I am also at the hip breaking stage of life, so much so that I ride a recumbent. If my bed wasn't going to be full of other gear I would just lay it down back there.
Has anyone tested bikes over bed vs bikes behind bed on hitch rack?
Curious if there is any significant impact on range between the 2 options.
This would be on a longer trip where bed is already occupied with other gear.
wow - read the headline and I was totally hoping you would go down the path of having Ian Roussel mod the shit out of your RIv. not gonna lie, a little disappointed.
Just found this thread - thanks - have th same idea but for a much smaller winch and a specific use case. I no long wheel, but do go to the beach a lot so I have purchased a Warn 6000 ATV winch with 50 ft of synthetic line. was going to run a batt in the spare tire, will still keep the spare...
LOL - yup order some 2 lbs mags form K&J
Surface cleanliness was not the issue - the 3m tape was still stuck to the truck and the magnet - it just ripped in half the length of the tape strip...
So I gave this a go - I don't use amazon so I sourced from K&J and the ones I got must be extra strong cause they were fine when I first installed them, but after a day I went back out to see how they were holding up and the one side tore itself off the 3m tape (literally ripped the tape in half...
this is great - gonna see if it can help with the storage/spare tire area cover in the R1T bed. my fingers do not fit in there at all and have to use a trim tool to open it...