Haul 1,000 lbs ~~ NO TRAILER NEEDED!
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- UPDATE!!! (03 05 2021), I failed to mention that I took the bike pictured in the thumbnail (740-760lbs, depending on who you ask.), a 2000 Harley Davidson Road King Classic, for roughly 2,500 miles from San Diego, Ca. to La Grande Oregon and the Joe Hauler did very well. I'll get a video together with the snippets I took on that trip, as soon as I can. As of 08/13/21 Here is the updated video addressing some of your questions: • No trailer needed with...
What is a Joe Hauler hitch mounted motorcycle carrier? It's got no wheels or tires, it's not a trailer and you can take your bike with you and still use the entire bed of your truck!!! I had a chance to learn about the Joe Hauler from the man himself...JOE! Depending on your vehicle's hitch load, you can literally just slide it into your hitch and slide the safety pin in and you're ready to load your bike. In this video we learn how he came up with the concept and just how easy and durable this product is to use. Whether you're hauling electric bicycles or full baggers, you can use this fantastic product.
You can haul up to 1,000 lbs with no problem at all. Contact Joe Hauler in San Marcos, Ca. via phone or online. All of the contact information in below. Tell them that Motorcycle Monkey sent you...After this video was made I took my 2000 Harley Davidson Road King Classic all the way to La Grande, Oregon and back. I'll have that video posted soon with more details.
0:00 Joe Talks About the Joe Hauler
4:29 Inside the shop
4:43 Installing Clint's Joe Hauler
8:59 Loading the bike onto the hauler
10:48 The NEW Power Lift Hauler
11:12 LIVE Customer Review (customer stopped in while we were filming to do a trade in)
12:56 Thanks Joe!
Joe Hauler Website: www.joehauler.com/
Phone: 800-504-2441 or 760-510-9092 and tell them that Motorcycle Monkey sent you
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Joe Hauler:
www.joehauler.com
Phone: 800-504-2441 or 760-510-9092
and tell them that Motorcycle Monkey sent you
I wanted to buy 2 of these because I buy and sell motorcycles over here on the east coast’s tristate, Ny, Nj, PA. But these people never answer their phones. Their website is crappy and looks like it was made by a windows 95 web designer. You can’t even order on their website. I don’t care how quality their product is if their logistics suck. They need to sell their products on commercial sites like eBay or Amazon if they want recognition or to expand their business
Yea I've been trying to reach this company and they won't pick up the phone! Reeeeally need to buy this...
This is so wrong....
Unless it has been customized/modified, hitches by factory design are design to hold typically 500-700lb of vertical weight close to the hitch. When you that 18-24" inches out, the capacity drops exponentially, probably from 700lb to 450lb. Placing a 1000lb is a certainly a call for disaster. I would never do that to my GL1800 that is roughly around 840lb.
Money can buy many things, but common sense.
That last customer had a high forehead or maybe a five head
At those prices you can just buy a nice trailer. Then you have a trailer for multiple things.
Can’t imagine all the weight of a touring Harley on the back end of your vehicle and going up a ramp. I was waiting to see him load a real bike!! Lol
That is a real bike. Better than any Harley
That will smoke your over priced hog
looks like it blocks the tailights on the truck
The truck would pop a wheelie with my road king on the back!
@@CanadianTexaninLiguria okay say it again, but with out crying 😭
“As our clientele ages...” I resemble that remark!!!! 🤣
I would never have to make the decision....wife or bike! It's always the bike! I could ride my wife when I get home.
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Feel the same way except I prefer to ride the mistress instead, LOL The wife likes to be on top.
Love the concept. I've been thinking about something like this for years but this is the first time seeing it in action. I'd have to go with the power hauler. Loading my 800lb bike up that ramp by myself doesn't seem real safe. Thanks for posting this!
