You can sure tell the City folk from the Country folk here in the remarks. You learn so much more by living on the farm...that you get the common sense from your older family members...they teach you things, that city folks never even see or hear about... wow! Glad I am a farm boy...now a Electrical Engineer...college was a blast...too!...beer and women...lol
As an added security I slide 3 stacked 2x12's under the frame and lightly tap them in. 90% of the time they dont move and hold the bike more stable for long trips. Another trick That someone recently showed me was when taking the bike out dont start it and leave it in first gear. Use the clutch to ease you off the ramp instead of sliding down and praying you dont drop the bike. Information and advice are free. You can use them or not. Good video
I can see stacking the 2x12's as far as off loading we do take the bike out of first gear to get them out of the chicks then we put them in first gear not runing and go down the ramp slipping the clutch when at the bottom we take it out of first and that way clear the ramp then start the bike and park it....😎👍...
Take plenty of time when getting a toy hauler we went to a lot of RV shows first make sure your truck is going to handle the toy hauler above all then before you buy it go completely through it make sure everything works and everything looks great and if it's brand new one make sure you use it a lot so you can have any issues addressed and fixed. You only get a limited warranty on it and then.... Have Fun!!😎👍...
Thanx great video, we are picking up our toy hauler this Friday. Was wondering about loading and unloading plus what chocks to use. I know we all have our own preferences and tweek other people ideas. Thanx again this is all Brand New for us. Blessings my friend
Great video... We are getting ready for this stage in our lives and this was fantastic! I did not know about the "tow-mode" for Harley's... Interesting... I will need to remember that for my wife's bike...
if you will stack some 2X4 or 2X6 blocks under the very front of the frame as high as they will fit with the bike standing upright.. you can then put tie-downs on it and pull them down and it will sit flat on those blocks.. this keeps you from squashing the suspension down and the bike will not rock from side to side AT ALL. this makes it rock solid for transport.. you can do this on any trailer as well and you don't need the wheel dock if you don't have one..
when you have bikes worth taking care of you want to make sure you have them tied up. if i had a ducati i would just strap it to the bumper and drag it down the street.
adam ant hey idiot! if you had enough individuality and style to choose something other than that chrome air compressor , you wouldn't want your bike on a trailer! and that is why my ducati has 197.000 miles on it !
Good Job! Your wife sounds like me, My hubby does it all and I just ohmygosh, and just pace around. Nerve wracking to me, but he does like you just ride em up!
Great video. I use the Wheel dock in my Outlaw Class C Toy hauler. Locks the bike in place without straps compressing the front forks. I also use it in the garage no need to use a jiffystand.
at times I use it in the garage too. But when I put it in the toy hauler i am now down to 4 straps per bike works out great without compressing the forks.
Awesome! Thanks so much for showing this. We debated on getting a toy hauler, but ended up getting a regular fifth wheel because my wife doesn't ride. But you never know, we may get one in the future and this info will help me greatly. Didn't know about putting the bike in "trailer mode," very good tip.
A buddy of mine forgot to set tow mode on our way out from Ohio to Sturgis. Needless to say he needed to recharge his battery when he discovered it was dead after unloading. Not a disaster, he only missed the first evening bike ride.
We have two conflicting rules but i'm going with my guy because he is an old timer that has his own shop and use to work on and was the mechanic for Drag bikes.He says leave the kick stand down and be sure to put the bike in neutral in case you get rear ended or have to stop fast. Or you will break first gear.
Shane Smith well like I said I'm no professional but I will not put my kickstand down I want the suspension of the bike to work a little with the bumps maybe the dragster bikes only have an inch clearance or something and I leave mine in gear if I get rear-ended or something hit brakes and it breaks a gear I don't think I'm going to be around LOL, but the main thing that's just the way I do it and again I'm no professional... just saw your video tried to email you through You Tube wouldn't go through....
Thanks for the tips a loading video. I know this was 2016. I'm just now thinking about getting a toy hauler camper and came across your video. New Subscriber! I'll be checking your Facebook out as well 😎👍
You know it's really cool when the video starts is when they actually get to the subject and not try to share other life history and s*** like maintenance on a motorcycle motorcycle
Stan Wright listen to what you said - it makes no sense! if you want to increase your biking range ,RIDE FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY TO YOUR DRIVEWAY! simple yes ? this has worked well for me to get to 195.000 miles on my ducati
Mike, great demo on how you load the bikes, I am purchasing a single bike trailer, (pull behind my truck), you had spoke about not tying down the front forks, but I was unable to see on your vlog what and how you tied the straps too the front of the bikes. I've seen some that tie to the lower portion of the forks .
The heaviest tie down is off of my passenger straps, I have forward tie downs to the engine guards (engine guards NO HEAVY LOAD) soon as i see my engine guard flex a little I stop, which is very soon. Passenger pegs are used with tie downs aft leading forward to the bike and strait down. Hope this helps
What are the nuts that you have in the floor of the toy hauler? I like them and want to add them to mine. I want to make sure to get something that works!
Square bolt sockets if you look at some of the comments lot of people look for these and there's one or two posts where to get them but like for me I'm looking at maybe getting a different toy hauler and I have issues trying to find them, don't know what to say I'm almost ready to pull the ones I have in the unit out good luck..
nice looking couch, nothing opened up as I remember. so once it was down you couldn't go out to the ramp. I know the living room couch was big, and always slid out of it, I replaced that one with a neat little couch with 2 end recliners and had to add 2 end tables that I made to fill in the space....
were fixing to make a raptor our full time home,,, wondering what is your facebook name,,, also what is the length of your garage thanks,,, carry on and keep rollin'
Michel A Taylor facebook page. We no longer have the Raptor, we loved it. I think the garage was 10' still on our Facebook page had a toy hauler page with pictures of the raptor😎👍... facebook.com/groups/1618666751794743/?ref=share
Ours is heavy enough where we can do that, now I could see smaller units were it could be a problem but it's nice to raise the front if needed and in that case I would block the tires and most of these units have stabilizers on the back I would put them down so, the unit wouldn't tilt any. I would think the stabilizer would be strong enough... now for part two once you get the bikes loaded if you retract the stabilizers is the trailer going down in the back?🤔....
I noticed you strapped your bikes down at the crash bar does that seem to hold it secure , besides having them strapped down on rear peg mounts ..thanks
As time has gone by trying different ways to strap the bike down I only use three straps one on the front wheel because I got to jack up my bike and move it over can, then one on each of the rear passenger running board seems to do great have added a second strap on the rear passenger running boards because I saw just a little Fray on one of them as a precaution...
Hey Bud I like the idea. We have a raptor too and looking at upgrading to a newer unit. Which one is that? We liked the wrap around couch. Thanks Billy
Hello and thanks for the video. Question, on the T Nuts you referenced, you mentioned Amazon as place to find them. We can not locate those exact ones. Do you happen to have any suggestions as to where or how we can locate?
