Hi. Awesome video! This is Marvin with MotoTote. It looks like the bike is situated rearward. Can you move the front wheel stop forward? If so that would make room at the back to get the ramp out from under the tire.
Do you have the front wheel stop fully maxed out to the left? If not that could allow you more room for the bike to clear the back tire to release the ramp.
Sadly I did not think of this at all until the bike was back on the ground. MotoTote themselves said the same thing haha. It would fit if I adjusted the front wheel stop further out.
You switched it from the front hitch to the back was it too heavy for the front I’m trying to front hit my mx setup to the front any advice I can’t carry it on the rear hitch I have a trailer
You have to move up the front tire chock to the first position. Besides that, the hitch is not rated for that heavy of a bike. bike should be less that 400 pounds for your ford e250
Yup we got that sorted out from a few other comments about moving the front choke forward. Secondly, I installed the rear hitch myself. Curt #14053 has a tongue weight of 1,000 lbs. My BMW weighs around 500-525 loaded. The MotoTote carrier weighs 60lbs. My hitch can more than carry that weight. Has done it many times already. Next time don’t assume.
@@oakleeme7679I just got my MotoTote and the customer service has been absolutely amazing getting it all set up. I came across this video as a suggestion and wanted to see how others are strapping down their bikes. I'm glad to see that the bike was staying upright by itself! I also thought that the hitch rating is limited by the vehicle. Meaning if your aftermarket hitch is rated at 10,000 lb but your vehicle has an OEM of 5,000 lbs, you are limited by the lower of two numbers...in this case 5,000 lbs. Conversely if your hitch was rated at 2,500 lbs and your vehicle tow capacity was 5,000 lbs, you'd be limited to 2,500 lbs. Either way, thanks for the vid and hope you stay safe (and help others stay safe on the road as well!)
Hi. Awesome video! This is Marvin with MotoTote. It looks like the bike is situated rearward. Can you move the front wheel stop forward? If so that would make room at the back to get the ramp out from under the tire.
I did not even think of that! lol duh. Ya I could move the wheel chock forward and it may just clear the ramp. I'll have to give it a try!
Yes, the front wheel chock is adjustable
@@emig911 yup totally didn’t realize it. Live and learn!
@@oakleeme7679 Just following up. Did it work to move the wheel stop forward? Do you know the wheelbase of the bike?
@@PepeBanano in the video I pull up the bikes wheelbase. I never did try it again but it would definitely have worked out.
I see you didn’t adjust the chock, but for that little bit of extra room you could’ve let a little air out the front to push it further fwd as well
Yes you are totally right. My brain that day was running on low lol. The rack works great.
Do you have the front wheel stop fully maxed out to the left? If not that could allow you more room for the bike to clear the back tire to release the ramp.
Sadly I did not think of this at all until the bike was back on the ground. MotoTote themselves said the same thing haha. It would fit if I adjusted the front wheel stop further out.
You switched it from the front hitch to the back was it too heavy for the front I’m trying to front hit my mx setup to the front any advice I can’t carry it on the rear hitch I have a trailer
You have to move up the front tire chock to the first position. Besides that, the hitch is not rated for that heavy of a bike. bike should be less that 400 pounds for your ford e250
Yup we got that sorted out from a few other comments about moving the front choke forward. Secondly, I installed the rear hitch myself. Curt #14053 has a tongue weight of 1,000 lbs. My BMW weighs around 500-525 loaded. The MotoTote carrier weighs 60lbs. My hitch can more than carry that weight. Has done it many times already. Next time don’t assume.
@@oakleeme7679I just got my MotoTote and the customer service has been absolutely amazing getting it all set up. I came across this video as a suggestion and wanted to see how others are strapping down their bikes. I'm glad to see that the bike was staying upright by itself!
I also thought that the hitch rating is limited by the vehicle. Meaning if your aftermarket hitch is rated at 10,000 lb but your vehicle has an OEM of 5,000 lbs, you are limited by the lower of two numbers...in this case 5,000 lbs.
Conversely if your hitch was rated at 2,500 lbs and your vehicle tow capacity was 5,000 lbs, you'd be limited to 2,500 lbs.
Either way, thanks for the vid and hope you stay safe (and help others stay safe on the road as well!)