bike behind a tractor

I've been wondering the best way to do this myself. The best solutions I've come up with so far are to stow the bike OVER the sleeper where I just have a shell for aerodynamics (yeah, not all trucks have these), which I deemed immediately to be completely impractical. The other, and what I'll be trying when I go home next week, is to take the wheels off, and stow everything in the space just in front of the passenger seat. I'll keep this thread in mind and if I'm able to do it I'll see about posting some pictures.

 

They make a deal where you take the front wheel off and clamp the fork to the holder. The holder is mounted with two bolts.

 

I did it, and the nice part is that I won't have to clean away any grunge from being behind the truck!

 

I have a bike that I can put on back of tractor when I am unable to keep in trailer because my load is too full. It's in a bus bike rack on top of a storage box (see attached pic). The other potential issue is air/power line conflict. I had previously carried my harley back there and had customized air/power line setup to get them behind the bike which means they are behind bicycle and box.

I forgot to put in trailer recently when I had to drive in some winter conditions. I had made it through entire winter with out exposing it to winter road treatment chemicals. They caused some instant rust. Previous travels through rain seem relatively harmless. I do have air tabs on tractor and maybe they are actually keeping it cleaner back there (as they claim).

It's a $450 dollar bike, I would be reluctant to put a really high dollar bike back there, but I am happy to have this one with me... even if I don't ride it enough. It comes in handy to make a dash to a nearby store or restaurant occasionally.

 

That's actually a nice setup. Not something that's likely to be an option for us company drivers though. I just switched trucks today and have a couple of hand holds on the back of the cab now, so I may try to strap it back there now.

 

I forgot to describe the method I used before the one pictured, an idea I got from a company driver... He had an automobile (specifically in his case, one meant for a hatchback) type bicycle carrier, hooked over his top air line hanger/slider bar. I ended up making one from walmart, a 2 bike trunk mount one work. Just hooked over that top bar, tied instead of hooked the securement straps to the lower bar, pulled them tight and actually worked quite well. I even briefly had 2 bikes on it after I bought my current bike and sold my previous one. The hatchback one was a better setup, but mine worked well enough.

Two potential issues for you company slaves.
1. air and light lines. I did already have a pogo stick type arrangement that kept the lines away from bike.
2. trailer clearance. If your trailer is really close to back of cab, well, you do the math.

I was about to buy a pretty nice $1000 fold-up when a kid (customer) in the bike store offered to sell me the one pictured which is a cruiser w/7 speed derailer.