I will check it out, one of our Facebook friends had another unit that you just drove up and it lock the bike in. Biggest thing is we use the garage as a bike room with our computers in the evening. Thanks for the information will check it out.....
lol....we have made some small and larger trips. One of our favorites was from Gainesville, FL to Nova Scotia and back, we did that twice. But I am retired and Marcia will be soon. We have two dogs that we just hated leaving them at home. So we decided to get a fifth wheel RV and take the dogs with us. Soon we realized we would have to give up some nice roomy fifth wheels because we decided there is no way where we going to leave our bikes! Now we hope to stay away a month or longer at a time, and take our dogs with us, and explore and video our riding areas while we are at our home away from home.....
motorcyclefreedom I got you brother. Trips that long definitely justify the RV. I just get tired of riding to Daytona and back to Jersey and seeing all these baggers on trailers.
hope this works with the link.... Set of 4 Square Base Bolt-on Nuts (Socket) for 1/2"- Coarse Threaded Stem SBW-34 www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMVSNJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_tyn2xbPPTWE86
Thanks bud. It looks like you don't raise your trailer up at all, I ask bc with our 25v vengeance if we didn't my softail and my wife's Spyder would scrape. Any issues with that happening? Upgrading to a 5th wheel toyhauler after deployment. Thanks and shiny side up, good looking scoots.
Right here I didn't have to raise it but now with our new unit there's times when the rear ends too high and I have the app on my phone and I can race it from back of the trailer and watch my hoses on the side while raising it funny thing the last place we camped at I went ahead and unstrap Marcia trike and I started raising it and I was almost at the point I was ready to stop and I heard some noise and there went Marcia trike quick-release right out of the toy hauler by itself did a hard right almost went off the ramp turn the other way and kept zigzagging back and forth it didn't flip Ed and I caught it before it hit parked car that won't happen again😎👍...
We just traded up to a fifth wheel and have lost several feet of cargo space in the toyhauler. How deep is your garage? we are loading for the first time next week!!!
I'm looking into my first toy hauler and I really like your setup with the couch that lifts up. If you don't mind me asking, what year, model and size is that Raptor? Good video by the way!
i tried looking for those T bolts on amazon with no luck, would you happen to have the part # or a link where I can find them. thank you and awesome video
Ray Parra We had just bought new toy hauler and I order the parts through Amazon then our buddies bought a new toy hauler and they ran into the same issues you did. We had extra ones we were short 1 but found it later. We also looked all around with no luck. If I find any in stock will let you know..
Thank you for making this video. I've been going to the rv shows and looking because this is what I want to do when I retire. Looked at the toy haulers and the ramps looked very steep and wondered if my Ultra would bottom out in the center or have trouble going up the ramp. I was leaning towards a motor home and pulling a small enclosed trailer. Now watching you do it. I can consider the toy haulers again. As it got any easier loading and ever any problems going up the ramp? Thanks
I have to say Marcia's pipes have scraped and have a flat spot. Ed's have done the same he had long pipes but with his new pipes no problem. the other note if I think it's going to be an issue I disconnect the truck and raise the front of the toy hauler which changes the angle of the ramp, and usually have no problems.....
3 years later and here I am thinking that my Ultra will bottom out at the ramp hinge point causing my old ass to fall over, but I see he had no problem at all with his Ultra....lol. May have to go back to looking into a toy hauler again. I also recently watched a video where a couple used a portable 110v Warn winch to pull the bike up the ramp on days when the ramp and / or tires may be wet so you don't lose traction going up.
Also , sorry about all the questions, but when you start up the ramp, is there a section when the front wheel is on the ramp and back wheel on the ground that your feet don't touch the ground ?
a very small section try to adjust for that, front wheel on the ramp and just a little more speed at the very beginning soon as I know I can touch I just play the clutch. I know what your talking about watching the Junior Rangers especially off loading legs running with out touching the ground.
Was wondering if you could tell me what you used to fasten the Tnut down to the floor with, did you use bolts with nuts under neath or did you just use screws into the garage decking, if so , how is it holding up now. Thanks for the good idea to solving my loading problem
I see how you put it into the floor. did you have to come up through floor to secure the first inserts into the floor? I saw your link to the bolt mounts. Could you show me a photo of the motorcycle chocks? Can you remove your chocks when the bikes are out? Can you get the back bed or top bed down enough with the bikes in to not have to back out the bikes. Could you do that with one bike? We are looking at a 2016 332 TS Raptor and the guys are fighting mounting a removeabvle chock. Noone at the dealer yet mentioned there may be tanks under the bed making it tough to mount the chocks. But you put two boikes in there!! I have a 1994 heritage Softail with windshield.8 ft by 3 feet across high rise bars by 4'11". Most of my friends have softails and I'd like to take them on a few trips. My best friend's bike is34" x 92 x 7.5'. I've got a deposit pending on being able to put one or two bikes in the garage. it is 12/15/2016. You seem to be the only person that is not putting anything but dirt bikes or four wheelers in there and I'm betting the dealers don't tell you it is tricky on purpose. Thanks for the video and I'm looking forward to your response, Shane
Hey Shane right at this moment I don't have a picture of our chocks, but I have a link that I found and just for the purpose so you can see what the chocks look like I'm going to send the link or post it here. I got our chocks from Harbor Freight and you can get them a lot of times for around 50 something dollars yes I pulled our chocks out every time we go, I have plastic caps just to make it look neat when the chocks are out, my chocks are there mainly so I have a reference point every time I load the bikes, they're not very structured, I have them just to put the bikes in the same location each time and those chocks allow me to get off the bike and take my time strapping them down they are not bolted through the floor I kind of call what I bought and put on the floor kind of like T-nuts they're only like three quarters of an inch deep, with ½ inch coarse thread, and I was very careful drilling into the deck because I too was concerned about the fuel tank and it auxiliary fuel tank underneath, now I have taken the bed out on the top I still have the u shaped couch which can sleep two people but the main thing I wanted was more headroom, more lighting, and open to my exhaust fan, I also added to the bracket for the U shaped couch so the automatic switch would cut off when the couch is completely up, when I loaded bikes with two bikes you would have to be pretty athletic to lower the couch so that you can sleep back there, it’s very tight, and then would be hard to try to get to the bed up high, also when the slides are in on our unit you can't access the rest of the unit we have to go out the side door now if you only have one bike in there you probably could make it work. Also I had them install one more row of 3 recessed chocks (tie downs) , the rear two I don’t use they are too far back, each bike takes less than 10 minutes to load and strap down, only about 5 minutes to unload. Hope this helps you out….hope this post this time lol… the link for the purpose to see what the chock look like is here: th-cam.com/video/yLEa-uic6lw/w-d-xo.html
After almost a year, how are the Harbor Freight wheel chocks holding up? I need to buy a chock for my Ultra to go into our toy hauler. It's either the $50 Harbor Freight or $140 Condor chock.
