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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / July 2007

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dual hitch adapter on a 1 1/4" hitch receiver with converter possible?

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markm75 - 30 Jul 2007 14:54 GMT
I am wondering if the following is possible/safe to do:

I was thinking of getting this 2" dual receiver adapter to put on my 1
1/4" hitch (on a 99 grandprix gt)...

This is the 2" dual adapter:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=WHECS01NKE
0YACWQNWQSCNIK0BW0EIWE?id=0038402521997a&type=product&cmCat=froogle&cm_ven=data_
feed&cm_cat=froogle&cm_pla=0530110&cm_ite=0038402521997a&_requestid=14726


Obviously to make this work I need the 1 1/4" to 2" adapter as well:
http://www.cargogear.com/oneiteminfo.aspx?partnum=SW64003

I would use that combo with these two:

Bike rack:  Allen Deluxe 4 bike
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000LHP1VA/sr=8-1/qid=11852891
75/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/104-2740971-4919918?ie=UTF8&n=3375251&qid=1185289175
&sr=8-1#customerReviews


and this cargo carrier:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp;jsessionid=KKSVMIES3T
PACCWQNWSCCNQK0BW0KIWE?id=0006492510253a&type=product&cmCat=froogle&cm_ven=data_
feed&cm_cat=froogle&cm_pla=0530111&cm_ite=0006492510253a&_requestid=31580


Any thoughts on the ability of the hitch itself to handle this load,
with 4 bikes and some luggage on the luggage rack, obviously my car
would need to be able to handle the load, I'm guessing it may kill a
bit of gas mileage too.. perhaps not the best combo, at least for this
vehicle..
Ad absurdum per aspera - 31 Jul 2007 21:44 GMT
> perhaps not the best combo, at least for this vehicle.

I think you subconsciously already know the answer.  Here's my
reasoning.

The most basic and inarguable rule is that the  *total* weight of
everything, including the various  carriers as well as the tare weight
of the cargo, can't exceed the rating of the weakest link.

The excess-cargo platform is what would worry me, more as a dynamic
than a static problem.  The effect on handling (as well as the stress
on the hitch and the attachment points of the car when things start
jouncing around at speed) is a function not only of weight but of how
far back there it is cantilevered.   You'll also be sacrificing a lot
of real-world road clearance.    Both could be issues for  a none too
huge and rather low-slung car.   Those things are IMHO really best
left to pickups and SUVs.

I'd skip the excess-cargo platform and the dual adapter, instead
looking into a roof-rack clam (the places that sell bikes and
accessories usually have a variety) or a  luggage rack for the trunk
lid as places for some (lightweight) extras. That would mean there's
no need for the dual adapter, and then no need for the 1.25" to 2"
adapter, and you can just go with the 1.25" incarnation of the Allen
rack. (Unless you already have its 2" version.)

Having driven round trip SF-Portland in an '03 Grand Am with a lot of
stuff, I have a lot of respect for it as a car, but an acute sense of
its limitations as a truck!

One man's  opinions, worth what you paid if your connect time is
cheap,
--Joe
 
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