Can Motorcycle Carrier Be Welded to Frame of 33-Foot Jayco Travel Trailer

Question:

I have a 2014 jayco jay flight 33ft travel trailer. I have looked underneath it and it has pretty substantial I-beams for the frame, My question is can i weld a motorcycle carrier to the back of it that would carry a 2019 harley davidson street glide or would that be to much?

asked by: Randall C

Expert Reply:

I-beam trailer frame construction is very robust but I doubt very much that either Jayco or Lippert (who most likely made the I-beam frame) would endorse welding anything to it, especially a carrier for a Harley-Davidson. A steel motorcylce carrier strong enough to handle the Street Glide would weigh a good bit on its own and by the time you load the 830-lb bike you'd be looking at 900 to 1000-lbs. Our hitch-mount motorcycle carriers like # e98873 and # UF48-979033 top out at 500-lbs bike weight so neither is even close to being suitable for a heavy V-Twin.

What you really need is a trailer for the bike that can be towed behind the travel trailer. This requires the travel trailer have a frame and hitch that are rated for towing and that your tow vehicle has the towing capacity for the combined weight of both the travel trailer and the motorcycle trailer.

expert reply by: Adam R