thinking of grabbing one of these

[Bowjob]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kolpin-L...30-U/203471046

thinking of grabbing one of these for the atv, anyone hear anything bad about these? getting kinda tired of tying the atv down to the bed lol, also heard if you ever get cut off itll save your back window from your atv going through it.

[rick_iles]

Looks pretty slick. I’d still tie down the front on long highway hauls. Looks like the down side would be the height of the hitch receiver, if you were going to pull a trailer ....

[Bowjob]

Looks pretty slick. I’d still tie down the front on long highway hauls. Looks like the down side would be the height of the hitch receiver, if you were going to pull a trailer ....

yeah, i believe there is 3 separate pieces and once you set those to your desired heights you never had to do it again just release it and put it back on, i do see what your saying about the trailer tho, for us it would be for more of a convenience thing drive the atv up hitch her on and good to go, maybe put a tie down in the front like you were saying for 150 bucks its not a bad deal for what it is i guess.

[Bushmoose]

The distance from the trucks receiver to the 450-500 lb bike will equal a lot of leverage. It better be heavy steel and good welding? And with all the connecting points, there's sure to be a lot of clunking? For my money, it's too gimmicky.

[oaknut]

For short jaunts to a hunting spot , sure. It might be worth my while to look into it given how many ratchet straps I lose every year.

Is it going to stop that bike from taking your noodle off if involved in a head on, not a chance. 600lb atv at 55 MPH has a lot of potential energy, thankfully most truck cabs have protection for such a thing.

I would be curious as to how it would stack up legally given a sticky officer could give you a PP slap for not having the atv attached at 4 points.

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[Gregger17]

I love this Erickson e-trac tie down system. Cheaper and sooo easy! The only thing is you need to buy is hardware ( bolts/nuts /washers) $10 or so.


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[greatwhite]

I have seen them used but I showed to a welder from and he said that bottom support is extremely poor and couldn't figure out how it could even be sold in Canada. Ther should be a second brace on it and there isn't.

Cost to build your own if you can weld is about 50 bucks

[Bowjob]

For short jaunts to a hunting spot , sure. It might be worth my while to look into it given how many ratchet straps I lose every year.

Is it going to stop that bike from taking your noodle off if involved in a head on, not a chance. 600lb atv at 55 MPH has a lot of potential energy, thankfully most truck cabs have protection for such a thing.

I would be curious as to how it would stack up legally given a sticky officer could give you a PP slap for not having the atv attached at 4 points.

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fair point, we drive usually an hour to where we hunt take the highway then side roads most of the way, we usually use a chain across the back frame and then tie down the front, the pick up and atv we have already just fit into the truck with the tail gate down so i see this as a viable option, as for what gregger said thats only doable if you have a trailer!

[Bowjob]

I have seen them used but I showed to a welder from and he said that bottom support is extremely poor and couldn't figure out how it could even be sold in Canada. Ther should be a second brace on it and there isn't.

Cost to build your own if you can weld is about 50 bucks

fair point theres a couple companies that make this product if i remember correctly

[Sam Menard]

There should be a second brace on it and there isn't.

I agree. The adjusting connectors will be loose-fitting which will cause movement in the system. Worse yet, without a brace directly back to the hitch, the unit will likely bend in a sudden stop. A custom job with thicker steel, a brace, and less parts would be better IMO.