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Posted: 29 Nov 2007, 20:50
by syncroandy
> I had a "Paulchen" bike carrier once which hung from the top of the hatch. After a holiday with two bikes on Irish roads the hinges were knackered.
Jake went to Morocco and back with a fair bit more than that on a Paulchen rack. Seemed to work OK for him.
Posted: 29 Nov 2007, 20:52
by Pete Nice
How about a roof rack & ladder? Stick it up there out of the way!
Posted: 29 Nov 2007, 21:05
by peasant
syncroandy wrote:> I had a "Paulchen" bike carrier once which hung from the top of the hatch. After a holiday with two bikes on Irish roads the hinges were knackered.
Jake went to Morocco and back with a fair bit more than that on a Paulchen rack. Seemed to work OK for him.
Might have been one of those that had the lower support struts ...mine didn't
Posted: 29 Nov 2007, 23:15
by syncropete
I dont think so...... the whole wheel is held on by two welds
The picture of the crane is showing the rigidity of the inner strengthening brackets and hinge points. At last count there was four deeply veed welds on here. The fact I can hang a polystyrene gearbox off of a balsa wood crane surely proves some strength, but just to verify I am having the wedls x-rayed, acid dipped and peel tested and using logged aviation bolts.
Posted: 29 Nov 2007, 23:18
by syncropete
Sorry,
New to all this quote stuff.
Im sure you know what i mean.
Pete.
Posted: 30 Nov 2007, 09:36
by syncroand101
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As Andy said, made it to the tip of the Sahara and back with the wheel (and sometimes two chairs and a MTBoard) mounted on the Paulchen. The "roads" weren't exactly smooth.
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 11:19
by sonic23
Just received Pete's wheel carrier this morning and I must say it looks the part. It's extremely well made, and you can tell a lot of thought has gone into it. Quality fittings and nice spanky locking chrome handle.
First impressions tell me that it's been well worth the wait.....Now I'm looking forward to getting it fitted.
Rich
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 17:50
by syncroandy
Yeah, having seen Petes inner reinforcing piece up close I'd say it's stronger than the VW one, as it secures in three places not just against the outside panel like the VW one. On several vans I've seen with the VW carrier, there's enough flex for it to crease the outer panel over time.
Posted: 07 Dec 2007, 20:47
by Russel
The inner reinforecments that Pete is using are actualy a smaller copy (one is) of the original VW one.The other VW one is a casting welded into place.
I have not come across a carrier that meashures up to the original one yet.
Posted: 08 Dec 2007, 13:50
by HarryMann
As with most things structural - time will tell. But knowing Pete he's put more than 5 minutes of thought into it... and probably more than 5 prototypes too!
