Kuat Beta Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Yakima HighLite 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2 Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Land Rover Evoque- Video
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Prorack Platform Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion we'll be test fitting the Prorack Two Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 Inch and 2 Inch Hitches. This is a platform style bike carrier, part number pr8062400. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Line up the pin hole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt tightening it with a wrench.Then we can go ahead and install the clip on the other side. Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 15-1/2 inches of ground clearance.more
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Swagman G10 Hitch Bike Rack Review- Video
Today we'll be taking a look at the Swagman G10 Two Bike Carrier, part number s64681. The Swagman G10 is built for 1-1/4 inch hitches for both classes I and II. It's also compatible with the 2 inch hitch when using the included adapter sleeve. The G10 can carry up to two bikes at 45 pounds per bike.On the Swagman G10 we'll find ratcheting hooks on the pivoting upright arm which helps hold our bike securely by the frames. It has also has the sliding wheel cradles that simply adjust with the hand knobs along the bike rack arms to accommodate bikes of different lengths. On the tilt feature of this bike carrier there's a cam-action lever at the base that lets you tilt the rack down or fold it up.Theres a combination hitch lock and cable lock that secures the rack to your vehicle and your bikes to the rack.more
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Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion we'll be test fitting the Yakima Doubledown Ace Four Bike Carrier for 1 1/4 Inch and 2 Inch Hitches, part number y02451. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Line up the pin hole and go ahead and install our pin. Then we'll move to the rear of the shank where we'll use the hand knob to secure bike rack to the vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device.Now we'll go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about ten inches of ground clearance. From the closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle there's about two and a half inches.more
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Thule Helium Aero Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion we'll be test fitting the Thule Helium Aero Two Bike Carrier for 1 1/4 Inch and 2 Inch Hitches, part number th9042. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into receiver tube of our hitch. Then we'll allow the included pin to fall into place. Now we'll move to the rear of the shank and use the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device.Now we'll go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about 14 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about a centimeter apart.more
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Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex Four Bike Carrier, part number th9029. Now with our two inch adapter already removed from our carrier, we'll slide the shank into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench.Now with our Thule Vertex secured to our Hyundai Sonata we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. There's about 11 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about four inches. With the cradle arms folded down we've added about 12 inches to the overall length of the vehicle.We'll now pull the gray lever at the top of the mast to swing the cradle arms out and we'll measure from the vehicle's trunk to the end of the carrier's cradle arms and we'll get a measurement of 41 inches. Now with this bike carrier and this vehicle you can access the trunk with the mast in its upright position or we can pull the handle at the bottom of the carrier to tilt the mast down.To load the bike we'll make sure that the mast is in its upright position, we'll undo the cradle straps, set the bike into the frame cradles and secure with the straps.more
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Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata, we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, part number TH934XTR. Now with our 2" adaptor already removed from our bike carrier, we'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank into our hitch, and line up our hitch pin holes. We'll then thread the anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench, securing our bike carrier to our Hyundai Sonata. Now with the Hitching Post Pro secured to our vehicle, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. There's about 11" of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 7".more
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Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex Swing 4-bike carrier, part number TH9027. Now with our 2" adaptor removed from our bike carrier, we'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, insert the spring-loaded pin into the pin holes, and turn the black knob to engage the anti-rattle device. Now with our Thule Apex secured to our Hyundai Sonata, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. We have about 10" of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the vehicle's rear bumper is about 2". With the cradle arms folded down, we've added about 12" to the overall length of the vehicle.more
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Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata we'll be testing fitting the Thule Apex Four Bike Carrier, part number th9025. Now to begin our test fit with the two inch adapter removed from our carrier we'll slide the carrier shank into the opening of the hitch, insert the spring loaded pin into the pin hole and turn the black knob on the upper part of the shank to engage our anti-rattle device securing the carrier to our Sonata.We'll now go over a few clearance measurements to see how the Thule Apex and our Hyundai Sonata fit together. There's about 11 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about two inches. With the cradle arms folded down we've added about twelve inches to the overall length of the vehicle.We'll now pull the gray lever at the top of the mast to swing the cradle arms out and we'll measure from the vehicle's trunk to the end of the carrier's cradle arms and we'll get a measurement of 41 inches. Now with this bike carrier and this vehicle you can access the trunk with the mast of the carrier in its upright position or you can pull the gray lever at the bottom of the carrier to tilt the mast down.To load the bike we'll make sure that the mast is in its upright position.more
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SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford Fusion, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Super EZ platform-style 2-bike rack for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number SR2901LR. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll line up the pin holes, and then thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten with a wrench. Now we'll go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 14-1/2". The shank of our carrier actually starts inclining right at the base of our bumper, and so our bumper clearance is zero, because our carrier and our bumper is flush with each other.more
