Medical Update
In mid-June I slipped, fell 4.5 feet landing on the top of my right arm just below the collar-bone. Luckily no broken bones. I did manage to relocate the tendon on the opposite side of the bone = excruciating pain. Eventually started physical therapy. 3 months later my Doc "moved" the tendon back into its normal position = lots of pain for a short moment. Now in the 4th month everything is healing. I am embarrassed to describe how I fell...other then to say I was sober at the time !!
That injury had me looking at another method to transport the bike because Doc does not want me to lift it (63 pounds) onto the carrier.
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The followings pictures illustrate my solution.
The Joe Hauler Mid-size cam-lock model - 65" wide fits the 72" wide bike complete with an aluminum ramp. Weighs 34.5 pounds after removing the aluminum ramp.
# 2 shows ramp mounted on the carrier.
# 3 Ramp. Weighs 4.6 pounds. I remove while mounting the carrier to get the weight of the carrier under my lifting limit of 35 pounds.Then bolt it down after loading the bike.
# 4 carrier mounted on the top receiver of the adapter. Now I don't drag through gutters. For now I plan to keep the old double bike carrier as two people can lift the bike weight. I also put reflector tape on vertical bars to make it easier to see day and night.
Edited by RC Pilot Jim, 06 October 2019 - 03:07 PM.