The chocks are holding out just great but remember I'm mainly using them just to keep the bikes upright and the stop them where they're supposed to be at, they're strapped down with six straps sounds a lot yep, probably a whole nine minutes for each bike maybe not that long
I would be putting my bike near a sliding glass door. I see that you have Marcia's bike set back from the wall just a bit to offset the handlebars. The chock doesn't slide forward at all without it resting against a lip near the door like yours is? I may set mine back a couple inches. I have a 10' garage. I would use the same style T nuts and several straps also.
Mine is just inches from our big door which is mainly glass and like I said I don't have the chocks bolt completely through like you were saying the T nuts that's what I use, soon as we get there, I unscrew them put them by the back ramp behind the couch and use all that garage for living space . so ready for another trip , lol working on video right now of one of the day trips while in Arkansas....
I don't know if your toy hauler has a dovetail floor or not but mine didn't. If you are not on a level surface and your ramp is at a larger angle your ultra will catch and will stop you in a hurry . lol. It happened to me. Scared the crap out of me.
Jeff Tucker I am thinking dovetail must be the slight curve between the ramp and the toy hauler floor which takes some of the angle out? Lol I can imagine hanging up there, I remember one time having to wiggle the bike to clear it. Another one is loading the bike when it's raining. If I am right about the dovetail, ours has diamond plated and when wet you can sit right there and spin your tires trying to get the bike in. You have to back down a little get the back wheel back on rough finish ramp and go a little faster to clear it...
Happened to me too, the very first time I loaded my new toy hauler a few years ago. I tip the trailer so much now that it look ridiculous, but I don't bottom out anymore! My new trailer that I got this year is dovetailed, but I still tip it when loading or unloading!
I really don't like the HF wheel chocks. Hard to load and hard to pull back out. I use a Wheeldock in a toy hauler. Rides straight in and out with no rocking. Costs more but you get what you pay for. Same rule for helmets.
no problem loading have the engine on the bike to do that, now off loading can be tricky if your on a down grade, but if you collapse the front forks and pull back hold the front brake at the top of the pull back then collapse the forks again i can walk it out pretty easy....
it would bother me that you cannot access the garage from inside the trailer due to the way the door is. No work around for that? I assume it cannot hinge the other way. Cut a mini door inside the door?
Nothing replaces the road trips we did!!! Now older, retired, we changed our riding trips by moving home and our dogs with us and try to plan all of our rides with GPS so we don't lose any precious time....
I have been asked a lot of times where to get these nuts. Somewhere in the comments I have a link, but putting this picture of the item we ordered, you can copy and past the name of the item and look for them. Last time we went to order some everybody was out of stock. but when I copied the name and Googled it I was coming up with some results...... Good luck, if I find them in stock anywhere I will post them here.....www.barcodable.com/upc/705332849852
Strange, you don't want to compress the front forks so instead of strapping to the handlebars or the front forks you strap to the crash bars, but strapping to the crash bar still loads the front forks. Now obviously it is your choice but most people I know who object to compressing the front forks avoid doing so by strapping down the front tire as this guy does: th-cam.com/video/b2_gmjuLdhY/w-d-xo.html Honestly, as for blowing out seals, the pressure against compressed seals is probably no more likely to blow out a seal than the wear and tear of the suspension moving up and down wearing the seals as you go down the road. How do I do it? Depends on what the customer prefers. Either way his baby ain't falling off my trailer.
I don't know what it is with me but I have seen some people really compress the front forks and I know it isn't designed for that. Yes you don't need to do that much compressing. Now I only use 4 straps to secure each bike. I no longer go to the engine guard (when I did I would torque down to just where they were flexing but noticed I had to tighten one engine guards) but I don't do that no more..now I have one strap on each of the passenger floor board on my bike (Ultra) and one on each of the saddle bag bars total of 4 straps. Now I don't crank down as hard as I can, I just put them snug on the passenger floor boards (start to tighten then add 1 - 2 cranks on the ratchet) and barely tight on the saddle bag rails. The ratchet straps I use have no hooks its a complete circle so if the suspension moves nothing comes unhooked. Really after just the passenger floor boards the bike really doesn't move, my chock set up is only for quick position of the bike and to stand up as I strap her down. Marcia's Street Glide same set up only main straps go to her floor boards. Floor board should be able to take some torque, saddle bag rail, be careful really designed just for saddle bags not sure why I even strap them maybe to help keep the back from fishtailing in a critical stop. Again not saying this is the right way! But it is the way we do it....... And it is fast!!
I never worry about fast. Besides hauling bikes I spent 28 years in trucking, mostly flatbed and hauling construction equipment. And a few years hauling used cars and running tow trucks. (Want to become a nervous wreck, haul a police impounded custom dresser worth more than you're going to make in the next 2 years and belonging to an arrested Hells Angel swinging from the boom of a wrecker and don't scratch it. Actually, when he sobered up and made bail he was nice as he could be, paid a whopping bill without bitching and left me a cash tip. He was pleased to learn his bike had been towed by someone who rides.) The most important part is to establish habits and keep them. Do things the same way every time, don't allow distractions. Never lay anything down or you'll end up not having it when you need it. My Daddy taught me when we were taking chains off of loads of lumber and steel in the 1970s to take the time to put each and every chain and binder in the box before moving on to take the next chain lose. It took longer but prevented costly mistakes. Depending on the bike and what kind of wheels it has I sometimes wrap a rag around the front wheel then use a small ratchet strap to secure the tire to the center-front of the chock. But some wheels can be damaged that way. That's the other thing, different bikes must be handled differently. Some have very few places to tie to so you use what you can. Chrome is usually better to tie to than paint. Make sure your straps have ratchets and not slides. More is better unless adding more loosens the others. If something works, don't fix it. Make sure your straps aren't frayed. It's good that you tie down the back. It's back-up should the front fail. Things break sometimes. Check your tie downs after the first few miles of your trip. Then check them every time you stop. And remember the old trucker's adage: When you hear someone say, "There's no way in hell it can fall off." It will probably fall off. After watching your video I wouldn't be concerned with you loading my bike.
We live down here in Northern Florida I don't detail our bikes much but I was tonight, we are able to ride tomorrow, but at the same time I was following your reply, almost had me in tears reading about the bike you transport for the Hell's Angel guy! I think I kinda understood how you felt. I have read your reply several times, and thank you for the pointers. I watch my straps, more worried about the rebound hitting these bad bumps on the road. I like the part "There's no way in hell it can fall off".....I never say never lol (Learned that a long time ago) Reading your reply I see this is your profession. Me if I mess up and the bikes get messed up I just get them fixed and add a few pieces of chrome to Marcia's bike and I am a hero! But you mess up, you pay, one way or another, insurance, reputation, pride, etc.. so I know you have got to have it right! Again thank you for your pointer, all sounds like sound advice. If I ever need a bike transported, I will remember this post and you
Your hat brim hides the thing which you need to miss. I'd take my hat off! -You check your oil with the bike on the side stand? Must be a Harley thing, my bike wants to be on the center stand, else you get a bad level reading. -Would it be easier to strap the first bike, before you put the second bike in? Where do you put your front strap, on the bike? I get that you don't want them on the fork- but you did not show where they are attached.