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SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Escape 3-bike carrier, part number A30403. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes, and tighten with a wrench. Now with the carrier secured to our Sonata, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. There's about 9" of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 6". With the cradle arms folded down, we've added about 13" to the overall length of the vehicle.more
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Hollywood Racks Sport Rider Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Sonata- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Sonata, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider 2-bike carrier, part number HR1000. Now to begin our test fit, with the 2" adaptor removed from the shank, we'll slide it into the hitch receiver, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes, and tighten with a wrench. Now with the Sport Rider secured to our Sonata, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together. There's about 16" of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the rear bumper is about 8". We've added a total of 25" to the overall length of the vehicle.more
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Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer, we'll be test fitting the Yakima StickUp 2-bike hitch-mounted carrier, part number Y02420. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up the pin hole, and thread in our anti-rattle bolt. Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of 14". The closest part of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about 2". When the bike carrier is in the folded position, we've added about 11" to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer, we'll be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace 2-bike carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number Y02450. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up the pin hole, and put in our pin. Then we'll move to the back of the shank, and use the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device. Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 13" of ground clearance here at the rear of the carrier. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about 5".more
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Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Dodge Dart- Video
Today on our 2013 Dodge Dart we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack, part number th934xtr. Now to begin our test fit we've already moved the adapter for the two inch hitch so we're ready to fit it to our vehicle. We'll slide our bike rack shank into the hitch. Line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt.Now that our bolt is tight our bike rack is secure to our vehicle. Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of eight and a half inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is four and a half inches.more
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Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today on our 2013 Ford Explorer we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex Swing Four Bike Carrier for Two Inch Hitches, part number th9027. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Line up the pin hole and allowing the attached pin to fall into place. We'll then use the hand knob here at the rear of the shank to secure our carrier to the vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device.Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. Here at the rear of the carrier we have a ground clearance of about 14 1/2 inches. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about three and a half inches.more
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Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex Four Bike Carrier, part number th9025. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the hitch and allow the integrated locking hitch pin to fall into place. We can then move to the anti-rattle knob where we'll tighten it down securing our bike rack to the vehicle.Now we'll go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of 17 1/2 inches. The closest point of the carrier to the closest point of our vehicle is about four inches. With the bike carrier in its folded position we've added about 13 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Hyundai Elantra- Video
Today on our 2013 Hyundai Elantra we'll be test fitting the Swagman Titan Four Bike Carrier, part number s63410. Now to begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now with our Swagman tightened secured to our Hyundai Elantra we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how they fit together.From the rear of the carrier we have about 14 inches ground clearance. Closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the vehicle here at the bumper is about seven inches. With the cradle arms folded down we've added about 18 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. We can now pull the black lever at the top of the mast to swing the cradle arms out and for the vehicle's rear bumper to the end of the cradle arms we've added an additional 36 inches to the overall length of the vehicle.Now with this bike carrier you can access the trunk of the vehicle with the mast in its upright position or you can pull the black lever at the base of carrier to tilt the mast down to be able to load larger cargo easier.more
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Prorack 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today, on our 2013 Ford Explorer, well be test fitting the Prorack 2-Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 inch and 2-inch hitches, Part Number PR8062403. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up the pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, and tighten it with a wrench.Now, well go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 13 inches of ground clearance here at the back of the carrier. The closest part of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about two inches. Weve added 23 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.Now, well go ahead and pull the pin and clip at the base of the carrier to allow our carrier to tilt. As you can see, we can easily gain access to the cargo area of our vehicle by opening our rear hatch.more
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Prorack 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today, on our 2012 Ford Fusion, well be test fitting the Prorack 2-Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 inch and 2-inch hitches, Part Number PR8062403. To begin our test fit, well go ahead and slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up the pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightened with a wrench, and put our clip on the other side.Now, well go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about a ground clearance of 10-1/2 inches. The closest point of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about 1/2 inch. Weve added 19 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.Now, well go ahead and pull the pin at the base of the mast to allow our carrier to tilt. With it tilted, we can easily access to the cargo area of our vehicle by opening our trunk.more
