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Tailgate pad converts your tailgate into an easy-to-use 6-bike rack. Integrated bike cradles and closure straps keep your bikes stable and secure. Tuck-away flap provides access to tailgate or rearview camera. Attaches to tailgate with straps.
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86% were satisfied with this product
14% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
It works great and I recommend it to others. We bought it to use while pulling a pop-up camper & there's just enough room on our Tacoma. Larger trucks would have plenty of room.
Great bike carrier! We carry 4 bikes and this keeps them secure even on dirt and bumpy roads. It takes a few minutes to get it on the tailgate correctly, but once on it works great!
The concept is good and the materials seem fine. The wheels ocme off with the design for attaching it to the tailgate (moves around) and managing the flap. I'm not even sure why there's a flap (useless). The straps/buckles for attaching the bikes are not the best choices.
Easy to put on and take off the tailgate. Keeps bikes completely secure.
With a little tuck you can even still use the reverse camera!
This product is exactly what i was looking for. Customer service was excellent and exceeded my expectations!
Works great. Very convenient. Leaves a good amount of bed space for other items like camping equipment etc. Easy tailgate access to the Tundra through the handle access flap. Would definitely recommend.
Perfect for hauling around my bikes. Super easy to setup on my 2020 Chevy Colorado.
The Gatekeeper has performed as expected in a 2017 Ram 2500. 5 Stars always goes to etrailer. They are an outstanding company that always exceeds expectations with customer service.
The cradle straps do not have enough flexibility to provide a secure tight fit for smaller diameter framed road and hybrid type bikes. Just a poor design of the straps as there is only about half inch of the velcro actually securing the strap when fully tightened while the remaining velcro (over an inch) not making any contact. Product is really only for larger tubed bikes such as mountain bikes and child bikes. My bikes would be more secure just laying them down in the bed of the truck with a couple bungee cords.
The Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad works great. It's easy to put on and take off as needed and protects the tailgate and bikes we carry. Perflect for an old Ranger or hopefully soon the a new Maverick.
THIS YAKIMA TAILGATE BIKE CARRIER IS
VERY WELL MADE. THE CRADLES TO SET
YOUR FRAME IN ARE NICELY PADDED. THE
VELCRO STRAPS KEEP THEM SECURE DURING
TRANSPORT. THIS IS GREAT PRODUCT.
ETRAILER ALWAYS HAS THE BEST PRICES
AND SERVICE. THANKS ETRAILER!
Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad - timely service/shipping and product is excellent-- far better than my bike rack that mounted in the truck bed between the bed rails--securing the bikes is now a 3 minute effort and no climbing into the truck
Fits perfectly on my 2500HD. Looks nice and works great. First impression is it's high quality and will hold up well.
Very rugged product and well not scratch your tailgate!!! Holds 1 or 6 bikes with ease!!
We hav a Ford F150 quad cab.
This gatekeeper fits perfect.
It does take 2 of us to maneuver the gatekeeper and the tailgate to get the middle strap attached but we love the product. We’ll figure out a way, I’m sure, to do this solo.
Highly recommend.
I love shopping at etrailer.com. They seem to test their products and make sure they are compatible with my exact year of truck. I purchased a tailgate pad from Yakima. This is the second one I bought. the first one was from cyclingdeals that I bought from [online vendor] and After doing lots of research I thought it would work with my back up camera. Well once I received it I learned that it wouldn’t work with my back up camera. I returned it and started googling again. etrailer.com came up with a pad that they said would fit my truck and work with my backup camera. I ordered it, tried it out and it works great. thank you etrailer.com.
I purchased this Yakima gatekeeper due to the large flap that allows access to the tailgate handle and rear camera. Bike straps are solid and the little extra padding for the downtube is nice.
2017 F250
It fits my Raptor tailgate perfectly. I have not transported any bikes yet but it looks like it is going to work perfectly. We will be taking four bikes to Oregon for a race this summer.
First of all, props to etrailer for fantastic customer service. Always first-rate and the best real-world reviews. The tailgate pad was not as useful as I hoped. It's really well made and a super product, but it was too narrow to fit cleanly on top of my 2022 Ford Maverick tailgate. It blocked the backup camera, which was the the main reason I bought the pad. I did get it to fit so that worked. But this might not be for you because you have to lift your bike shoulder height to get it into the bed of your truck. Not as convenient as I imagined. Better off just using a hitch rack and turn off the backup camera as needed. So much simpler!
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