I think there's a warning tag on it that says the minimum IQ requirements to use this. Don't try to ride it on like the guy on TH-cam loading on the back of a pick up and the bottom of the bike caught on the break over of the ramp and the bike fell on top of him on the ground. Anything involving the words hold my beer doesn't end well. Maybe a heavy bike you could make a temp secured walking extension on top of the tie down extensions. There are safe options that require that IQ to make it work safely. A wooden home made walking ramp to leave at home or put in the back of the truck. Maybe 12" wide with a couple 2 or 3ft 2x4s screwed to the bottom perpendicular for stability to eliminate the oops, crash, ow. I think light duty mesh and angle ramps like the bike uses clamped or bolted would work fine and if you insist on riding it then make one for the inside also. THERE! problem solved.
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I’ve had a #joehauler on the back of my van since he custom built it in 2018 for my 550lb Super Tenere on my then brand new Ford TransitF-250(w/class IV hitch). that was 75,000 miles ago. I rolled in at 9AM and he finished about 9PM the same day. Completely custom built right in front of me. Joe is a great guy to work with! Highly recommend him and the craftsmanship in his design!
the problem i came to realize while recently researching the same solution is the fact that it’s the limitation of the hitch tongue, which has weight capacity of 10% of your towing capacity and not the carrier in most cases
I was just about to comment on this.. so many people have no clue that tongue weight is even a thing. Im struggling to believe this guys truck's tongue weight can handle 1000lbs. And tongue weight is a sheer force straight down.. now an entire heavy motorcycle sticking 3 feet out on a lever basically.
While it's best to have about 10-15% of your towed weight on the tongue, your receiver often will handle far more than that. A class III receiver is typically good for 500# (up to 1000# when towing and using a weight distributing hitch), a class IV is more (1000#?).
If trying to haul any 500+# motorcycle, I'd add some additional strength to my class IV receiver.... just to be sure. I'd also consider a "helper" to my suspension to prevent nosing up (air bag setup is my 1st choice).
Most hitch manufactures dont have the engineering spec'd out. The comments stated on this commercial skips some issues. I've bent hitches by overloading, then i got educated. Joe shared the fram/reinforcing possible needs but failed to mention overloading axle capacity and the how the weight if 18" out from tongue adds 50% more to the working load. More details later on what happens with overloaded tires.
I just hauled my bike to La Grande Oregon and back. 2,300 miles with no issues. My bike around 740 lbs. 2000 Harley Road King Classic.
Video?
Footage or it didn’t happen lol
Nice try! 🤣
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Oh i am definitely gonna be buying from these guys. Heaviest duty galvanized steel ive ever seen on a carrier. Aircraft grade even 😁
Looks great, love the BMW. Watch it. In some states ( Florida) license plate must be visible. Police are also known to write a citation for avoiding tax on toll roads. RV are the worst.
Made one of these out of a Tommy lift back in 99 to haul the Harley on the back of the motorhome. Wish now we didn't sell it.
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I would like to see him push a Harley ultra limited
My thoughts exactly. Not to mention the weight on the back end!!
If you own a Harley you will eventually be pushing it. 😂
@@gregwhittington6277 damn u hit that
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I work at a motorcycle sales and repair shop in south Florida and we occasionally get a customer asking for a motorcycle carrier that can good their heavy bike like in this video. Now I know where to get a quality one. I'm sure I'll be in touch soon. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and ride safely. Tell Joe Hauler that I sent you.
🤣Jeez, shoulda started making and selling them, I made one 45 years ago, still use it.
What keeps the thing from rocking back and forth.
I made a carrier that's similar but I took my hitch off and welded 2 more reciever tubes at the end of the hitch. In line with the middle tube. Having 3 mounting tubes off the hitch makes it very stable . And I use a Harbor freight wheel chock. I've have hauled a KLR 650 over 3000 miles with no problems. On the back of a 2001 F250 7.3 with rear air bags.
Weighing the truck before and after. It took 400 lbs. Off the front axle and put 1000 lbs. On the rear axle. I'm not to sure I'd put my 2019 Goldwing on the carrier. Since it weights 350 lbs more than the KLR. I run a tall Leer topper on my truck and I have to loosen the straps on the R.S. of the motorcycle and let it lean back to get it in the topper. I've also hauled a 2018 Vstrom 1000XT,
It's likely heavy on one side taking up the slack but you could put straps front and back of the bike to the bumper. That's where the IQ thing I was taking about earlier comes in.