Hello Dan, dont know why your email shows more than the post here? The hat may hide obstacles but hurts even more without out it when I run into things, main thing after running into things you learn pretty good, hat or no hat. I do secure one bike at a time, video just shows with those chocks you have all the time you need. We had bought another toy hauler and have made many trips at the end we only used 4 straps per bike which is plenty. We have hit some pot holes and big bumps across the road where they stop stripping the payment with great force with me saying every bad word there is knowing the bike must have come loose, you know that feeling when you stop and slowly open the side door just knowing the bikes will be laying on each other.....so far all is good. Now with the Harley's you have 3 different areas to put oil in. Yes on the Harley the dip stick (engine oil) is marked for level, or on kick stand while hot. Now our new bikes all drain plugs are on the left side which is great draining engine oil, primary oil, and transmission oil while on the kickstand. Now main purpose for chocks is positioning bikes in the right spot every time, and to hold the bike up while strapping down. Strapping points on my bike straight down from passenger floor boards and one on each saddlebag guard, almost confident all I need is passenger floorboards only but will keep it to 4 points. Now since Marcia has had her bike converted to a trike still use 4 point to strap my bike in after I slide the back end of my bike within an inch of the wall with the neat little jack I modify. Only 1" between the front of her back left fender and my right saddlebag guard, still learning how to strap her trike down only made two big trips 1000+ miles and each time broke a short lead strap but never touched each other...hope I have answered your question 😎👍...
2 years now....Florida to Texas Hill country and back...Florida to California and back....Florida to West Virginia and back....Florida to North Carolina and back, and a lot of little trips in-between, I give you my word if it ever happens I will video it for you!!😎👍... Oh yea, on another note my fork seals are great shape...... One other thing those trips were only 3 straps per bike...
Thanks to JD Thomas for posting this below....www.amazon.com/Square-Bolt-Sockets-Coarse-Threaded/dp/B01LBEH3GM/ref=redir_mobile_desktop/143-3965898-2840728?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=ya_aw_od_pi
Harleys, t shirts, and trailers!!! What losers!!! I would be embarrassed to show up somewhere with my bike in a trailer!!! When I RIDE my Ducati I have a shirt that reads "if you really live to ride your Harley should never be on a trailer!! 😝😝🏍🏍
Lol... one-way to look at it Arthur, if everybody was just like you had their Ducati never trailer..... think about it a minute, life would be boring.. so look at the positive there's other people out there that are different than you...so be glad were not all the same, adds to life ..... ride safe😎👍...
TOY HAULER !!!!! this is what riders don't look like. I would be embarrassed to tell ANYONE! that I towed my bike ANYWHERE! these are what posers look like. Careful on that ramp! Don't want that chrome air compressor to tip over! bars might put a hole in the trailer ! hahaha. in the 390.000 miles on my ducatis I have never trailered them. Difference between owners and riders!
Some people live in their toy haulers and driving 2 motorcycles, 2 ATV's and the truck at the same time is a bitch... Real riders come in all sizes, shapes, sexes and do things the way they want. lol I trailer my bikes all the time and I ride all the time....
You can sure tell the City folk from the Country folk here in the remarks. You learn so much more by living on the farm...that you get the common sense from your older family members...they teach you things, that city folks never even see or hear about... wow!
Glad I am a farm boy...now a Electrical Engineer...college was a blast...too!...beer and women...lol
You mean now AN electrical engineer? ;)
As an added security I slide 3 stacked 2x12's under the frame and lightly tap them in. 90% of the time they dont move and hold the bike more stable for long trips.
Another trick That someone recently showed me was when taking the bike out dont start it and leave it in first gear. Use the clutch to ease you off the ramp instead of sliding down and praying you dont drop the bike. Information and advice are free. You can use them or not. Good video
I can see stacking the 2x12's as far as off loading we do take the bike out of first gear to get them out of the chicks then we put them in first gear not runing and go down the ramp slipping the clutch when at the bottom we take it out of first and that way clear the ramp then start the bike and park it....😎👍...
Thanks for taking the time to show how to do this. I'm going to get a toyhauler and I'm trying to learn as much as possible.
Take plenty of time when getting a toy hauler we went to a lot of RV shows first make sure your truck is going to handle the toy hauler above all then before you buy it go completely through it make sure everything works and everything looks great and if it's brand new one make sure you use it a lot so you can have any issues addressed and fixed. You only get a limited warranty on it and then.... Have Fun!!😎👍...
Thanx great video, we are picking up our toy hauler this Friday. Was wondering about loading and unloading plus what chocks to use. I know we all have our own preferences and tweek other people ideas. Thanx again this is all Brand New for us. Blessings my friend
Enjoy!!!😎👍...
Just watched your video. I didn’t know about the tow mode. Hauling my street glide tomorrow. Good information thanks!
Great video... We are getting ready for this stage in our lives and this was fantastic! I did not know about the "tow-mode" for Harley's... Interesting... I will need to remember that for my wife's bike...
Do you by chance have a link to those floor nuts on Amazon? We just purchased a toy hauler and I have the exact same wheel chock from harbor freight.
if you will stack some 2X4 or 2X6 blocks under the very front of the frame as high as they will fit with the bike standing upright.. you can then put tie-downs on it and pull them down and it will sit flat on those blocks.. this keeps you from squashing the suspension down and the bike will not rock from side to side AT ALL. this makes it rock solid for transport.. you can do this on any trailer as well and you don't need the wheel dock if you don't have one..
Great suggestion😎👍...
Good video
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Good job Michel and Marcia! One of these days we're gonna ride on up and see you guys and your new Rig. congrats!! We love and miss you both!
Hello Jerry, come up any time, Love you Guys too!!
motorcyclefreedom 6 straps ehhhhh. that's what they use to tie up a battleship.
when you have bikes worth taking care of you want to make sure you have them tied up. if i had a ducati i would just strap it to the bumper and drag it down the street.
adam ant hey idiot! if you had enough individuality and style to choose something other than that chrome air compressor , you wouldn't want your bike on a trailer! and that is why my ducati has 197.000 miles on it !
adam ant when you are a poser and just show up to drink tying up your chrome air compressor is paramount!
Good Job! Your wife sounds like me, My hubby does it all and I just ohmygosh, and just pace around. Nerve wracking to me, but he does like you just ride em up!
Enjoy Riding!!😎👍...
I love their dogs, they can communicate to their master for real.. 🥰
B&W Biker bar. The thing works awesome and no none zero straps !!! Made in Kansas and welds are "artwork !!
Great video. I use the Wheel dock in my Outlaw Class C Toy hauler. Locks the bike in place without straps compressing the front forks. I also use it in the garage no need to use a jiffystand.
at times I use it in the garage too. But when I put it in the toy hauler i am now down to 4 straps per bike works out great without compressing the forks.
