yordano Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hi All, newbie here, great forum with loads of good bits of info. I'm looking for a way of taking my soon incoming Triumph Scrambler 1200 with me on my travels. I drive a VW Amarok pick up truck with HD rear axle leaf springs that can take up to 1t of load. Tow bar fitted. Ideally a hitch type but giving the dry weight of 207kg I have only found one on Amazon that claims 600lb capacity. May possibly end up with a trailer. Will need to be able to load and unload by myself. Any help or suggestions appreciated, many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hello and Welcome I have no idea but someone might soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hello and welcome, ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megawatt Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 A good quality, lightweight trailer is your best bet. Your bike will weigh a lot more than the dry weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Welcome to TMBF mate. ........ A specific motorcycle trailer would be best.......how about hiring one to test it out to see how you get on with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Doubt you will find an off the shelf carrier for that weight, if you want best way would be to get an adjustable hitch fitted https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-RTC7042BPLW?gclid=Cj0KCQiApbzhBRDKARIsAIvZue_K68WcMg2EhuT4Fy_YK-f6XyRF0WcikcbAu44wE9EkwajIbfDGFXkaAre_EALw_wcBThen get a carrier made to go onto the back plate, get an extra pin and you can use a saddle with 2 pins, I made something similar many years agoTowbar are designed to take shunt weights, they ain't really designed to take 250kg bouncing up and down constantly. Edited January 4, 2019 by Bender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangaryprice Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 220kg is likely to be too heavy for a tow bar hitch. Most cars can only have a tow hitch of 75kg, Althpugh your Amarok will be higher (My Dsicovery can have a htch load of 125kg, i would expect similar for the Amarok)But its still not enough to carry your Triumph.As suggested above, trailer is your best bet. Easier to load as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestrivens Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I don't know how you would actually lift the bike onto something on the tow hitch. Perhaps what you need is something like this:https://www.motolug.com/That can be broken down when not in use for easy storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yordano Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Many thanks to everyone for warm welcome and all the advice. I did not really think I could fit all that weight to a tow bar, more like some support support frame to rear chassis, as they sometimes do on motorhomes. With a little side ramp the loading looked reasonably ok, at least it can only fall one way towards you Really like the motolug, that may be the way forward for me as I have no room to store a trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm0129 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 It’s the nose weight of the vehicle you need to check-unlikely to be 220kg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 It’s the nose weight of the vehicle you need to check-unlikely to be 220kg He was wanting to carry the bike on the Towbar on a carrier, the bike would have been the nose weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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