[Norval]

I just got an '07 wagon and need to install a trailer hitch.

I know the usual hitch is a class one about 1 and 1/4 inch, hitch but the thing is my main need for it is for a bike rack I already have that fits on my other car and it is a standard hitch - I thhink they call it a class three, it is about 2 inches square.

I might also want to tow a relatively small fifteen foot fibreglass boat with 70 horse motor but this is not essential. Or maybe a small u-haul trailer from time to time if I have something large to take up to the cottage.

The local bike rack store says they have an adaptor so my bike rack can fit in the smaller htich but I expect it will then stick out further from the back and be ugly and inconvenient.

They told me that on a FOCUS I could not install a standard size hitch.

Is this for real? I don't know why anyone would want less than a standard hitch.

Any other advice for me?

Thanks.

Norval,