Nan mais c'est incroyable je regarde une vidéo de henrirejaune et je me retrouve 15 min après sur ça
Awesome! Thanks so much for showing this. We debated on getting a toy hauler, but ended up getting a regular fifth wheel because my wife doesn't ride. But you never know, we may get one in the future and this info will help me greatly. Didn't know about putting the bike in "trailer mode," very good tip.
Glad you enjoyed it...
your information was great! just wanted to thank you so much for helping me out with the chock mount!! awesome info
Glad it helped you out!!😎👍...
A buddy of mine forgot to set tow mode on our way out from Ohio to Sturgis. Needless to say he needed to recharge his battery when he discovered it was dead after unloading. Not a disaster, he only missed the first evening bike ride.
First part of our send trip to Nova Scotia we took the train and one of our buddies told us about how to kill alarm system..
WHAT DID YOU DO!!!! Such a helpful question.
??? For a living??
Glad to see momma has a bike.
We have two conflicting rules but i'm going with my guy because he is an old timer that has his own shop and use to work on and was the mechanic for Drag bikes.He says leave the kick stand down and be sure to put the bike in neutral in case you get rear ended or have to stop fast. Or you will break first gear.
Shane Smith well like I said I'm no professional but I will not put my kickstand down I want the suspension of the bike to work a little with the bumps maybe the dragster bikes only have an inch clearance or something and I leave mine in gear if I get rear-ended or something hit brakes and it breaks a gear I don't think I'm going to be around LOL, but the main thing that's just the way I do it and again I'm no professional... just saw your video tried to email you through You Tube wouldn't go through....
Between both of us we might learn something!
Man, I appreciate this video & your exhausting efforts! Was not aware of the "haul mode". Great tip, thx.
Thank You, Glad you enjoyed them😎👍...
Thanks for the tips a loading video. I know this was 2016. I'm just now thinking about getting a toy hauler camper and came across your video. New Subscriber! I'll be checking your Facebook out as well 😎👍
Thanks for letting us know...Enjoy😎👍...
Just found out about you guys, love Clutch and Sprocket.
They are the reason we got a toy hauler 😎👍...
You know it's really cool when the video starts is when they actually get to the subject and not try to share other life history and s*** like maintenance on a motorcycle motorcycle
Great video! I love your toyhauler travels. We have been thinking about doing the same thing to increase our biking range.
Thanks Stan, we are really loving this.....
Stan Wright listen to what you said - it makes no sense! if you want to increase your biking range ,RIDE FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY TO YOUR DRIVEWAY! simple yes ? this has worked well for me to get to 195.000 miles on my ducati
you have no idea what it's about..
Looks like your tour pack is loose. It flopped pretty good when you came over the bump.
lol. 9:23 Marcia not happy you stalled her bike!!
Some how I missed this...😁...
Mike, great demo on how you load the bikes, I am purchasing a single bike trailer, (pull behind my truck), you had spoke about not tying down the front forks, but I was unable to see on your vlog what and how you tied the straps too the front of the bikes. I've seen some that tie to the lower portion of the forks .
The heaviest tie down is off of my passenger straps, I have forward tie downs to the engine guards (engine guards NO HEAVY LOAD) soon as i see my engine guard flex a little I stop, which is very soon. Passenger pegs are used with tie downs aft leading forward to the bike and strait down. Hope this helps
Got it now, Thanks for the explanation Mike
+Mike BigEasyRider Your welcome....
Cool way to travel..I envy that setup
Curtis Zwilling traveled to California from Pennsylvania 2016 ! Used a better way to travel. I RODE IT ALL THE WAY AND BACK!
Wow love the set up
😎👍...
It would be great to see a video of you taking the bikes out. Great video
What are the nuts that you have in the floor of the toy hauler? I like them and want to add them to mine. I want to make sure to get something that works!
Square bolt sockets if you look at some of the comments lot of people look for these and there's one or two posts where to get them but like for me I'm looking at maybe getting a different toy hauler and I have issues trying to find them, don't know what to say I'm almost ready to pull the ones I have in the unit out good luck..
Question: those threaded inserts for wheel chock base, where to find?
Thx, Mike
I would love to know also.
I ha e a Keystone Raptor as well. Please tell me if thats like a sectional couch in your garage? If so......what kind and are there a y more. Lol
nice looking couch, nothing opened up as I remember. so once it was down you couldn't go out to the ramp. I know the living room couch was big, and always slid out of it, I replaced that one with a neat little couch with 2 end recliners and had to add 2 end tables that I made to fill in the space....
were fixing to make a raptor our full time home,,, wondering what is your facebook name,,, also what is the length of your garage thanks,,, carry on and keep rollin'
Michel A Taylor facebook page. We no longer have the Raptor, we loved it. I think the garage was 10' still on our Facebook page had a toy hauler page with pictures of the raptor😎👍...
facebook.com/groups/1618666751794743/?ref=share
Can't find a video where anyone talks about if the RV needs to be hooked to the tow vehicle or not. Thoughts?
Ours is heavy enough where we can do that, now I could see smaller units were it could be a problem but it's nice to raise the front if needed and in that case I would block the tires and most of these units have stabilizers on the back I would put them down so, the unit wouldn't tilt any. I would think the stabilizer would be strong enough... now for part two once you get the bikes loaded if you retract the stabilizers is the trailer going down in the back?🤔....
I noticed you strapped your bikes down at the crash bar does that seem to hold it secure , besides having them strapped down on rear peg mounts ..thanks
As time has gone by trying different ways to strap the bike down I only use three straps one on the front wheel because I got to jack up my bike and move it over can, then one on each of the rear passenger running board seems to do great have added a second strap on the rear passenger running boards because I saw just a little Fray on one of them as a precaution...
Hey Bud I like the idea. We have a raptor too and looking at upgrading to a newer unit. Which one is that? We liked the wrap around couch. Thanks Billy
Billy Hands 2012 300mp, we love it. got in June 2016 learning how to fix things just like a boat....
Hello and thanks for the video. Question, on the T Nuts you referenced, you mentioned Amazon as place to find them. We can not locate those exact ones. Do you happen to have any suggestions as to where or how we can locate?
Look at first comment under the video... did have hard time finding more ..😎👍...
Forget the straps and wheel chock. Look into the biker bar. Two minutes to load and secure the bike with out straps.
That is a neat set up...have this my set up down pretty good even with trike....
It's a jiffy stand, trailer boy!
Actually if you had been riding for many years it was always called a kickstand! Must've been before your time!
You might want to look into wheel dock . It's a much better system. I use a # 4 for the glide and #5 for the tri glide.
