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We have a fall trip planned to a campground with no waste hookup.  In preparation, I bought a 28 gal. Portable waste tank for our grey water.  I really don’t want to lash it down to my pickup bed cover between to bicycles and am considering purchase of a tray type carrier to install in the unused bike carrier at the rear of the rv.  Most of the carriers large enough to fit the cart have a 2” insert hitch.  As the cart weighs @ 50 lbs, I would mount with an adapter to fit the 2” hitch into the 1 1/4 Oliver hitch.

Thoughts or other suggestions??

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I wouldn’t want to trust an adapter, there have been threads here about changing the small Ollie receiver to a steel 2” one. Once you do that the choices for a cargo rack are many,  Just be sure to pick an RV rated one. I really like my 1-Up bike racks and would buy one of their folding trays in a heartbeat. What are the dimensions of your tank? Will it obscure the rear trailer lights?

I would install this:

Ultra-Tow Step Bumper Receiver - Class II, 3500-Lb. GTW, 2in.

Then use one of these:

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https://www.1up-usa.com/product-category/cargo-carriers/

Alternatively have you thought about a front receiver for your truck? Carry the tank here, it would be out of the way as long as you always remember it is there😳 An extra benefit is you can use a front ball mount to maneuver your trailer, just not at the same time….

John Davies

Spokane WA

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Have you seen this rack? If you have a Camco tank, this might be usable on your Ollie bike rack cross bar. You might have to remove the receiver from it.

https://www.camco.net/tote-tanks/bumper-mount-tote-tank-holder-39010

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Thanks, John.  I’m a big fan of the 1UP products - we use the bike trays on our bed cover to haul our e-bikes.  The folding tray looks great not sure it would get enough use to justify the cost, although it could be used for other purposes.  RE the 2” steel hitch - would you just remove the smaller receiver and drill through the aluminum cross piece to match the holes?

Dave

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1 minute ago, PapaBiker said:

  RE the 2” steel hitch - would you just remove the smaller receiver and drill through the aluminum cross piece to match the holes?

I haven’t actually seen that one in person, it looks simple enough to bolt on using big stainless steel bolts and locking nuts. Be sure to put a plastic pad under it to prevent dissimilar metal corrosion. One of the members here recently said he was going to do this, search the threads here. 
 

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3 minutes ago, PapaBiker said:

Just saw this  and it may work - i just don’t want it to hit the spare cover.

And it might obscure the license plate if centered. I bet the build and material quality will be very disappointing after using the 1-Up products😬 The Camco one is painted steel and non-stainless hardware.

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11 minutes ago, John E Davies said:

And it might obscure the license plate if centered. I bet the build and material quality will be very disappointing after using the 1-Up products😬 The Camco one is painted steel and non-stainless hardware.

John Davies

Spokane WA

It would definitely obscure the license plate.  Thanks taking time to search!  Much appreciated.

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This link discusses some tote carry options.   If you do a search in this forum, you’ll find several threads that show methods for carrying these totes, including strapped to top of storage box in front carry tray.

 

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“Ramble” - 2021 Legacy Elite II #797;  2020 Ford F-250

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