I’ve had a few requests about the basket on the back of the “
Montana”. I went to a hitch shop and had a hitch with a 2 inch receiver installed that was bolted onto the frame, and had the receiver off-set to allow basket to be mounted to the right of ladder.
After the first trip fighting with the basket bouncing all over the place we went back to shop and had them weld on two inch and ¼ receivers with ¾ inch tubes to act as outriggers, and now there is no longer any bouncing of the bikes or basket that I’m aware of.
Anyone that wants to do something like this I’d just have two 2 inch receivers, or two inch and ¼ receivers mounted on the hitch assembly up front and mount the basket that way. There is just no hitch or basket/bike rack made that will not bounce, and add some twisting to the frame if you only have one receiver even the one that “Keystone” puts on some models, plus the damage that gets done to the bikes from rubbing together as they, and the rack bounce down the road.
It does seem a little stupid that “Keystone” adds a bike rack on some models that bounces all over the place, and in my opinion does add some twisting to the frame, and then says if you put a hitch on any other models it will void your warranty if you put on a hitch that will carry anymore than two hundred pounds. I think if you add the second receiver you then have less stress on your units frame and the basket/rack no matter if you have twenty pounds or two hundred pounds. (This is just my own humble opinion).
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