bed will have the bikes rear tire on the bed, but the radius will protrude some, but not enough to interfere with the trailer.
Good ideas. The trailer i looked at has a slide out so i figured i could open slide out put bike in strap down etc.. close slide out and away we go. I will test it out first before buying. And by the way was the Subaru thing a joke? that looks sketchy to me compared to puttng a 300 pound bike in a traveltrailer that can hold 1500 + pounds. Just saying.
Unless you have one of those short-short-short beds (nothing but a lidless economy car trunk), why not pop the tailgate off, leave it at home, and load the bikes and go? A 6 bed will have the bikes rear tire on the bed, but the radius will protrude some, but not enough to interfere with the trailer.
I have a 25 travel trailer and a Tundra Crewmax with a 5.5 bed. I do exactly what CH suggested. I take the tailgate off and put two fullsize bikes in back. The only extra thing I do is anchor a 4x6 to my bumper and the back tires sit level on the 4x6 instead of sagging off the end of the bed.
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Why do you guys bother taking the tailgate off at all? I have a full size Chevy short bed and when I haul two bikes and my trailer I use a old pair of tiedowns to hold the tailgate up against the rear tires of the bikes. Works great and theres no clearence issues with the trailer.
There is a clearance hotels near the georgia dome in atlanta issue on my set up. I can not open the tail gate with the trailer on or the tailgate hits the jack. The tailgate would still hang down far enough to be a problem when turning and going over bumps and ditches. It only takes a few seconds to take the tailgate off and not have to worry about it at all.
Thanks fot the input guys. I am less concerned about about being able to tow a travel trailer and still bring along couple dirt bikes after reading some of the replys. It may take some doing tailgate/bungees etc but doable.
Why do you guys bother taking the tailgate off at all? I have a full size Chevy short bed and when I haul two bikes and my trailer I use a old pair of tiedowns to hold the tailgate up against the rear tires of the bikes. Works great and theres no clearence issues with the trailer.
I think everyone nneds to clarify the bed size of their trucks. It used to be long bed = 8 and short bed = 6.5 , but with the new 1/2 ton crew cabs the beds are about 5.5 . I have a standard 6.5 bed on my truck and pull my travel trailer with the tailgate at a 45 with a couple bikes loaded. It works fine but I m not sure if you could do the same with a short-short 5.5 bed. Probably just 1 bike with the front wheel buried in the corner. I think that if there was a need to haul the bike out of the truck or another bike that wouldn t fit in the bed of the truck (assuming it is a 5.5 ) then a carrier on the back of the trailer would be a good option because hotels near the georgia dome in atlanta it would be easier to load. I have actually been considering doing this myself. The main concern is beefing up the rear frame area of the trailer to handle the load of a receiver hitch mounted carrier. I think that if you adjusted your load you could compensate for the extra weight on the rear.