Bicycles vertically on the Camper Ladder??

[ggadwa]

On our Eagle Cap 950 the Rear Ladder is mounted on the Shower side with no room left to install the typical Bicycle Rack. Has anyone come up with a method to mount Bicycles vertically on the rear ladder rails???
Sure could use some ideas????
Gary

[Nemo667]

DutchmenSport wrote:
I think THIS is REALLY what you are asking about.

Click here.

Enjoy!

+1

[bigfootgrey]

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23447685.cfmhttp://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23447685.cfm
Here’s some information on how to build your own ladder mounted bike rack

[jimh406]

I tried the sideways model. I didn’t like not being able to open the door. DutchmenSport’s link has the details on hanging perpendicular to the ladder.

[ggadwa]

My Front hitch is already in use. My ladder doe not attache to the roof.

GARY

[Buzzcut1]

moebedick wrote:
Please,before you hang bike(s) on your ladder, consider a front hitch and bike rack. I carried two bicycles on a class C ladder and developed a chronic roof leak. It drove me crazy! I dismounted the ladder, sealed everything imaginable and reinstalled the ladder. A few storms and bingo,the leak would be back, I have been a boater for fifty years and I am quite good at solving leaks. It's a necessity when you have a large,moored sailboat. Camper roofs are flimsy by comparison to boat hulls. They are not intended to bear the weight,sustain the vibration or withstand the sudden shocks incurred when carrying bikes. Additionally, carrying the bikes in the way you suggest only increases those forces.
I'm sure that some people will disagree and say that they've carried their bikes on there ladders over lunar landscapes with no ill affects. Good for them! I,however,know what it's like to suffer those ill affects! Best to avoid them. (Also,easier to load and unload on a horizontal rack).

You are assuming that all ladders attach to the roof. Some, like mine stop before the rear awning and are only attached to the side wall of the camper and are not going to cause a leaky roof.

[DutchmenSport]

I think THIS is REALLY what you are asking about.

Click here.

Enjoy!

[moebedick]

Please,before you hang bike(s) on your ladder, consider a front hitch and bike rack. I carried two bicycles on a class C ladder and developed a chronic roof leak. It drove me crazy! I dismounted the ladder, sealed everything imaginable and reinstalled the ladder. A few storms and bingo,the leak would be back, I have been a boater for fifty years and I am quite good at solving leaks. It's a necessity when you have a large,moored sailboat. Camper roofs are flimsy by comparison to boat hulls. They are not intended to bear the weight,sustain the vibration or withstand the sudden shocks incurred when carrying bikes. Additionally, carrying the bikes in the way you suggest only increases those forces.
I'm sure that some people will disagree and say that they've carried their bikes on there ladders over lunar landscapes with no ill affects. Good for them! I,however,know what it's like to suffer those ill affects! Best to avoid them. (Also,easier to load and unload on a horizontal rack).

[Buzzcut1]

yup



standard thule bike tray. and footers that clamp on factory suv roof rails and a 50" cross bar cut in half to make to 25" cross bars

[diazr2]

Here is just one Stromberg Carlson 2 Bike Carrier for RVs - Ladder Mount - Aluminum

[diazr2]

I think the answer is yes they do.. I have seen many carried that way.

[ggadwa]

I think I didn't make my inquiry clear. I am looking for Cycle Rack that mounts by the Front Forks and the rear tire. This would make the Bikes stick out from the ladder not lay down along the back of the Camper. My Ladder on the Eagle Cap does not have room for Bikes to lay flat against the Camper ladder.

Gary

[enblethen]

Carrying bikes on ladders is done quite often.
Ladder Bike rack

[wildtoad]

They make a ladder mounted rack that can be used for that depending on what type of bikes you have. Do a search for RV ladder mount bike rack.