I will check it out, one of our Facebook friends had another unit that you just drove up and it lock the bike in. Biggest thing is we use the garage as a bike room with our computers in the evening. Thanks for the information will check it out.....
you guys got baggers!! c'mon you should be riding those things everywhere 😁.
lol....we have made some small and larger trips. One of our favorites was from Gainesville, FL to Nova Scotia and back, we did that twice. But I am retired and Marcia will be soon. We have two dogs that we just hated leaving them at home. So we decided to get a fifth wheel RV and take the dogs with us. Soon we realized we would have to give up some nice roomy fifth wheels because we decided there is no way where we going to leave our bikes! Now we hope to stay away a month or longer at a time, and take our dogs with us, and explore and video our riding areas while we are at our home away from home.....
motorcyclefreedom I got you brother. Trips that long definitely justify the RV. I just get tired of riding to Daytona and back to Jersey and seeing all these baggers on trailers.
jc632k yeah I know what you're saying but I bet you just about every one of them if they had the time they probably love to do the ride.....
jc632k if you really "live to ride " your Harley should never be on a trailer!🏍🏍
Wife doesn’t sound like she has much faith in your abilities lol
I don't have a toy hauler. What I do is RIDE it. Seventy years old and still riding.
Cool, glad your enjoying it!!
If you could figure a way to get both of us 2 German Shepherds and a Brittany to Bike Week I'm all ears?
@@bgdog1960 I wish I had an answer!!! I do!!!
We have a toy hauler and I was wondering where you found the parts you bolts go into?
hope this works with the link.... Set of 4 Square Base Bolt-on Nuts (Socket) for 1/2"- Coarse Threaded Stem SBW-34 www.amazon.com/dp/B00JMVSNJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_tyn2xbPPTWE86
u guyz are awesome I would love to ride with ya maybe I will catch up with ya I'm in Canada ttys keep up the great videos
Thanks Dustin....
I watched this because my toy hauler ramp is steep and my bikes stretched. So I always scrape.. I have to jack the front of my trailer waaaay up
I understand that.....
Very nice, thanks for showing this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks bud. It looks like you don't raise your trailer up at all, I ask bc with our 25v vengeance if we didn't my softail and my wife's Spyder would scrape. Any issues with that happening? Upgrading to a 5th wheel toyhauler after deployment. Thanks and shiny side up, good looking scoots.
Right here I didn't have to raise it but now with our new unit there's times when the rear ends too high and I have the app on my phone and I can race it from back of the trailer and watch my hoses on the side while raising it funny thing the last place we camped at I went ahead and unstrap Marcia trike and I started raising it and I was almost at the point I was ready to stop and I heard some noise and there went Marcia trike quick-release right out of the toy hauler by itself did a hard right almost went off the ramp turn the other way and kept zigzagging back and forth it didn't flip Ed and I caught it before it hit parked car that won't happen again😎👍...
We just traded up to a fifth wheel and have lost several feet of cargo space in the toyhauler. How deep is your garage? we are loading for the first time next week!!!
our garage is 10' have to put the Ultra in first because of the tour pack sticking out, then Marcia's Street Glide I stagger the bikes.... HAVE FUN!!!
I'm looking into my first toy hauler and I really like your setup with the couch that lifts up. If you don't mind me asking, what year, model and size is that Raptor? Good video by the way!
2012 Keystone Raptor 300MP 35.5'....Thanks
Nice video, where did you get the plastic caps can't find it anywhere ?
Got them at Lowes or Home Depot, where they have the trays of special nuts and other fasteners...
i tried looking for those T bolts on amazon with no luck, would you happen to have the part # or a link where I can find them. thank you and awesome video
Ray Parra We had just bought new toy hauler and I order the parts through Amazon then our buddies bought a new toy hauler and they ran into the same issues you did. We had extra ones we were short 1 but found it later. We also looked all around with no luck. If I find any in stock will let you know..
Squid lessons?
Thank you for making this video. I've been going to the rv shows and looking because this is what I want to do when I retire. Looked at the toy haulers and the ramps looked very steep and wondered if my Ultra would bottom out in the center or have trouble going up the ramp. I was leaning towards a motor home and pulling a small enclosed trailer. Now watching you do it. I can consider the toy haulers again. As it got any easier loading and ever any problems going up the ramp? Thanks
I have to say Marcia's pipes have scraped and have a flat spot. Ed's have done the same he had long pipes but with his new pipes no problem. the other note if I think it's going to be an issue I disconnect the truck and raise the front of the toy hauler which changes the angle of the ramp, and usually have no problems.....
motorcyclefreedom Thank you
3 years later and here I am thinking that my Ultra will bottom out at the ramp hinge point causing my old ass to fall over, but I see he had no problem at all with his Ultra....lol. May have to go back to looking into a toy hauler again. I also recently watched a video where a couple used a portable 110v Warn winch to pull the bike up the ramp on days when the ramp and / or tires may be wet so you don't lose traction going up.
Definitely overkill! But when it comes to my bike or safety I'm completely fine with overkill! Enjoy ride safe
Do you have a link to the T-nuts? I can’t seem to find them !
Look through these comments there are links others have posted...😎👍...
Also , sorry about all the questions, but when you start up the ramp, is there a section when the front wheel is on the ramp and back wheel on the ground that your feet don't touch the ground ?
a very small section try to adjust for that, front wheel on the ramp and just a little more speed at the very beginning soon as I know I can touch I just play the clutch. I know what your talking about watching the Junior Rangers especially off loading legs running with out touching the ground.
Was wondering if you could tell me what you used to fasten the Tnut down to the floor with, did you use bolts with nuts under neath or did you just use screws into the garage decking, if so , how is it holding up now. Thanks for the good idea to solving my loading problem
Hi Darrel each Tnut hads 4 holes which I put 4 little wood screws with Philips heads they were 3/4 or 1" long. Holding up great!!
Thanks, I was not sure if you had disturbed the under belly liner, this help me a lot.
Darrel Pendergast to sink the T-nuts I drilled 3/4" and kept measuring wish i had drill stops been faster, but on our unit never did drill through...
Nice job my man!
Thanks...
I never lost a bike because I put to many straps on.
