Drawbar question

[Bob Thomas]

This is the existing bike-carrier/hitch holder thingy

[Bob Thomas]

I want to know if I can SAFELY add this to the bottom, then to the end of this, the ball bar:

[Van]

I can't answer directly if you will be OK, its not the connections I would worry about, 1500 lbs is nothing for the pins.
But you know how leverage works, with the extension and the length of the double receiver thingy, the stress on the system will be pretty high, you might get bending which can lead to failure.

There is nowwhere else to hang those bikes? Sometime I see trailers/campers with a receiver on the back and bikes hanging there. Would that work for your set up?

[Bob Thomas]

Van,

I tried the back of the trailer but the added weight made the trailer fishtail around....I think. It is a little deceiving with the bikes there swinging around but I believe the weight caused it to fishtail a little too much for my liking