HOW TO TIE DOWN?

[DCMAC214]

GONNABE - BUYING IN A FEW MONTHS ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO TIE DOWN A PAIR OF LARGEish ATVs SIDE-BY-SIDE IN AN 8' WIDE GARAGE? THEY'RE 47" WIDE, WHICH WILL LEAVE JUST A FEW INCHES OF SPACE ON THE SIDES. PICs WOULD HELP ME A LOT.

RIDE HAPPY - RIDE SAFE
DC

[DCMAC214]

GONNABE - BUYING IN A FEW MONTHS ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO TIE DOWN A PAIR OF LARGEish ATVs SIDE-BY-SIDE IN AN 8' WIDE GARAGE? THEY'RE 47" WIDE, WHICH WILL LEAVE JUST A FEW INCHES OF SPACE ON THE SIDES. PICs WOULD HELP ME A LOT.

RIDE HAPPY - RIDE SAFE
DC

[Kablewizard]

First of all, Howdy and Welcome to iRV2.

Your in the right place for a answer to your question there are a lot of folks with several toys they take camping. I only carry my Goldwing when I will be in great riding areas so its easy.

I am no expert but side by side should work tieing them to the front and back tie downs or get some of the new adjustable runners and place them across infront and behind your toys. Then you can adjust your tiedowns to where you need them. Like I said the experts will be posting soon I am sure.

Have fun.

[Jeff_in_The_Dalles]

Two suggestions:

First, I think that might be a little tight to get those things in there, and maybe you might want to consider a wide body trailer... Even if it works now, it sounds like all it would take is a little bigger ATV tires and it wouldn't.

Anyway, you can add ancor points where you would need to strap both down at 4 corners, and a wider garage would give you a bit more breathing room and keep the walls from getting beat up.

Myself, my quads are right at 4' wide, and the exterior of the trailer is 8', so I have to turn the 600+ pound machines sideways (not fun).

Second, if this is going to be your first toy hauler, I'd highly suggest going to a big RV show to look at all the available floor plans and quality levels, then start out used.

Just about everybody learns from their first one what they really want... New RV's depreciate hugely when they roll off the dealer's lot, so you would really take a beating if you start out with a new one and then trade up in a couple years.

[Kablewizard]

A thought on rigs, I don't know if its still part of the deal, but when my daughter got their first Weekend Warrior the deal said trade up with-in 2 years and they get the full value on their rig and they did it once, their thinking about it again. thats worth a thought and they do have wide bodies.