I see how you put it into the floor. did you have to come up through floor to secure the first inserts into the floor? I saw your link to the bolt mounts. Could you show me a photo of the motorcycle chocks? Can you remove your chocks when the bikes are out? Can you get the back bed or top bed down enough with the bikes in to not have to back out the bikes. Could you do that with one bike? We are looking at a 2016 332 TS Raptor and the guys are fighting mounting a removeabvle chock. Noone at the dealer yet mentioned there may be tanks under the bed making it tough to mount the chocks. But you put two boikes in there!! I have a 1994 heritage Softail with windshield.8 ft by 3 feet across high rise bars by 4'11". Most of my friends have softails and I'd like to take them on a few trips. My best friend's bike is34" x 92 x 7.5'. I've got a deposit pending on being able to put one or two bikes in the garage. it is 12/15/2016. You seem to be the only person that is not putting anything but dirt bikes or four wheelers in there and I'm betting the dealers don't tell you it is tricky on purpose. Thanks for the video and I'm looking forward to your response, Shane
Hey Shane right at this moment I don't have a picture of our chocks, but I have a link that I found and just for the purpose so you can see what the chocks look like I'm going to send the link or post it here. I got our chocks from Harbor Freight and you can get them a lot of times for around 50 something dollars yes I pulled our chocks out every time we go, I have plastic caps just to make it look neat when the chocks are out, my chocks are there mainly so I have a reference point every time I load the bikes, they're not very structured, I have them just to put the bikes in the same location each time and those chocks allow me to get off the bike and take my time strapping them down they are not bolted through the floor I kind of call what I bought and put on the floor kind of like T-nuts they're only like three quarters of an inch deep, with ½ inch coarse thread, and I was very careful drilling into the deck because I too was concerned about the fuel tank and it auxiliary fuel tank underneath, now I have taken the bed out on the top I still have the u shaped couch which can sleep two people but the main thing I wanted was more headroom, more lighting, and open to my exhaust fan, I also added to the bracket for the U shaped couch so the automatic switch would cut off when the couch is completely up, when I loaded bikes with two bikes you would have to be pretty athletic to lower the couch so that you can sleep back there, it’s very tight, and then would be hard to try to get to the bed up high, also when the slides are in on our unit you can't access the rest of the unit we have to go out the side door now if you only have one bike in there you probably could make it work. Also I had them install one more row of 3 recessed chocks (tie downs) , the rear two I don’t use they are too far back, each bike takes less than 10 minutes to load and strap down, only about 5 minutes to unload. Hope this helps you out….hope this post this time lol… the link for the purpose to see what the chock look like is here: th-cam.com/video/yLEa-uic6lw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
After almost a year, how are the Harbor Freight wheel chocks holding up? I need to buy a chock for my Ultra to go into our toy hauler. It's either the $50 Harbor Freight or $140 Condor chock.
The chocks are holding out just great but remember I'm mainly using them just to keep the bikes upright and the stop them where they're supposed to be at, they're strapped down with six straps sounds a lot yep, probably a whole nine minutes for each bike maybe not that long
I would be putting my bike near a sliding glass door. I see that you have Marcia's bike set back from the wall just a bit to offset the handlebars. The chock doesn't slide forward at all without it resting against a lip near the door like yours is? I may set mine back a couple inches. I have a 10' garage. I would use the same style T nuts and several straps also.
Mine is just inches from our big door which is mainly glass and like I said I don't have the chocks bolt completely through like you were saying the T nuts that's what I use, soon as we get there, I unscrew them put them by the back ramp behind the couch and use all that garage for living space . so ready for another trip , lol working on video right now of one of the day trips while in Arkansas....
good luck to all you do
Thanks Jackie!
I don't know if your toy hauler has a dovetail floor or not but mine didn't. If you are not on a level surface and your ramp is at a larger angle your ultra will catch and will stop you in a hurry . lol. It happened to me. Scared the crap out of me.
Jeff Tucker I am thinking dovetail must be the slight curve between the ramp and the toy hauler floor which takes some of the angle out? Lol I can imagine hanging up there, I remember one time having to wiggle the bike to clear it. Another one is loading the bike when it's raining. If I am right about the dovetail, ours has diamond plated and when wet you can sit right there and spin your tires trying to get the bike in. You have to back down a little get the back wheel back on rough finish ramp and go a little faster to clear it...
Happened to me too, the very first time I loaded my new toy hauler a few years ago. I tip the trailer so much now that it look ridiculous, but I don't bottom out anymore! My new trailer that I got this year is dovetailed, but I still tip it when loading or unloading!
Have a great trip.
Hey Nigel... Thanks
Did we really need to see you check your Oil?
I really don't like the HF wheel chocks. Hard to load and hard to pull back out. I use a Wheeldock in a toy hauler. Rides straight in and out with no rocking. Costs more but you get what you pay for. Same rule for helmets.
no problem loading have the engine on the bike to do that, now off loading can be tricky if your on a down grade, but if you collapse the front forks and pull back hold the front brake at the top of the pull back then collapse the forks again i can walk it out pretty easy....
Where did you find the cargo bolts for mounting.
Amazon....but they say unavailable now 🤔....
@@motorcyclefreedom do you have a brand name?
@@briangearhart2065 all glide
do you have a link to the "T" nuts or do you know what they are actually called? thanks
There is a link I posted that someone posted at the top of the comments where he found these...mine were from Amazon...😎👍...
it would bother me that you cannot access the garage from inside the trailer due to the way the door is. No work around for that? I assume it cannot hinge the other way. Cut a mini door inside the door?
Yea that has been an item we talked about before this purchase and our new toy hauler purchase same thing...
O.M.G..yes Sir..yeah..🙌..
Thank you !!
All these videos of loading toy haulers these are easy to load haulers .
what do call thing you put in your floor from amazon, cant find them
Jeff Goodrich go to the top of comments, Having a hard time finding them now.....
Why would you ever drive that into a wheel chock?
because there is nothing wrong with it? Ive never seen anyone who didn't pull it into the wheel chock.
Poor people throw an extra t shirt in a saddlebag and RIDE to their destination.
Nothing replaces the road trips we did!!! Now older, retired, we changed our riding trips by moving home and our dogs with us and try to plan all of our rides with GPS so we don't lose any precious time....
no one ever tells us to put the bikes in trailr mode. thanks
I have been asked a lot of times where to get these nuts. Somewhere in the comments I have a link, but putting this picture of the item we ordered, you can copy and past the name of the item and look for them. Last time we went to order some everybody was out of stock. but when I copied the name and Googled it I was coming up with some results...... Good luck, if I find them in stock anywhere I will post them here.....www.barcodable.com/upc/705332849852
Great video, very clear on the video! Great camera
Thanks....
Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Strange, you don't want to compress the front forks so instead of strapping to the handlebars or the front forks you strap to the crash bars, but strapping to the crash bar still loads the front forks. Now obviously it is your choice but most people I know who object to compressing the front forks avoid doing so by strapping down the front tire as this guy does: th-cam.com/video/b2_gmjuLdhY/w-d-xo.html
Honestly, as for blowing out seals, the pressure against compressed seals is probably no more likely to blow out a seal than the wear and tear of the suspension moving up and down wearing the seals as you go down the road.
How do I do it? Depends on what the customer prefers. Either way his baby ain't falling off my trailer.
I don't know what it is with me but I have seen some people really compress the front forks and I know it isn't designed for that. Yes you don't need to do that much compressing. Now I only use 4 straps to secure each bike. I no longer go to the engine guard (when I did I would torque down to just where they were flexing but noticed I had to tighten one engine guards) but I don't do that no more..now I have one strap on each of the passenger floor board on my bike (Ultra) and one on each of the saddle bag bars total of 4 straps. Now I don't crank down as hard as I can, I just put them snug on the passenger floor boards (start to tighten then add 1 - 2 cranks on the ratchet) and barely tight on the saddle bag rails. The ratchet straps I use have no hooks its a complete circle so if the suspension moves nothing comes unhooked. Really after just the passenger floor boards the bike really doesn't move, my chock set up is only for quick position of the bike and to stand up as I strap her down. Marcia's Street Glide same set up only main straps go to her floor boards. Floor board should be able to take some torque, saddle bag rail, be careful really designed just for saddle bags not sure why I even strap them maybe to help keep the back from fishtailing in a critical stop. Again not saying this is the right way! But it is the way we do it....... And it is fast!!
