Originally there was a 2" receiver option, but Oliver reduced it to 1.25" as a result of litigation. Not the best option, since most robust bike racks have 2" receivers. Some people have or have had a 2" bumper mount receiver fabricated, but it is a bit complicated calculating the change in tongue weight, etc. Others have utilized a riser mounted rack on the trailer's A-frame. A search should bring up posts about both of these. I will share the result of our method - hopefully it will work. We don't want to carry the bikes in the back of the pickup, but have an alternative plan to install mounts on a tonneau cover.
Oliver did have the 1.25" receiver rated at a 100# load limit, but it was recently upgraded to 150#. The latter is an improvement, but still not sufficient for those wishing to transport e-bikes.
Our bike rack is 2"; the rack alone weighs 50# and two mt. bikes add an additional 70#. Not wanting to ditch our bike rack that we love (1upUSA), we are hoping there is room to mount the rack to the pickup receiver with this dual hitch. Won't know if this will work until we have our Oliver hitched up; based on measurements given us by Oliver, I'm almost certain there will be enough clearance between the back of the rack and the Oliver's tongue jack. We are not getting the tongue accessory basket.
Hope this helps.
I too am a 1up USA fan and plan on trying the dual hitch. Has anyone tried it?
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I too am a 1up USA fan and plan on trying the dual hitch. Has anyone tried it?