Haul-Master Motorcycle Carrier from Harbor Freight
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we review the hitch-mounted, Haul-Master motorcycle carrier from Harbor Freight (www.harborfreight.com/400-lb-.... We show how to assemble the carrier as well as how to modify it so it is as close to the vehicle as possible. We demonstrate how to load/unload a bike and give our impressions/review on the item.
Topics and timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Unboxing
4:56 - Assembly
11:45 - Installation and modification
20:19 - Loading a motorcycle
31:37 - Unloading a motorcycle
35:42 - Summary/conclusions
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Drink every time he says “a skosh”. Congrats, you’re now completely hammered.
So, I need to purchase this for the sake of transporting my dirt bike. This is a very informative video. Thank you so much. Now I feel a lot better about purchasing this product.
Awesome video! I wish this would have been around when I first purchased mine. As simple as these things seem to be to use, you really touched on some very important things that most of us would overlook in the beginning.
Hi Andy, thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the video was entertaining and thanks for watching!
Thanks Christopher,
This video made it much easier to put my 100 # E-Bike on this carrier. You present the processes very clearly. It was super helpful to know the things to do before hand.
I love this carrier. Great Work!
Excellent tutorial/demonstration/review. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video, excellent job! 🙏🏻
What a well overall video really impressed with the quality of it! Bravo!
You make excellent instructional videos!! Thanks!
I'm glad it was helpful! In case you are interested, I have a similar video that shows a hitch that is good for smaller bikes and cargo at th-cam.com/video/g5EULqpJCQ8/w-d-xo.html. Thanks for watching!
Helpful video! Good explanation on assembly of carrier.
This was the most complete video for all phases of what to do with this particular carrier. The only thing I would suggest is finding a few synonyms for skosh (hair, bit, smidgen, touch, tad)? Thanks for the assist.
I think you're a skosh too critical. LOL
Life is like a Box of Skoshes
Thank you for this comment. I would have never noticed, but now I laughed every time he said it.
Superb. Very informative. Like your jack stand support idea!!
Outstanding video. Thanks.
Nice Video! Very informative, thank you.
Very thorough. Thank you.
Nice job. I learned a lot.
Great video. I have been looking at one of these to haul my wife's Honda Rebel 300 on vacations with.
Also, thanks for teaching me the word "skosh". I've never in my life heard it, but my wife heard it a lot as a kid. FYI for this as nerdy as I am and may be interested: "Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang." Makes sense that my wife knew it, as she grew up in a military family.
Great video, thanks!
Well done, thank you sir.
This guy sure does love the word " Skosh " ! Btw great tutorial very informative. As for the bending I ended up taking off their supports on both sides and put 1.5"x1.5" square tubing across the length on top of the carrier then drilled through the middle and each end then bolted them down at the corners and through the middle section and now it doesn't bend at all!
That is a good idea, thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
I've had one for over a year now and am happy with it, for the price. For me it was too high off the ground so I had to buy their extension, that lowers the rack a bit. Even with the anti-tattle brackets, or whatever they call them, the unit seems quite loose, but that hasn't been a problem. I might mention that the black plastic knobs are junk, I've had two of the break off. They need some kind of metal wing nut, I'll probably have to weld something up.j
Thanks for the demo and review.
Jim
Great video, I'm going to pick mine up in the morning. Hopefully it works out as good as yours seems to have 👍👍
thanks for your help man appreciate you
I drilled out the front receiver hole to make it hold my locking trailer pin, and I cut off the bar holding on the ramp to get it out of the way.
A helpful tip. Don’t use the cheapest weakest straps you can find to strap your bike down. When your moving around the bike may have forces acting upon the strap that increases the bikes weight on the strap.
Thanks very nice video
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Please let me know what you think in the comments. You can support this channel via Patreon at www.patreon.com/christopherwlum . Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
some great features on this beast.
I think the van needs a lift :)
Thanks for sharing
Great Video, I like your honest review of the bending under load. I have to politely disagree about the statement, "No bend after unloading". Your video shows a minor bend remaining in the carrier after unloading.
I just bought this yesterday for a Razor EcoSmart Metro Scooter. Thin 16” tires:
I just removed the wing nuts and it works fine.
I plan to chop off the extension that holds the ramp. Who needs that? I can throw the ramp in the SUV.
Another Washingtonian. Very informative and helpful video. Don’t listen to the haters or change anything. I’m subscribing to your channel now..
It is always great to run into someone else from the evergreen state. Thanks for watching and for subscribing, I hope to catch you at another video in the future!
Thanks
Thanks for the in depth video my friend, but I wished I was there at certain points to just give ya a hug and tell you to slow down lol. You know what you are taking about so be confident in yourself! I also understand that may just be the way you are wired and I respect either way! Thanks for the info
Thank you sir. Your a bad ass
Excellent video. I'll be buying one of these carriers to transport my e-bike & e-scooter on my Sprinter. The bike will rest on the carrier, and the scooter will fold and rest on the ramp. BTW, the reason the platform deflected downward is because the weight of the bike and the downward pressure exerted by the straps exceeded the design limit of the carrier. The bike weighs a nominal 300 pounds. The force exerted while compressing the suspension would have easily been >100 pounds, thus exceeding the device rating. That's my guess, anyway.
On the front wheel clamp, if you had a thinner wheel, could you move the wing nuts to the inside of the frame?