Great looking product. The real question for Joe would be what the hell were you doing in those 20 year gas LOL you could be a millionaire by now if you’re not already.
If that guy could roll my Goldwing up on that rack as easily as he did the 500 pound BMW I would buy one
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Add a tire hoop for the front tire and it will better stabilize the bike before the tie-down straps are in place. Also wondering how much wear from loading there is on the hitch point after many miles. Most pickup hitches (class 3) are rated to 600lb tongue weight at most. And all bouncing and vibration from being loaded with a 400 to 800+ pound bike, let alone the hitch weight itself, will be borne right where the tongue enters the hitch.
Great a successful company like this with excellent customer service. Question...with the 1st bike in the video, can one person load the bike by themselves ? ..the way the video was edited/shot it was not clear on this point as there was no wide side view as was used in the 2nd power lift demo
Please don’t think I am bad mouthing this product, I am not. I have something similar and I can tell you depending on your vehicle, the load the bike puts on your back shocks makes a difference. If your bike is heavy, let’s say more than 500lbs, you will work those shocks to the point of replacement. I suppose if you have lift bags in the back it would help but too much weight back there also makes your front end squirrelly while driving. I still use mine for my smaller bike but for bigger bikes a trailer is the stable way to go, at least for me.
I call bull shit. There are people that actually use their trucks to haul 1, 2 ,3, 4 thousand pounds on a regular basis and our shocks are just fine. We pulled 8000lb bobcat on a 14,000lb trailer around for 20 yrs behind a 3/4 ton 2500 Dodge and F250 fords. Pallets of salt, concrete block, sand and gravel, all in the bed.
@@Sny734 you can call BS that's cool me me. Just giving my real world experience opinion.
@@xrayturner I don't know where your at but it's not the real world. When you get 40 yrs of experience IN the real world then you'll see.
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Looks like a good product!
It really is. I have another video from taking it on a long trip. Thanks for watching. Be safe.
I have to agree with several comments here that the demo should be done with a ‘Heavy’ bike. I would also be concerned about the length of overhang on the right side of the vehicle with a larger bike.
Is that worse than pulling a 8ft wide trailer?
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I had mine for years. Built like tank. Had 275 lb dirt bikes on it with my Jeep Grand Cherokee. Stupid me, arrived at a destination after 20 mile ride down the highway, walk around to get the bike, and to my horror and amazement, I see my hitch pin sitting on top of my bumper. I failed to insert it, AND it never came off. Now, as a precaution, once I have a trailer or hitch all set up and ready to go, I stop and I point at every item to make sure I double check that everything is complete. Very lucky. GREAT hauler. Great for stealth entry points whereas a trailer is more obvi.
Wow. You got lucky that thing didn't come loose. Thanks for watching.
That's another reason why guys should never talk to the guy loading his rig, distractions during your routine are so common at the campgrounds though.
It's not just the weight. It's where it is and what's doing the hauling. 700-800+ lbs that far behind the rear axle makes weight loading dicey on the wrong vehicle? Hit a big dip in the road and lose traction on the front wheels or they literally pop up in the air. I've had that very thing happen on smaller work truck improperly loaded to far aft. While it'd seems it'd be great for lesser weight bikes - I'd rather not do that for a harley. Just too many bad memories of hauling jobs and people loading my truck wrong. Put it in the bed or on it's own trailer chassis and feel safe about unsure road conditions ahead etc.. But's that's me.
I have a class 5 hitch & Dually Ram that I considered this setup to carry my 850 lb Streetglide. Hitch is good for 1200 lb tongue weight but the carrier being out about 2 feet brings the max tongue weight down about 50% . 25% per foot extended out . Too light of a setup for a heavy bike
This is what annoys me about videos like this, they just don't know physics or they just plain ignore it.
Make sure to check your hitch specifications, a class 3 hitch only is rated for Tongue Weight: 600 LB (that means DOWN FORCE, WHICH IS MORE THAN MOST HARLEYS OR FULL SIZE TOURING BIKES WEIGH!! )
Yep, and that's assuming the weight is within a few inches of the back bumper where the ball would be.