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Kuat Beta Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford Explorer- Video
Today, our 2013 Ford Explorer, well be test fitting the Kuat Beta Aluminum Folding 2-Bike Rack for 2-inch hitches, Part Number B202-2. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of our carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and then install our pin and clip. Then well move to the rear of the shank where well use the hand knob to secure our bike rack to our vehicle and engage our anti-rattle device.Now, well go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about 13-1/2 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about three inches. Then the bike carrier is in the folded position, weve added about 11 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.Now, well go ahead and pull the pin and clip at the base of the carrier to allow our carrier to tilt.more
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Hollywood Racks Sport Rider Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Ford Fusion- Video
Today, on our 2012 Ford Fusion, well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider 2, 2-Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 inch and 2-inch hitches, Part Number HR1000. To begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench.Now, well go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about a ground clearance here at the rear of the carrier of 19 inches. The closest part of the carrier to the rear of the vehicle is about five inches. Weve added about 22 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.Now, well go ahead and pull the three pins at the base of the carrier to go allow it to go into loading position. As you can see, with our center mast out of the way, we can easily gain access to the trunk of our vehicle.Now, well go ahead and put the center mast back in its upright position.Well extend the frame hooks all the way to the top of the bar, undo the wheel straps, and then grab our bike.more
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Yakima HighLite 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Yakima Highlite Aluminum two bike carrier, part number y02438. To being to test fit, well slide the shank of the bike rack into our hitch, line up the pin hole, and insert the red safety pin into the pin hole. Then we can move our way to the back and tighten up the black knob on the back of the carrier, this engages the anti-rattle feature and secures our bike carrier to our vehicle.Now lets go over some clearance measurements. We have about 17 of ground clearance. From the closet point of the carrier to the closet point on the rear of the vehicle is about six inches, with the bike carrier in the folded position, weve added about 11 to the overall length of our vehicle. Well now go ahead and pull up on the red knob pin on the back of the mast to tilt down our bike carrier.As you can see we can still open our tailgate door with it making little or no contact to the bike carrier.more
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Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Yakima Doubledown Ace Four bike carrier, part number y02451. To being to test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up the pin hole, and insert the pin with the red knob into the pin hole. Then we can turn the black knob to engage our anti-rattle device.Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle, well go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of 17. From the closet point of the carrier to the closet point of the bike rack is about seven inches. With the bike carrier in the folded position weve added about 12 to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Thule Vertex for Bike Carrier part number TH9029. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of our hitch, line up the pin holes and then thread in our anti-rattle bolt through the pin hole and tighten with a wrench. Now well go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 17 inches. From the closest point on the carrier to the closest point on the rear of the vehicle is about four inches. With the bike rack in its folded position weve added thirteen inches to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Thule T2 Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Thule T2 Platform Style Bike Carrier part number TH916XTR. To mount the carrier on the vehicle, well insert the shank of the carrier into our receiver tube, line up the hitch pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with a wrench. Once weve done that well go over some clearance measurements. We have about 17 inches of ground clearance. From the closest point of the carrier to the closest point on the rear of our vehicle is about six inches. With the bike carrier folded up, weve added 14 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be testing the Thule Apex Swing for Bike Carrier part number TH9027. Well begin by sliding the bike rack shank into the hitch and allow the integrated locking hitch pin to fall into place. We can then move to the anti-rattle knob where well tighten down the knob, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Now we can go ahead and go over some clearance measurements. We have about 17 inches of ground clearance. The closest point of the carrier to the closest point of the rear of our vehicle is about two inches apart.more
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Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Softride Dura Parallelogram, part number SR26247. Were going to begin by sliding the shank of the carrier into our hitch. Well line up the hitch pinhole and install our anti-rattle bolt. Well go ahead and tighten it with a wrench and then install our lock. At this point well go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 17 inches and the closest point of the carrier to the closest point on the rear of the vehicle is about 7 inches.more
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Prorack 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting the Prorack 2 Bike Carrier, part number PR8062403. To begin our test fit, well go ahead and slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up the hitch pinhole, thread in our anti-rattle bolt, go ahead and tighten it with a wrench and put the clip on the other side. Now well go ahead and go over a few measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 16 inches. The closest point of the vehicle to the closest point of our carrier is about 4 inches. Weve added 27 inches to the overall length of our vehicle. Now go ahead and pull the pin at the base of the mast to allow our bike carrier to tilt down.more
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Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be test fitting the Swagman Titan hitch mounted bike carrier part #: S63410. To mount the carrier to the vehicle well insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Well line up the hitch pinhole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt. Now we can go ahead and tighten it down using a wrench. Next, well go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of 17 and a half inches.more
