Bike carrying (pickup truck) - wheel chocks or support brace

[Ste]

I'm looking to make carrying bikes in the back of my L200 pickup a bit easier and more secure, and was hoping someone's able to help with a few questions.

So far I've just been having one bike in the middle of the bed strapped to the tiedown points round the edge. This is pretty secure when on road but if anywhere offroad like a couple of hundred meters across a field to park at the other side the bike does move around a bit.

Taking two bikes will need me to put some extra tiedown points in which I'm going to be doing sometime soon(ish), and I'm trying to find ways to make two bikes stable when driving on anything other than flat tarmac.

Having the front wheels in a chocks like this should stop the wheel moving around at all. Or there are bars like this one that can be bolted across the front of the bed.

Does anyone have anything to recommend for securing a couple of bikes in the back of a pickup? I've not been able to find places in the UK selling chocks or those support braces, there are lots of places in the US that'll ship internationally but does anyone know of somewhere in the UK to buy from?

[0ddball]

You could make some/get some made for next to nothing. A bit of 1/2" steel sheet cut and welded into this shape and bolted to the load area would support the front wheel so well you'd just need a couple of tie downs on the bars and possibly one at the back just to stop it bouncing on bumps.

https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SpannerMonkey/chock.jpg

[Davo]

I've been looking at something like this to add on to my trailer (primarily as an aid to loading a trailer on my own). Dunno if it'd cope with an 18" wheel though.

[irving]

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[Ste]

Getting something made is an option, but where'd you go to get something like that made?

[hmmmnz]

your local engineers, fitters, your grandad/mate with a welder.
i used to (back in nz) have an old trailer that id ripped the floor out of and welded 3 u shaped troughs onto it and it would carry 3 bikes (the outside bikes facing forwards and the inside bike backwards) comfortably and with no issues over rough terrain. all were tied down with 4 tiedowns each.
easy as pie.
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[Phoenix]

If you position the bikes so that the front wheel is strapped firmly into the corner of the pickup on left or right lock then it should be enough to stop the bike moving around much. Also make sure you're strapping the rear suspension down (not from the swingarm) and you're trying infront and behind so as to be equivalent of pulling the bike apart rather than tying the front and rear straps foward for example. Had bikes in vans and trailers going allover the place like this and not had anything go over yet, the more straps the better, 4 is enough 6 is the max you'd need.

[mooky]

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