What Hitch Will I Need to Carry an Active Care Spitfire 3 Wheel Scooter Behind a 2006 Honda Civic

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From my research your scooter is 19 inches wide by 42 inches long and 36 inches tall and weighs 88 pounds with the batteries. With these dimensions I believe you can use the 20x48 Cargo Carrier for 1-1/4 inch Trailer Hitch, part number 6500, along with the Hidden Hitch Class I Trailer Hitch, part number 60822. You will need to make sure that you keep the weight of the carrier and scooter and anything else on the carrier within the tongue capacity of the lowest rated component, either the vehicle, hitch or the carrier itself whichever is lowest. You can find your vehicle towing capacities in the owners manual.

We do not have a scooter carrier that will work with the 1-1/4 inch trailer hitches so you will have to devise a way to load the scooter onto the carrier, and make sure that if you add this to the carrier you remain within the tongue capacity mentioned earlier. You will also need to tie the scooter down. We have tie downs available, see link below.

If your scooter obscures the taillights on your vehicle or your state requires cargo carriers to have lights you will need a light kit which we have for this carrier and the part number is 6504. You would also need the wiring for your vehicle which would be part number 118437 for 2 door vehicles and 118420 for 4 door vehicles.

expert reply by: Bob G