Originally Posted by
ekincam
You should be careful when giving advice like this. Some cars only have 100 lb limit tongue weigh and 2 bikes @ 50lbs each plus the rack will exceed this. Just because the towing weight can be up to 1000lbs doesn't mean the car can handle 1000lbs on the hitch.
Surely you're less likely to damage the hitch with that weight than the trunk with that weight. Might want to take a look at your car's load limit in general with max occupants its not hard to exceed it on alot of cars let alone piling on cargo. I know on my corvette you could exceed it with just two moderately large men.