Strapping bikes in a toy hauler

mx836 wrote:

Leave the Harley behind. Should be easy then and there won't be any oil spots in your toy hauler.

MX Dad #27 wrote:

This. And drive your truck.

Mx286 wrote:

If they will fit in sideways use a E track and turn buckles. Set the E track down the middle of the garage, put the bikes...

If they will fit in sideways use a E track and turn buckles. Set the E track down the middle of the garage, put the bikes on the stands over top of it and hook the turn buckles into the pegs. You don't climb over the bikes and worry about loosening straps to take the pressure of the forks. Plus it's a lot more sturdy. But I don't believe you'd get the Harley in.

TbonesPop wrote:

We recently packed 5 dirtbikes in our hauler for a long trip. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. Here's what we did though. First, this all...

We recently packed 5 dirtbikes in our hauler for a long trip. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. Here's what we did though.

First, this all depends on where your tie down locations are in the trailer. If you have 2 in the very back of the trailer and another 2 closer to the front of the trailer, you can do the following. You are essentially going to put 2 closer to the front, 2 in the back against the drop down door and inter-weave the rear of the bikes so that you can still use the front tie downs with them being strapped to your foot pegs. Hopefully this makes sense.

1) Load the front 2 bikes loose in the trailer on a side stand. Place your bike stand (not side stand, but your normal bike stand) in a location that you can strap the foot pegs down to the tie down locations. Before you put the bikes on the stands, place an old towel down on the floor so you don't damage your floor with the stand, then put down a piece of plywood on top of the towel so you have a hard base under the stands. Then put the stands on the plywood. This will protect your floor from the stand and the weight of the bikes cutting/rubbing holes in your flooring. Put the bikes on the stands but leave them loose - make sure you leave room to put the other 2 bikes in the back of the trailer inter-weaved between the front 2 bikes. Next, strap the bike stands down to the tie downs using ratchet style tie downs. Next, strap the bikes down to the tie downs from the foot pegs to the tie down locations using ratchet style straps so you can make them really tight. This should keep the front two bikes in place on the stands.

Next, back the other 2 bikes into the toy hauler into the gaps left open from the front 2 bikes and tie them down to the back tie downs with the front wheels up against the back door. All 4 bikes should be alternated and weaved together in the trailer. The back 2 bikes facing the back door and strapped down and the front 2 bikes facing forward and all 4 back wheels relatively close together. The last step would be to bungee strap the rear wheels together just to prevent any case of the front bikes moving around on the stands.

Again, sorry I don't have pictures but hopefully this is helpful. IT worked very well for us as we got 5 bikes in the back of the hauler. All traveled safe and sound for 5 hours each way of the trip.