Outfitting The Truck For Isabel
Published April 21, 2021 · 4:10 · 231,317 views
About This Video
The VanMoof fits on the Land Cruiser rack but it's too big for me. The Super 73 is my size but too heavy for the rack and too heavy for me to load into the Tacoma. Sure, just throw the bikes in the bed. But then they tangle, and that does not solve the too-heavy-for-Isabel problem.
Van's fix: six products from Amazon, a step bit to bore out wider rack slots for fat wheels, D-rings drilled and tapped into the bed, a urethane bungee system, and an 18-pound aluminum ramp rated for 400 pounds. The Super 73 goes up the ramp into the rack. Can she do it on her own? She can. Four minutes of our guy engineering his wife's independence with a drill press and some bungee cords. That is the whole video.
Transcript
the van moof fits nicely onto the land cruiser rack but it's too big for isabel the super 73 is isabelle sized
but too heavy for the land cruiser rack and too heavy for isabel to load into the tacoma sure just throw the bikes into the back
of the tacoma exploit the spirited man's muscles but then the bikes get all tangled and that's just gross plus it doesn't
solve the too heavy for isabel problem through several weeks of obsessing over this situation this spirited man has innovated a
solution by implementing the use of six relatively inexpensive products [Music] this bike rack from amazon miraculously
fits perfectly into the tacoma bed okay so the fat wheels of the super 73 don't fit into the skinny rack slots you
gotta use a step bit to bore out new ones and fashion a wider brace plate from the extras included with the rack
but that's the bulk of the labor on this one drill and tap holes for the d-rings don't worry it will hold and the real
breakthrough find this aluminum ramp holds 400 pounds weighs 18. urethane bungees best of species amazon
loop 1 through the stock bed anchor one around a d-ring then through the frame of the van move and hook it to both anchors
as we say in the motorcycle business that ain't going nowhere okay the super 73 goes up the ramp into the rack
last strap a little too tight then pull the handlebars to compress the tire for tension ain't going nowhere
can she do it on her own [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] yes yes she can ramp 7120 amazon rack
5254 amazon lash straps 20 amazon fisherman loop things 10 bucks at home depot for the stainless ones d-rings 10 bucks at home depot bungees 1960 from amazon 183 34 and one day of your life to build it you
Products & Tools Mentioned
- VanMoof (e-bike) uses — electric bike that fits on Land Cruiser rack but too big for Isabel
- Super 73 (e-bike) uses — electric bike sized for Isabel but too heavy for rack
- Toyota Tacoma uses — truck being outfitted for bike transport
- Toyota Land Cruiser uses — vehicle with bike rack
- urethane bungees recommends — best of species from Amazon for securing bikes
People Referenced
Isabel