Quote Originally Posted by 998S View Post
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One word of advise, you need a car fitted with at least a 700 lbs. tongue weight hitch. Most OEM and aftermarket hitches are not.

The main load on the hitch will be vertical, and with the weight of the bike plus the carrier, plus the dynamic loads, you are balancing at the upper limits already.

Also, hitches with fixed balls don't work, you need the open version, where the carrier can be slided in.

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Hi Chaps,

In Guangdong & looking to pick up a hitch receiver for a Nissan Paladin so I can fit a bike carrier, to avoid going down the trailer route. (Attract less attention..). I wanted to pick up a Curt receiver (easy assembly to a Nissan Xterra, Paladin equivalent, in the US) that I can fit to my Paladin but all US suppliers for the various OEM brands on the market I've tried, will not ship to China. Now looking at hand carrying back from the US. Initial check with airlines is telling me it will be pricey due to size (not so much weight being the problem, as off shelf receivers can be less than 20Kg - more of a size problem I guess) and I'm not sure about getting it across the border from Hong Kong either..

Any of you guys know a hitch supplier in China that supply or can custom build hitches for a particular truck ? I'm desperate, so now looking at getting one made up in a back street metal-shop which isn't the best but as far as I can find out, the only solution.

998S - you know a supplier here where a bike carrier like the one on the image above can be picked up ?


Cheers