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Old 09-05-2011, 08:31 AM   #1
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Hi all,
New to this forum...Will be picking up our new Outlaw mid October and am wondering about the incline of the ramp door in relation to our trike. We have a Voyager trike kit on it so there is a bar under the bike that can sometimes hit on extreme bumps in the road. We watched a guy with a Harley trike load his into a 5th wheel toyhauler and he just drove one wheel across a timber with one wheel to lift the bike a little and then he cleared ok. He had a regular trike frame but still was low to need a little help. Anyone have experience with this or know how steep the pitch is to get a trike in and out ?We're really excited to pick up our new rig so our trike will have a garage of her own

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Old 09-05-2011, 12:23 PM   #2
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Congrads! You may have to put some wood under the gate to decrease the angle. I had to do that with my bike trailer. Not a big deal but a PIA. I used a 2 x 12 to start with another piece of 2 x 6 on top of that to go under the gate.

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Another trick is to use just the front levelers to jack up the front of the RV.
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I just loaded my buddy's new HD Trike this past weekend to check the fit. . .we just compensated by lowering the front jacks and retracting the rear jacks. No problems (except the darn thing won't fit in a 3612 because of the Murphy Bed) at all with the angles.
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Thanks all for your responses ! All good info...anxious to pick the rig up and see how loading the trike works out. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions once I get it.
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