Hitch Bike Rack Solution

brclark82 · September 14, 2019

I am having a hard time locating a solution for what I want.

I have a 2.5” receiver and a 2.5” Andersen Adjustable ball hitch. I would like to find some sort of solution to add a bike rack to my hitch as well.

Ideally I would like something that is a sleeve that the Andersen hitch goes thru like how a towtector would mount but I haven’t seen anything.

I have seen 2” dual hitch extenders that would allow me to use a regular hitch mount bike rack but I have never seen a 2.5” and my Andersen ball cost over $200 and don’t really want to buy a new one.

Any ideas would be helpful, thanks.

rbrjr1 · September 18, 2019

On 9/14/2019 at 10:52 AM, brclark82 said:

I am having a hard time locating a solution for what I want.

I have a 2.5” receiver and a 2.5” Andersen Adjustable ball hitch. I would like to find some sort of solution to add a bike rack to my hitch as well.

Ideally I would like something that is a sleeve that the Andersen hitch goes thru like how a towtector would mount but I haven’t seen anything.

I have seen 2” dual hitch extenders that would allow me to use a regular hitch mount bike rack but I have never seen a 2.5” and my Andersen ball cost over $200 and don’t really want to buy a new one.

Any ideas would be helpful, thanks.

Just talk to a steel fabricator and see if one of them will make you a receiver extension that does what you want out of structural tube steel..

or just use something like THIS

brclark82 · September 18, 2019

I am aware of reducer sleeves thanks

I would like to tow my boat and have a bike rack at the same time. Something like this but 2.5”

https://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Adapters/MaxxTow/MT70070.html?feed=npn&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn_LrBRD4ARIsAFEQFKs9siRdNAQSipAIlwMc6WGQXoq9nnUfzBG5tihfBu3XHk2tTMyeaOsaAjXmEALw_wcB

I need it to support 8000lbs trailer weight and 1000lbs hitch weight so using this adapter with a sleeve also wouldn’t work even if I got a different ball.

BlancoSilverado · September 18, 2019

Heres a question, why not put the bikes in the back of the truck?

If there is cargo in the bed, then why not talk to a fabricator and use an extended 2.5" hitch and have him/her weld something together?

brclark82 · September 19, 2019

When I need to take the bikes along with the boat it’s becuase we’re going camping and the truck bed is loaded to the max so that isn’t an option.

I will will have to ask around, I don’t know any fabricators in the area and honestly I would be more comfortable knowing a an actual weight rating on something as opposed to just having someone welding something together and guessing. It seems the 2” dual adapters decrease the overall towing capacities by about 50% so I may just have to figure out a different solution.