Trailer Hitches

[roo4]

The roof rack is really more of an afterthought. My husband is thinking about buying a kayak and it makes more sense to put it up on the new vehicle.

My gut instinct is to stick with a hitch rack for bicycles, hence the real question of hitch size. I'm askeered of driving into the garage with the bike(s) on the roof!

[Irulan]

I would bet the suggestion for a 1.25" hitch for an Element is to make sure people don't try to tow something over the limit for that vehicle.

I was just doing a little research into this as I'm getting really tired of the roof rack for my Mazda. I would need to put a 1.25 hitch on it and then get a tray rack. We need a new rack for our SUV, which has a full blown 2" hitch. I found out that adapters to go up are only about $15.