Got the shuttle rig setup for the weekend! Anyone who wants shuttles call Tyler!
6,887
Views
66
Comments
249
Favs
Photo info
- Album
- Mikes-Content
- Category
- Parts - Other
- Date Posted
- Oct 8, 2010 at 16:07Oct 8, 2010
- Location
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- Trail
- PBHQ
- Riders
- Tyler (Brule)
- Articles
- Thule T2 Hitch Rack Review
Photo details
66 Comments
- 1 0
nice truck, pretty dialed for a light-wheeler / daily driver...
per all the above comments you could easily shorten the back end appearance a bit (looks like maybe a foot or so) by re-pinning the bike rack farther forward (under the truck) or re-drilling the pin hole in the bike rack but that would spoil the rack a bit for resale.
Why do you carry around a spare tire, do you like the ride better or?
per all the above comments you could easily shorten the back end appearance a bit (looks like maybe a foot or so) by re-pinning the bike rack farther forward (under the truck) or re-drilling the pin hole in the bike rack but that would spoil the rack a bit for resale.
Why do you carry around a spare tire, do you like the ride better or?
- 6 22
no way look how heavy the 4 bikes makes the rear sag and the front way lifted ..
go up to steep of a hill with them 4 bikes and you will end up right on them ..the 4 bikes weigh more than the engine lol..i would add some steel plates to the front to balance the weight out ..or take the bikes and mount the rack over the box some how ..would look cooler like that too
go up to steep of a hill with them 4 bikes and you will end up right on them ..the 4 bikes weigh more than the engine lol..i would add some steel plates to the front to balance the weight out ..or take the bikes and mount the rack over the box some how ..would look cooler like that too - 1 3
ya that totaly would help with the unbalanced weight issue as well a big winch would also be a must with the bash guard and with both the weight issue would be perfect for 4 bikes on the rear
- 11 0
Hahaha these bikes never even budged the suspension on my rig. It's sprung to carry a 1000 plus pounds, this 160 was minor.
- 1 11
nice ..i guess it just kinda looks a bit back heavy in the photo..mabey cause all the bikes hanging off the rear ..would be cool if you could mount the rack above the rear cargo box on a roller rack and then roll it out to that position for unloading and to get to lower box for storage..that would look way better, with all that work you put in to the truck so far..The Truck is awesome for sure i would love to have one like that but that rack.....it defiantly needs a better looking system and or design for it to go with that Bad A$$ 4x4 ...
..i guess it just kinda looks a bit back heavy in the photo..mabey cause all the bikes hanging off the rear ..would be cool if you could mount the rack above the rear cargo box on a roller rack and then roll it out to that position for unloading and to get to lower box for storage..that would look way better, with all that work you put in to the truck so far..The Truck is awesome for sure i would love to have one like that but that rack.....it defiantly needs a better looking system and or design for it to go with that Bad A$$ 4x4 ...- 5 1
4 Bikes wouldnt even touch the weight of that engine lol.
I bet the engine in that thing is a good half ton, and no 4 bikes together weigh that much.
I'd like to see them futher forward though. Sick truck..
- 2 0
ahhh I love reading these comments...
If you tilt your head so it is even with the truck, it isnt sagged at all...
Even if it was sagged a bit, its a true 4x4 they are designed to flex. My '02 has a Deaver 9leaf in the rear, I notice a difference with 250lbs in the bed. The trade off is I can droop like crazy, and hit speed bumps at 120km/h...
Tyler, who did the SAS work for you, Trail Gear? and what front end did you go with?
"Add some steel plates." WTF!
If you tilt your head so it is even with the truck, it isnt sagged at all...
Even if it was sagged a bit, its a true 4x4 they are designed to flex. My '02 has a Deaver 9leaf in the rear, I notice a difference with 250lbs in the bed. The trade off is I can droop like crazy, and hit speed bumps at 120km/h...
Tyler, who did the SAS work for you, Trail Gear? and what front end did you go with?
"Add some steel plates." WTF!
- 1 0
@EricBirk
Remember seeing this gorgeous piece of work Silver Star??! I thought steel plates were for tractors?
Remember seeing this gorgeous piece of work Silver Star??! I thought steel plates were for tractors?
- 1 0
agree with sdavismtb, its a lifted truck you should expect sag with any load. sick truck man, she's a real looker.
- 1 0
haha, why am I not suprised to see you here Eric. Although all these comments from armchair mechanics makes me scared to post pics of my yota. Your a brave man for posting these.
Brule, if your ever in Alberta, contact Eric or myself and we'll get together and go for a drive and a bike ride out at Baseline.
- 1 0
hahaha If it has a T on the grill and a transfer case or a turbo I wont be too far behind 
That would be a great run! I cant really think of a better day than some 4x'n and riding.
That would be a great run! I cant really think of a better day than some 4x'n and riding.
- 1 0
The truck was built in Langley by a guy names Johnny 5 in the Crawling community out this way. No Trail Gear on the truck.
Yes it was up a Silver Star a few times this past summer.
I haven't been to Baseline in like 6+ years. I actually sold the truck a few weeks back as commuting to and from the interior seemed like a bad idea - went back to my old '94 4Runner = www.pinkbike.com/photo/462085
Yes it was up a Silver Star a few times this past summer.
I haven't been to Baseline in like 6+ years. I actually sold the truck a few weeks back as commuting to and from the interior seemed like a bad idea - went back to my old '94 4Runner = www.pinkbike.com/photo/462085
- 1 0
That thing needs a Toyota Diesel in it. Putting shivvy anything in a Toyota is like putting V-brakes on a Carbon DH bike. Beautiful Toyota though. I've got an 89 4runner that's just been designated a "trail toy" (aleady got the dual cases and the 85 axles sitting in the barn along with a set of all skinny Simmex's to go on her YEAH!!!) as I'm importing a German HZJ75 Troupy here next year.
mine is almost there 
- 2 3
are you kidding? that thing probably has barely enough power to get out of its own way! (unless it has a sbc swap)
- 1 0
i was thinkiin of that conversion instead of the 350. but i need a better rig to slap er in.
did u use a plate to link it up to the yota tranny..?
did u use a plate to link it up to the yota tranny..?
I have the same setup: T2 with four bikes. In under six months of use (averaging 1 shuttle per week with 2-5 miles of dirt road) the rack was mostly destroyed. It was bent, sloppy, and even had one of the trays fall off the end of the rack in route. The brass bushings in the folding mechanism all cracked and fell out, making the whole assembly flop around wether loaded or not. Do not use this thing off road, it will disintegrate. But after you destroy it, get some 2" square tube and make a non-folding version like I did. That will hold up pretty well.