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Rhino-Rack 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack Four Bike Carrier for Two Inch Hitches, part number rbc038. To mount our carrier to the vehicle first we'll go ahead and insert the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll line up the hitch pin hole and thread in our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down using a wrench and then go ahead and secure it with the lock.Now we'll go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance here of 19 inches. The closest point of the carrier to the closest point to the rear of the vehicle is about six inches. With the bike rack in its folded position we've added 14 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we'll be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier, part number s102. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into our hitch. We'll line up the pin hole and slide in the hitch pin. We can then move to the back of our carrier and tighten down the hand knob engaging our anti-rattle device in securing our bike rack to the vehicle.We'll now go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. Our ground clearance here is about 18 inches and from the closest point of the carrier to the closest point of the rear of our vehicle is about three inches. With the bike rack in its folded position we've added 15 inches to the overall length of our vehicle.more
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Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be test fitting the Kuat Aluminum Hitch-Mounted 2-Bike Rack with wheel mount cradles, part number n101. To begin our test fit well slide the bike rack shank into our hitch, line up the pin hole and slide in the hitch pin. Well then move to back of the shank and slide in the hitch pin. Well then move to the back of the shank and tighten the anti-rattle knob securing the bike rack to our vehicle. With that done well go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of 17 1/2 inches.more
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Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler four bike carrier part #: HR8500. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Well line up the pinholes and thread in our anti-rattle bolt, tightening it with the wrench. Now with the carrier secured to the vehicle well go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 17 inches. The closest part of the carrier to the closest part of the rear of our vehicle is about two inches.more
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Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, will be testing the Hollywood Racks Traveler Five-Bike Carrier, part number HR 9200. To begin accessible solution to the carrier in the opening of the hitch one of the panel that threaten rates are readable tiny met with the rich melons over some Christmas gifts we are brothers of the 17 inches from goes for the curtain calls for the vehicle is the detentions with by carrier in the fall that position we've added 16 inches to build release of a vehicle no little bit above the mass tool of accurate to ~ out as you can see we can fully in access until the area of a vehicle without making contact the picture with like you're up once was the top since it was enough to Sonoma crew OPS and go in cycles of that citron occurred was the opposition without some folder that about 42 inches of overall into the vehicle looked like we want me to the crew straps run them so the bike and a singles and secure with the straps with that of a accused element of them were ready to go the complicity assess the full hour were exiled five like your partner HR 9200 or 2013 Chevrolet Silverado.more
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Hollywood Racks Sport Rider SE2 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today, on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, we will be testing the Hollywood Rack Support Rider SE-2 Two-Bike Carrier for 2-inch Hitches, part number HR-1450. To begin our test fit, we will slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the pinhole and slide in the hitch pin. With our hitch pin in, we will move to the back of the shank, we will tighten down the knob, securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Now that our bike rack is secure, we will go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have about 17 inches of ground clearance. From the closest point of the carrier, to the closest point to the rear of the vehicle, is about 8 inches.more
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SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review- Video
Today, we will be reviewing the Sport Rack Super EZ Platform Style II Bike Carrier for 1.25-inch and 2-inch hinges, part number SR-2901 LR. One great feature of this rack is the upright ratcheting frame hooks and lock horse, as well as the locking anti-rattle bolt, to keep both bikes and your bike rack safe from theft. Now, this bike rack does have the option of switching from a 2-inch to a 2.25-inch hitch receiver by simply popping off the black plastic adapter. For today's demonstration, our vehicle is equipped with the 2-inch hitch receiver, so we will simply pop on the black plastic adapter. We will now begin our review by installing the bike rack onto the vehicle. We will slide the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch of our vehicle and line up our pinholes.more
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Prorack Platform Style Hitch Bike Rack Review- Video
Today, we'll be reviewing the Prorack Hitch Mounted Platform Style 2 Bike Carrier for 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches, part number PR8062400. To start off our review, we'll show you how to switch from a 2-inch setting to a 1-1/4-inch setting. To do this, we'll simply use the included Allen key to remove the Allen bolt from the 2-inch adapter, then the black plastic towards the adapter can simply pop off from the shank of the carrier. For today's demonstration, our vehicle is equipped with a 2-inch so we will replace the black plastic adapter and reinstall the Allen bolt. We'll now install the bike carrier onto the vehicle. We'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch.more
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Kuat Beta Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be test fitting the Kuat Beta Aluminum Folding 2-Bike Hitch-Mounted Bike Carrier for 2 inch hitches, part number b202-2. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into our hitch, line up the pin hole and install the included hitch pin. Well go ahead and put the clip on the other side of the pin where well move to the back of the shank and tighten the knob down securing the anti-rattle device. At this point well go over a few clearance measurements. Our ground clearance here is 16 inches. From the closest point of the bike rack to the closest point of the carrier is about 5 inches.more
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Hollywood Racks Sport Rider Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado well be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider 2-Bike Platform-Style Bike Carrier, part number HR1000. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the receiver tube of our hitch. Well line up the pinholes, and install our anti-rattle bolt tightening it with a wrench. With that our bike rack is now secured to our vehicle. We can go ahead and go over a few clearance measurements. We have a ground clearance of about 17 inches.more
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