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i built this mini winnie to carry me and my bike to all my bucketlist "must ride" roads across america.

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i extended the frame to mount a cycle carrier...  no trailer hitch setup here, this is triangulated frame extentions with welded 45's and aux lighting.

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18 hours ago, Scott iv said:

Nice work. Cool looking additions like the solar panel mount. And a large full size bike on the rack. I lightened a 400cc to get it to around 300# for my rack. 

thank you sir, its funny that you mentioned lightening the load on carrier, just to be safe im getting ready to "box in" the c channel frame from the rear axle back to increase its rigidity since it is so extended from the oem toyota frame!

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On 11/14/2020 at 8:29 AM, Scott iv said:

Mine has a cabinet above the fridge with some unused space between. I mounted a window ac unit in that space. 

do you have a pic of your install of the ac, im considering losing the roof ac and would like to see hiw you did it.  

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Here are a couple pictures of my AC. Won't win any beauty contests but is functional and I'm happy with where I fit it. It protrudes from the side of the camper approximately 6"; enough to get good air flow so it functions properly. Original fridge was shot. Took it out flipped it upside down and tried all the tricks before giving up and hitting craigslist for the dorm fridge. I run the fridge with solar and inverter. 

 

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Welcome CRV! 

 

I am curious about the weight of your bike?  It looks larger than I would have thought could be possible with this kind of mount.  I am thinking of doing the extension from frame underside to do a very light trailer but this is a direction I would prefer (I have a big old bike so not sure possible).

 

 

 

 

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On 11/16/2020 at 9:54 PM, linda s said:

Here's a detailed thread about installing a window AC unit in almost the same place. Looks like it came this way set into the cabinet above. 

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thanks

 

On 11/17/2020 at 1:09 PM, Scott iv said:

Here are a couple pictures of my AC. Won't win any beauty contests but is functional and I'm happy with where I fit it. It protrudes from the side of the camper approximately 6"; enough to get good air flow so it functions properly. Original fridge was shot. Took it out flipped it upside down and tried all the tricks before giving up and hitting craigslist for the dorm fridge. I run the fridge with solar and inverter. 

 

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how well does that window unit cool your rv?

1 hour ago, jdavid said:

Welcome CRV! 

 

I am curious about the weight of your bike?  It looks larger than I would have thought could be possible with this kind of mount.  I am thinking of doing the extension from frame underside to do a very light trailer but this is a direction I would prefer (I have a big old bike so not sure possible).

 

 

 

 

this a 1000cc track bike, it weighs about 400lbs i didnt have a chance to build the rack before my end if the season trip to tail of the dragon last month [rt129 world famous motorcycle meca] in the Tennessee mountains so i just used a trailer but since got it setup everything seems very strong but im going to box in the c-channel frame from the rear axle back just to be sure because im going from pa to cali over the winter and dont want any flexing.

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The AC has done a great job for us over this past Summer. Of course, Wisconsin Summer. We've had some hot 90+ degree days and it managed to keep the camper comfortable. 5200btu. I've seen mixed reviews on the internet when in the West desert country and Texas 100+ degree days. I wanted an AC I could run along with occasional microwave on a 2000w peak inverter generator. 

 

My rear rack hangs off the back farther than yours. Concerning movement I had to address with my rack was lateral movement; side to side. Very solid up and down but had to weld additional support between frame extensions to reduce lateral movement. There are images out there of people who did not reinforce their frame and adding a trailer hitch rack bending and twisting their frame extensions laterally. 

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4 hours ago, Scott iv said:

The AC has done a great job for us over this past Summer. Of course, Wisconsin Summer. We've had some hot 90+ degree days and it managed to keep the camper comfortable. 5200btu. I've seen mixed reviews on the internet when in the West desert country and Texas 100+ degree days. I wanted an AC I could run along with occasional microwave on a 2000w peak inverter generator. 

 

My rear rack hangs off the back farther than yours. Concerning movement I had to address with my rack was lateral movement; side to side. Very solid up and down but had to weld additional support between frame extensions to reduce lateral movement. There are images out there of people who did not reinforce their frame and adding a trailer hitch rack bending and twisting their frame extensions laterally. 

niiiiiice, i was considering losing the roof unit and using a small window unit ac i could put in temporarily on the rare occasion i use ac....   do you have pix of your rack setup or can you direct me to some of the pix of frame twisting/bending on these toyos from rear rack system, ive searched for a bit and didnt find anything.   my rack setup seems rock solid vertically and laterally i can easily jack up rear of rv on the rack and seems just as solid latterally but id like to see any pix on results of other setups.    thanks for the help!

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