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Looking for a swing-away solution for a receiver mounted motorcycle carrier. Similar to this:
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I called the firm in the advertisement, who is an overlander tent company, and they stated it was a one-off they had custom made.

contacted a local Colorado Springs fabricator and he said that not many companies do custom work like this anymore.

any suggestions? Thx
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Most don't swing away, but do at least offer a ramp.
Thanks. My ROW does not have a 2” receiver it has the OEM 3 pt hitch. Is there an aftermarket 2” receiver replacement that maintains similar tongue weight specs as the original hitch?

My KLR250 only weighs ~260#, but I’ve heard that aftermarket receivers for ROW vehicles are not rated at the same capacity as the OEM receiver.
Not sure how you would build a swing-away that would be carrying 400+ lbs.

I had a motojack rack on my 90 that slid into the hitch. Worked fantastic, easy to operate and most of all, easy to load a bike on. You just need that 2" receiver.



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Not sure how you would build a swing-away that would be carrying 400+ lbs.

I had a motojack rack on my 90 that slid into the hitch. Worked fantastic, easy to operate and most of all, easy to load a bike on. You just need that 2" receiver.



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That's sharp. Thanks

I'm looking for access to the back door, as I'm working on an overlander build, so that set-up probably won't work.

RakAttach (see below) makes a solid product, I don't know the max weight, but I think it's 300#. I have an email into them. I would still need to convert to a 2" receiver, unfortunately.

Does anyone know if the class 3 hitch sold by Rovers North have the same Tongue rating as the OEM hitch? How about the step bumper? Is that rated similarly?

thx
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That's sharp. Thanks

I'm looking for access to the back door, as I'm working on an overlander build, so that set-up probably won't work.

RakAttach (see below) makes a solid product, I don't know the max weight, but I think it's 300#. I have an email into them. I would still need to convert to a 2" receiver, unfortunately.

Does anyone know if the class 3 hitch sold by Rovers North have the same Tongue rating as the OEM hitch? How about the step bumper? Is that rated similarly?

thx
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WOW That's slick! Some big torsional strength for sure. Happy to see some orange.

This is the one I have while it's a bitch to fit on a 110 due to the rear fuel tank, it's substantial.

It's all about the depth of the hitch receiver with any of these products. This one is about four and a half inches deep. The Wilco/ rack attack all those things all require a pretty deep receiver

This is the one I have while it's a bitch to fit on a 110 due to the rear fuel tank, it's substantial.

It's all about the depth of the hitch receiver with any of these products. This one is about four and a half inches deep. The Wilco/ rack attack all those things all require a pretty deep receiver
Thanks for this. Will call TerraFirma on specs.
It's not rated fyi. I can give you measurements off mine if you need it.
It's not rated fyi. I can give you measurements off mine if you need it.
Okay, thanks. Does anyone know if the terrafirma receiver above has a higher capacity than a NAS bumper style class III receiver, or the other bolt-on class III receiver Rovers North sells on their website?
What I'm saying is that it's not rated for capacity/weight/anything. In the UK you can sell an unrated hitch, can't do that here in the States.

All I can tell you is that it's big and very substantial.
That's sharp. Thanks I'm looking for access to the back door, as I'm working on an overlander build, so that set-up probably won't work. RakAttach (see below) makes a solid product, I don't know the max weight, but I think it's 300#. I have an email into them. I would still need to convert to a 2" receiver, unfortunately. Does anyone know if the class 3 hitch sold by Rovers North have the same Tongue rating as the OEM hitch? How about the step bumper? Is that rated similarly? thx View attachment 455854
Who makes the m/c rack in the photo?
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