Thank you.. Just what I needed, mine came without instructions.
Great video! I was thinking if those 2 metal ‘strap’ stabilizer bars seen on the top were underneath pushing up instead it would alleviate some of the bending. What kind of camera are you using - is it 4K? The video quality is excellent!
Very good video. I am thinking about these for an eventual van conversion and to take a dual purpose bike with me. How are you finding the ground clearance when negotiating hills and ferry ramps?
You mention in this video that the front tire locks barely work on your front tires because the width of the tires is narrow, Do you know when the left and right tire holds are screwed all the way in what the measurement between the two holding points. What is the width of the opening when the two tire hold downs are all the way in? This will tell me if my fat tire (4") e-bike will work with this ramp.
Hi handsome great review.
Just remember that your van is now wider since the front wheel sticks out.
Good vid skosh
I have the same type of van as yours. Once the bike is off the carrier, how much clearance do you have at the bottom of the doors when you open them from the highest point of the carrier
Does this bike carrier block the back up camera on the van causing it not to work?
How many inches wide are the tires? Thank you
Thank you for making this video...gotta tell ya...it looks complicated to lock down.
Bought one but just took it back. Installed on a 3500hd 4x4 dually with a hitch adapter to also tow a sea doo. The bike was too far off the ground to safely load/unload with any degree of control. The ramp that comes with it is too short under the circumstances and it makes it too steep. I tried a longer ramp and supports under each side. Just too much to handle for a xr150l which is about 300 pounds.
When loading from the right, you used a jack and a ‘chock’. When unloading to the left, you only used a jack. Is the left side of the carrier lower than the right?
No...well...it may have been Fed X"s fault...but my experience says to me...maybe not...I picked mine up yesterday at Harbor Freight...and my box looked very similar to yours...
Haha thanks for the info, thanks for watching!
@@ChristopherLum Great info video...made putting mine together much, much easier!! Thankfully nothing was missing or damaged in my nearly non existing box. :)
Will this fit my mini size bike
Will this bike carrier work with an electric bike
Will this carrier carry a motor scooter?
What size bolt did you use to secure the carrier to the receiver?
I've had one for over a year now, I use the standard hitch pin that's normally used with receivers of this type. It's still quite loose though.
Did not see you pull a pin for the rear wheel to lock it in once the bike is in place once the rear wheel also get's a rod through the spokes.
So I’m one of those people whose rim is too tall .. :( ant recommendations or solution to this. I just bought it and realize I can’t get that pin through for extra security :/ super bummed out
Great video…65 YO Single woman looking for way to travel w/my Rad Runner + ebike on my class C Winnebago 24D.
So dawn...how well did it work for the RAD runner?
I bought an Lectric XP2 walk through electric bike. Would this carrier work for my bike?
Lectric has a 48" wheelbase and presents a real problem, as the slots for wheels need about 50" min. wheelbase.
Great video. Would you recommend the straps that you used? I cannot see where you said what these are. Can you tell us which straps you are using? Go DAWGS!
I do like the straps. These are Harbor Freight straps. On their website they are called "HAUL-MASTER400 lb. Capacity, 1 in. x 15 ft. Ratcheting Tie Downs, 4-Pack". Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
The condition of your box may not be Fe Ex fault at all, I bought this same exact Motorcycle Carrier yesterday in the Store and the box looked suspicious. If you consider the length and the weight of this item then you will realize they mere paper will have a difficult time staying intact.
None in stock near me, was gonna modify it for my ebike
Sadly I think that looks a little to weak for the real world. I am going with the black widow dirt bike carrier. Great video, you covered everything completely, thanks for a great video.
I'm glad it was helpful, thanks for watching!
I looked at another video of the black widow. The welds looked terrible.
I load the carrier from one direction using the ramp provided. To unload, I don't use the ramp, I just start the engine and walk the bike off in the same direction it was loaded. I believe you can't do that with the black widow, because it has a thing that traps the front tire. As mentioned elsewhere, the black plastic knobs are junk, there needs to be a better solution, metal wing nuts?
And voila...in just 40 minutes you have your dirtbike on the carrier.
CAN you please tell me. From where did you learn blender(video editing). please please 🥺🥺
idk
FedEx??? Say no more.....😩 That's the unit I'm looking at for my 100# e-bike. Gotta take some measurements, but I'm pretty sure it will fit. Can't beat the price and capacity, compared to "e-bike" racks. Think they just tag on the word e-bike and double or triple the price...
Stow the ramp in the van and saw off the useless foot or so of ramp storage.
Having the same carrier on a wrangler I agree. Shorter length off the back is much better in the woods.
I think I'm getting this for my dirtbike.When replacing the pin with a bolt,you might want to make shure to get the highest grade bolt.I believe grade 8 is strongest but not shure.Grade 5 is automotive grade and anything less may not be safe.
Thanks! I didn't know bolts are graded by strength.
Watching this video as I just got one and the directions are lacking. Mine arrived in about the same state from FedEx. So far only minor damage.
Edit: it’s damaged. Gonna have to take it back. Ugh
Skosh
My car only takes a 1.25” receiver. If I use an adapter to get to a 2” receiver, do you think that would be okay? My bike weighs less than 100#. Thanks for a great, detailed video.
Shouldn't compress your shock like that.
Talking way to fast. Good video however.