My Electra Glide weighs 800
@@brianhaygood183 Right the further out you get the more leverage pulling down.
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where is the 1000lb single on the website? a HD RG is a heavy bike!! seems like it would be bouncing up and down too much and break? Also, how about rocks and dirt kicked up by your truck as the bike sits out away from the rear bumper? Thx
Very cool.
Great concept...I would put a little more emphasis on the hitch classification required...3- would be borderline, 4 gets a person around a 1000 lbs, class 5 ..no problem..
great job ,heavy duty! did i miss the gross weight allowed on?
Nice did you have to beef up your leaf springs to hold your King, how does your pick up handel with it on the back any swaying ? Also does he make it with a wheel chuck because loading a King or another big bike by yourself. One wrong move and you and your bike are done. A wheel chuck would make it a lot easier to strap it down by yourself. Can you give the price for the one that holds the Road king or do I have to call Joe himself. Do you know if there sold in NY
Just spend $220 for a Condor wheel chock.
Do you have another video of you using yours with your road king you can share or send to me. Thank you
It looks like a really neat product. Unfortunately my Smart car (smallest car sold in the US) can't cut it. The hauler weighs 50 lbs, the scooter weighs 200 lbs which would be fine for the Econo Hauler except the car has a 500 lbs weight limit and the wife if 300 lbs, I weigh 110. We'd be way over the limit.
Fine maybe for lite bikes, but my 987lb MC is probably just a little big for this set up.
I would like to see him loading a touring bike like a road glide .
Why you didn’t put a full size Harley on there instead of that little moped
Let's see a Harley go on this, since it's rated for 1000lbs. Then I would buy!
Going to buy one ,planing my vacation to Arizona and want to take my Electra glide ultra to ride around my ocean front property !
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I like to see you put my 826 Harley street glide one that.
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Come on now, you say you can haul 1000 pounds and you demo a 300 pound bike. Put a 900+ pound Ultra Limited on there - lets see it.
Yeah no sh!t.
Where's the video of a Road or Street Glide easily pushed up and held on such a hauler? Show me how well it handles the single ramp and bumps on freeway on a simple tow hitch please.
Exactly. also why dont they just have a little platform welded on so
you can put the kickstand down? your'e not going to hold a Harley w/one hand while
your'e trying to get straps on it.
There won’t be. How about my Road Glide Ultra?
Exactly
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I have a Joe Hauler and a KLR 650. The hauler is now bent and almost drags from a 400 lb. Dual Sport motorcycle.
Why don’t you take it back, it’s got lifetime warranty
I dont believe it. Please explain how that steel bent?
Very nice bike.
Very nice and cool video. Thumbs up liked.
Skip to like 9:00 to actually see the thing
Thanks, too much blah blah blah!
WTF...this guy is so jittery. .when can I see wtf you are so giddesh about?
Thank you!
Just a thought put a front wheel lock on the trailer you got it made no holding the bike it it does have lights on the trailer
We have the same hitch from a different manufacturer that came with added supports to help at the 2" receiver and it tilts and wiggles, how sturdy is this one with just the receiver pinned in?
What brand?
Whats the model of the unit that you picked up JHXX?
I would like to see a one man demo with full size touring or bagger ie Harley or Honda Goldwing
Love mine.
Why didn’t you load the Harley?
Id like to see you put a Hog on that trailer hitch carrier. I have a 600 pound K1200GT BMW and I wouldn't trust this single thin walled single throat connector. So much force and weight is on these hitch receivers that are mostly weighted for 600 pound tongue weight. You can add all the cross beam struts but at the end its all on the one post that goes into your receiver. You need solid steel tubing And cross supports to keep the twisting action to a minimum. Your hitch Trailer gets a zero. You can get away with these small light weight bikes but I would not be selling these as full size bike Hitch Trailers...
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Newer follow along patent has 50yrs window on that upgraded new idea prt.
Website says the bike weight limit is only 400lbs
is there video of the harley being loaded on?
