Carrying bikes on front of First Gen Tundra

[2trout]

Hi Folks,

Anyone here every carry bikes on the front of a first gen Tundra? Preparing for a road trip and we acquired two lightweight bikes for the trip. Truck carries a 2003 Hallmark Milner and Id rather not carry the bikes on the back. Any ideas?

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[Beach]

I did and still do on my current truck, current truck has a Ranch Hand brush guard, which the carrier is mounted to. The 06 Tundra had a push bar and the carrier was mounted to it via a aluminum plate that spanned the cross bars. I like it on the front as the bikes are out of the way of the rear door and I use a hitch carry for firewood, also the bikes stay cleaner on the front, Never had any cooling issues

 

[buckland]

Front receiver hitch makes it easy. There is a thread on this. (I have one and it works very well)

 

[Ben_1987]

I prefer bikes on the back but for our last camper we used a front hitch when not using some camper mounted bike hangers on the back. We had a brush guard so I had the fab shop weld/fasten some tube stock for a hitch, but a stock front hitch would have been simple and cheap.

https://imgur.com/a/3pL6HE1

 

[CPT Davenport]

Just to offer another option, this is what works well for us. We did not want the extra weight of a hitch + bike rack. We also often tow a boat, so this has been an awesome solution for us.

 

[2trout]

Thanks all!