The Conservative Cave
Interests => Around the House & In the Garage => Topic started by: BattleHymn on June 07, 2012, 05:41:51 PM
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Do any of you CCers have experience with hitch cargo carriers? I'm planning a camping trip, and I will be hitching one up to the back of our Volvo wagon. I am concerned about the level of dirt/dust that might get thrown up on the cargo (two bicycles). Is dust/dirt a concern, or do things stay mostly clean back there when you're hauling things? I thought about throwing a tarp over everything, but they're tall enough that a tarp will obstruct my rearward vision with a tarp covering them.
Total trip length will probably be around 2,500 miles or so.
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Do any of you CCers have experience with hitch cargo carriers? I'm planning a camping trip, and I will be hitching one up to the back of our Volvo wagon. I am concerned about the level of dirt/dust that might get thrown up on the cargo (two bicycles). Is dust/dirt a concern, or do things stay mostly clean back there when you're hauling things? I thought about throwing a tarp over everything, but they're tall enough that a tarp will obstruct my rearward vision with a tarp covering them.
Total trip length will probably be around 2,500 miles or so.
Dust is a serious problem with them, as is the spray when it rains. Wrap things in several layers of plastic (on the bottoms, too) or put things in well sealed containers.
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Unless they are highly expensive bikes, I wouldn't think that dust is going to be a huge problem.