Better have a winch or a bunch of help, even a sportster would be a pain to load.
Exactly my thoughts.
Put your scoot in 1st gear and feather the clutch. No pushing or struggling regardless of the size of your scoot.
Thanks for posting watch for seems like hours never saw anything got bored went to sleep
Looks good but I have to believe the road shock and vibration will get to the weakest points quickly. 1000 lbs on a 12 inch arm.... !
1000? My 1600cc Vulcan only weighs 6-700. What bike weighs 1000?
@@a.nellsechs6817 I'm referencing the title of the video. I sure don't want a 1000 lb bike, I would have to call it a car.
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I want to see how much that truck squats!
Try putting 1000lbs on the back of yours and let us know how wimpy your truck is.
do you have to be going at a low speed limit when loaded? i bought one and recomended speed limit is 55mph and that will add about 2 hours to my trip one way
I recommend you follow the suggestion but I have gone at higher speeds. I believe it depends on the quality of the roads you're on as well. Just be safe and use ratchet straps. Not the clamp straps. They have to be re-tightened several times over a long trip. Just my opinion.
I can't find the hydraulic version online?
Just got a honda goldwing I'm sure the old v6 rodeo has enough power to towe it ima see if it works if not I can just use the Tacoma
Where are the specs and pics of the JH30?
My Harley is stretched so there's no way I could haul it like this 😕😁 Looks cool for smaller bikes tho.
Have two choppers one with a 14 over girder close to 10 feet long other 12 over girder. Just a little shorter. Dont see this hauling my 84 Goldwing or 2000 K1200LT. It would work with my 72 CB750 bobber if I remove the hack
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How about loading a full dresser? You guys loaded a skinny, light bike.
I bought a cheap hauler for my small Harley Minnie Cruiser Street 750 (lol)
Have not used it but I know ill need reinforced smile 🙂
Two Qs
1. Can I attach it to a Sedan?
2. Irrespective of the vehicle type, the carrier with the bike mounted, will block the license plate and the lights (brake & turn signals) - how do you circumvent these issues?
I thought about putting the plate on the hauler itself for the times I use it. As for the signals, it has those on the hauler. I may have missed showing it on the video. I'll check it and see If I missed that. If so, I apologize and good catch. From what Joe told me, always check the hitch weight capacity. I hope this helps.
That bike is not 1000lbs... try hauling a Honda gold wing...
Goldwing would not fit as the first and second additions are 9 feet long making the vehicle too wide.
That tiedown in the front .. oh hell no :-s ..
I thought they were going to load a cruiser, not a 50 lb bike, lol.
I'll use the truck bed.
1000# tongue weight= 10,000# trailer, hitch rated for this,
Nice idea. However, tongue weight is a major factor whit most trucks.
My problem with it is pushing a dresser up there your leg will hit the cross member
You're not very agile if you can't navigate that.
Why am I still watching?
Check your tonge or hitch rating
I’m gonna copy that power lift one for the back of my motor home. Looks like they used a trailer tongue lifter.
Good luck and safe travels. Thanks for watching.
I think I need to buy a Joe hauler ramp.
Oh ,Dang I thought Billy Mays past on..where is Vince? WOW ..SCAM-WOW
No way my 2017 Street Glide is going up that easyyyy
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He could’ve showed us what held the bike up from the other side... He was strapping it as the bike was leaning on him.. No Tail lights ?
Some of theses questions are easily answered by watching the video. Didn't you see the two straps going from the tie down rings going up over the tail gate? For those that never strapped a bike down before Look at the IQ requirements I was taking about earlier. If you fall below those or have any doubts DON'T DO IT. Get someone to show you the ropes. Save up extra cash for repairs and hospital bills. First if you rode or pushed the bike up there and the straps are in the tool box then your IQ falls below the required amount to do the job with out damage and pain. You learn to have the straps where you need them and a way to get them in your hand. A magnet on a string? A grabber? The higher your IQ the more solutions you'll come up with.