I never worry about fast. Besides hauling bikes I spent 28 years in trucking, mostly flatbed and hauling construction equipment. And a few years hauling used cars and running tow trucks. (Want to become a nervous wreck, haul a police impounded custom dresser worth more than you're going to make in the next 2 years and belonging to an arrested Hells Angel swinging from the boom of a wrecker and don't scratch it. Actually, when he sobered up and made bail he was nice as he could be, paid a whopping bill without bitching and left me a cash tip. He was pleased to learn his bike had been towed by someone who rides.)
The most important part is to establish habits and keep them. Do things the same way every time, don't allow distractions. Never lay anything down or you'll end up not having it when you need it. My Daddy taught me when we were taking chains off of loads of lumber and steel in the 1970s to take the time to put each and every chain and binder in the box before moving on to take the next chain lose. It took longer but prevented costly mistakes.
Depending on the bike and what kind of wheels it has I sometimes wrap a rag around the front wheel then use a small ratchet strap to secure the tire to the center-front of the chock. But some wheels can be damaged that way.
That's the other thing, different bikes must be handled differently. Some have very few places to tie to so you use what you can. Chrome is usually better to tie to than paint. Make sure your straps have ratchets and not slides. More is better unless adding more loosens the others. If something works, don't fix it. Make sure your straps aren't frayed.
It's good that you tie down the back. It's back-up should the front fail. Things break sometimes.
Check your tie downs after the first few miles of your trip. Then check them every time you stop.
And remember the old trucker's adage: When you hear someone say, "There's no way in hell it can fall off." It will probably fall off.
After watching your video I wouldn't be concerned with you loading my bike.
We live down here in Northern Florida I don't detail our bikes much but I was tonight, we are able to ride tomorrow, but at the same time I was following your reply, almost had me in tears reading about the bike you transport for the Hell's Angel guy! I think I kinda understood how you felt. I have read your reply several times, and thank you for the pointers. I watch my straps, more worried about the rebound hitting these bad bumps on the road. I like the part "There's no way in hell it can fall off".....I never say never lol (Learned that a long time ago) Reading your reply I see this is your profession. Me if I mess up and the bikes get messed up I just get them fixed and add a few pieces of chrome to Marcia's bike and I am a hero! But you mess up, you pay, one way or another, insurance, reputation, pride, etc.. so I know you have got to have it right! Again thank you for your pointer, all sounds like sound advice. If I ever need a bike transported, I will remember this post and you
I'm supposedly retired now. But I hated retirement so hauling bikes is one of the many things I do to occupy my time. Have fun and ride a lot.
Your hat brim hides the thing which you need to miss. I'd take my hat off! -You check your oil with the bike on the side stand? Must be a Harley thing, my bike wants to be on the center stand, else you get a bad level reading. -Would it be easier to strap the first bike, before you put the second bike in? Where do you put your front strap, on the bike? I get that you don't want them on the fork- but you did not show where they are attached.
Hello Dan, dont know why your email shows more than the post here? The hat may hide obstacles but hurts even more without out it when I run into things, main thing after running into things you learn pretty good, hat or no hat. I do secure one bike at a time, video just shows with those chocks you have all the time you need. We had bought another toy hauler and have made many trips at the end we only used 4 straps per bike which is plenty. We have hit some pot holes and big bumps across the road where they stop stripping the payment with great force with me saying every bad word there is knowing the bike must have come loose, you know that feeling when you stop and slowly open the side door just knowing the bikes will be laying on each other.....so far all is good. Now with the Harley's you have 3 different areas to put oil in. Yes on the Harley the dip stick (engine oil) is marked for level, or on kick stand while hot. Now our new bikes all drain plugs are on the left side which is great draining engine oil, primary oil, and transmission oil while on the kickstand. Now main purpose for chocks is positioning bikes in the right spot every time, and to hold the bike up while strapping down. Strapping points on my bike straight down from passenger floor boards and one on each saddlebag guard, almost confident all I need is passenger floorboards only but will keep it to 4 points. Now since Marcia has had her bike converted to a trike still use 4 point to strap my bike in after I slide the back end of my bike within an inch of the wall with the neat little jack I modify. Only 1" between the front of her back left fender and my right saddlebag guard, still learning how to strap her trike down only made two big trips 1000+ miles and each time broke a short lead strap but never touched each other...hope I have answered your question 😎👍...
Your right, that is absolutely NOT the correct way to tie a bike down ........ just make sure you post a video when they fall on each other ..!
2 years now....Florida to Texas Hill country and back...Florida to California and back....Florida to West Virginia and back....Florida to North Carolina and back, and a lot of little trips in-between, I give you my word if it ever happens I will video it for you!!😎👍... Oh yea, on another note my fork seals are great shape...... One other thing those trips were only 3 straps per bike...
Thanks to JD Thomas for posting this below....www.amazon.com/Square-Bolt-Sockets-Coarse-Threaded/dp/B01LBEH3GM/ref=redir_mobile_desktop/143-3965898-2840728?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=ya_aw_od_pi
Harleys, t shirts, and trailers!!! What losers!!! I would be embarrassed to show up somewhere with my bike in a trailer!!! When I RIDE my Ducati I have a shirt that reads "if you really live to ride your Harley should never be on a trailer!! 😝😝🏍🏍
Lol... one-way to look at it Arthur, if everybody was just like you had their Ducati never trailer..... think about it a minute, life would be boring..
so look at the positive there's other people out there that are different than you...so be glad were not all the same, adds to life .....
ride safe😎👍...
All of our toy hauler trips at: michelmarciamotorcycletrips.com/toyhaulerstrips.html
TOY HAULER !!!!! this is what riders don't look like. I would be embarrassed to tell ANYONE! that I towed my bike ANYWHERE! these are what posers look like. Careful on that ramp! Don't want that chrome air compressor to tip over! bars might put a hole in the trailer ! hahaha. in the 390.000 miles on my ducatis I have never trailered them. Difference between owners and riders!
"this is what riders don't look like", what language are you speaking? don't be jealous because you can't afford 2 harleys and a toy hauler!!
Some people live in their toy haulers and driving 2 motorcycles, 2 ATV's and the truck at the same time is a bitch... Real riders come in all sizes, shapes, sexes and do things the way they want. lol I trailer my bikes all the time and I ride all the time....
Chuck Manz except when you are pulling the trailer ! loser ! if the motorcycle doesn't have number plates it should never be in a trailer
hard to drive the bike from here when there is 3 feet of snow!!