You could do what I plan to do on my van; a single gutter-mount crossbar at the rear of the roof modified so it clears the raised poptop and the raised hatch. You then use a single fork-mount bike holder and let the bike hang vertically on the back of the van with a bungee holding the rear of the bike to bumper or tow hook. Stephen --- Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Nah, I've never owned or considered getting a > tandem, so the issue of > hauling one has never come up. It's just possible > that I may have asked > about towing a small car with a Vanagon, or maybe > towing the Vanagon > behind a larger vehicle, towing a motor scooter > behind the van, so > trailers may have been discussed at that time. It's > possible. But tandem > bikes are an altogether different matter -- I know I > haven't beaten this > horse to death. > > The Draftmaster that Stephen pointed out looks like > a fine rack. But at > $800, it's four times the cost of this used tandem > bike I just got. Gary > Lee's stuff isn't cheap, either. Can't help but > wonder if this was a > plain silly purchase. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical > Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan > Capistrano > KG6RCR > > > > Greg Potts typed: > > Hi Mike, > > > > Haven't we been through this already??You need a > trailer. > > > > Happy Trails, > > > > Greg Potts > > 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato > > www.pottsfamily.ca > > www.busesofthecorn.com > > > > > > > > On 12-May-07, at 2:22 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > > > >> I just found a good deal on a tandem bike at a > yard sale. I hope to hang > >> it on the back of Mellow Yellow before our next > camping trip and > >> surprise Mrs Squirrel. I'm looking for a rear > hatch tandem bike rack -- > >> not a roof rack, I'm too short to be hauling > stuff up there, and tandems > >> are very heavy. Mrs Squirrel is close to useless > when it comes to > >> hoisting heavy items. > >> > >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good > rack? I saw Gary Lee's > >> stuff at > >> > >> > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/4bike/tandem/tandem.htm > >> > >> Or maybe someone has a used one for sale, and > could figure out how to > >> ship it to Zip code 92008? > >> > >> -- > >> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > >> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus > >> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical > Banana") > >> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San > Juan Capistrano > >> KG6RCR > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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