I've had my learning pains. I pulled up in the camp ground leaning left and back, leveled the trailer dropped and blocked the ramp door, added a 2x6 extension the had 6 drunks that had been there for a day fight each other trying to keep the brand new 09 Dresser from falling backing it out of the trailer. As I occasionally look at some of the 6500 pictures on my phone, in particular to this story of to this camping trip (Thunder in the Cascades at Coopers lake Pa by I79). I look at the pictures of the truck and toy hauler sitting there on the hill wondering why I didn't unload it my self 50ft away on the black top. Go figure.
If trailer hitches have a support weight of like 550lbs how can the weight of a harley and the weight of the metal frame all hold off a hitch?
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I’ve noticed a lot of replies you cannot see. I wonder why?
Pushing my gs up a 15 degree incline alone is....difficult.
Say, what do you do for guys like me who have a bike that is more than 102" long? Do I get one of those OVER WIDTH LOAD banners or what? I have a Star Venture TC (2018) and it is just over 106 inches long.
Yeah get you wide load sign
@@stevenbrown755 :)
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. That contraption with that weight that far out will exceed tongue weight limits.
I can see a dangerous situation when you got a bike on there that is kind of heavy and hitting bumps in the road that would create that thing bouncing like it's on a trampoline because of no support, I'm out
How does the truck steer on wet pavement with a 900lb bike on the hauler ?
Probably about like a Harley. :D
My Power stroke or Cummins diesel wouldn't even know there was a 1000lb Dresser back there. Frankly nether would my gas 1/2 ton Avalanche.
ALMOST PERFECT BUT WHEN YOU DRIVE HOW BAD DOES IT WABBLE ESPECIALLY ON HILLS, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH 5 BIKES ON A 5 BIKE RACK ALL BAD
First Off...I failed on this video, to show folks that I actually hauled my 750 pound Road King Classic for more than 2,500 miles with the hauler. I was too hasty to get the video out so I'll be making another trip with it and this time I'll film the actual usage of it. I trust the hauler now but admittedly, it flexes a bit and it scared me at first but now I have complete confidence in it after my experience. I checked my straps at every stop for sure. That was the most concerning thing for me after about 500 miles. I hope this helps and thanks for watching.
@@MotorcycleMonkey If it's side to side you could strap each end of the bike down to the bumper.
Are they mas production and made in China
Compress those front forks before it’s tied down. Otherwise they’ll compress when you hit a bump and your bike will indeed hit the tailgate or go the other way. And better to tie them around the handlebars so you don’t splay the forks out.
What do the police think of the truck license plate covered by the bike ???
Yes, and relocating the plate one has to provide a light for it also. Not to mention no brake lights.
I got a warning for a tow hitch ball behing my plate!
Take my money!!!!
Ha! Worth it.
I only see 600-800 lb ratings on the website
Enjoyed the video because I was bored...but I ride a 2019 HD Tri-Glide Ultra, so that has No bearing to anything I would need it for. But interesting concept regardless...👊Respect👊
YOU would need a different model.
How you going to get a full dressed Harley or gold wing on it ?
Where can I get more information on the NEW Power Lift Hauler. It is not on their website. I had an Africa Twin and it is too big to manhandle and roll up on a ramp, so this looks like a good alternative. Interested in knowing more about it and how I can purchase it.
Get in touch with the guys directly. They can answer your questions. Here is their contact information and please let me know what you find out. Joe or Chip and tell them Clint sent you from Motorcycle Monkey. 1-800-504-2441 Toll Free
(760) 510-9092 phn
(760) 510-9093 fax
Info@JoeHauler.com
dont see anything on their site that shows 100lbs hauler - can someone send a link if they find?
i meant to say 1000 lbs hauler
Work on a suv?
In my province you can't hide the licence plates and the taillight's.
May have a point there but with a medium IQ you could figure a work around to make your self happy.
Just gonna guess that a long wheel base touring bike will be too heavy and extend too far each side of the truck to be legal, unless you are driving a huge truck.
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so many people have no clue that tongue weight is even a thing. Im struggling to believe this guys truck's tongue weight can handle 1000lbs. And tongue weight is a sheer force straight down.. now an entire heavy motorcycle sticking 3 feet out on a lever basically.