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Originally Posted by h2ojocky
Bill thanks for posting this. I copied your design a few years ago and am extremely happy with how it turned out. James, can you post photos of the bike rack hooked up while towing the 5th. My rack would not allow hook up to back of truck while towing 5th.
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Unfortunately can't at this time as we are stuck in New Mexico full time for work and rack is in Arkansas. But it did work very well for us with plenty of room. Depending on your truck and trailer, you may have to use a drop down hitch or extension to allow for the bikes to sit back far enough to drop tailgate but it is super easy and has all the advantages over both the front of truck and on the hitch locations.
Also as mentioned they make a very similar bike rack to the one everyone recommends that has a hinge to allow it to be angled down towards the ground which would be ideal for the application and hitching/unhitching. If your buying a new bike rack that is an option I would consider.
What exactly was your clearance issue?