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Tired of unloading your bike rack every time you need access to your vehicle's rear? The Saris Swing Away Hitch Extender is a game-changer with its 90-degree pivot feature. This allows you to swing your Saris bike rack completely out of the way, providing full and unobstructed access to your trunk, hatch, or tailgate without removing your bikes. Perfect for road trips or camping when you need frequent access to the back of your vehicle.
Installing or maneuvering a hitch extender doesn’t have to be grunt work. The Saris Swing Away Hitch Extender comes equipped with built-in carrying handles that make installation and handling a breeze. No more struggling to get the extender into position — these handy features give you a solid grip for easy lifting and placement.
Whether you're loading standard bikes or e-bikes, the Saris Swing Away Hitch Extender handles it with ease. It boasts a robust load capacity of up to 250 lbs, supporting not just your bike rack but also your bike load. This ensures a sturdy and secure connection every time. Just keep in mind for heavier loads, your hitch’s overall capacity will be halved for safety.
Using multiple hitch systems and bike racks? The Saris Swing Away Extender is not just for Saris products; it’s compatible with a variety of brands, such as Hollywood and Thule. As long as you stay within the weight limit, you have the flexibility to use it with the bike racks you already love and trust.
Say goodbye to those annoying rattles and clunks during your drives. The Hitch Tightener system locks everything securely into place, ensuring your setup doesn’t wobble, even on bumpy roads. This provides you with the peace of mind that everything will stay in place mile after mile.
Not just limited to bike racks, this extender can be paired with enclosed cargo carriers too. Perfect for those long trips where you need easy access to your cargo — just swing it out and get what you need. Whether you're accessing your vehicle or adjusting your load, the Saris Swing Away Hitch Extender maximizes efficiency and ease.
Using this hitch extender will reduce your hitch's overall capacity by 50 percent
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This thing is built of heavy-duty material EXCEPT for one thing; the locking pin. The locking pin holds the swingaway in the open position. The design allows the pin to be bent VERY EASILY. If it gets bent (mine got bent because I had it open on a windy day with bikes and a cover and the wind blew the bikes, bending the pin. If you want a new pin, you have to contact Saris, eTrailer doesn't offer the part, and neither does Saris unless you contact their Customer Service by phone. After all that, I installed the new pin and it still doesn't work properly! I don't recommend this hitch extender; the price is reasonable, but you get what you pay for -- and this POS isn't high enough quality.
The Saris swing away hitch extender appears to be well made. It's simple to mount on my Wrangler and my Curt bicycle carrier slides right into it. Now I can access the Wrangler's cargo area without having to remove the bike rack. Life just got better!
this is exactly what I have been needing, don't know why I waited; Could never open the rear doors of the RV van w/ the bike rack mounted - always had to remove the two eBikes (and the rack unless I want to shin into it several times); Now - simple-pimple, the Saris Swing Away swings out to the right - and boom, easy access to the doors to get inside the rear of the van, for supplies. I love it!
Already have a Sris bike rack, has been an excellent rack and well be compatible with this hitch, both very well built
Chris
2/23/2025
Still working well after several trips and thousands of miles. Has made access to the cargo area of our GMC Yukon much easier.
Robin H.
2/23/2025
Built very strong, easy to install and operate. Using with Thule Apex XT 2 bike rack.
Peter
12/20/2024
Have used the hitch adapter on long many week trips with 2 bikes. It works great on our RV. Stable when driving and allows easy access to the rear of the Sprinter RV
Love it! It swings out of the way so I can get the back door open.
The other advantage is it allows the back door to be open a few inches at night (when the hitch is in the locked position) for airflow when it’s hot.
Very fast shipping haven’t used it yet, but looks like a solid product
Solid device with one significant design weakness. Spring loaded pin mechanism that holds swing arm in open position is easily damaged beyond repair. The first time I used this hitch, I tried to swing it closed without lifting the pin. The pin bent and the receiving hole was elongated. Net result is the pin won’t keep the hitch open now. I Contacted Ecohitch and they told me that it’s not repairable. Yes, my mistake, but the design is not robust to normal abuse” I have not measured it, but guesstimate that just 1 lb of force on the end of the swing arm probably translates to about 30 at the pin. (Guessing pin is 1” from hing point on 30 inch swing arm) Somebody bumps into it when it’s pinned open .. maybe 10 lbs force at the end? You get the math and the point. Other than that, and not being repairable….nice rig.
Fits van perfect. MBS 3500. Able to attach bike rack. Swagman
Sharpe7tex
7/30/2023
Has worked out great went from Texas to Canada with no issues
The construction of the unit is above anything that could be made for the relatively light weight of bicycles, even electric ones. The Unit fits so perfect into the existing hitch receiver and the additional bracket that comes in with the unit for the purpose of stiffening the extender up against the hitch receiver makes it supper firm. The unit does not move even one millimeter side to side or up and down.
I am super happy with the purchase.
I have put in receiver but haven't used yet. Seems very solid and operates easily. The lock to hold open has quite a bit of range, i.e., the unit can still swing a ways when it's locked open.
My only concern is how far the base protrudes in the rear which will significantly reduce the exit angle and rear clearance of the van.
This works well with our bike rack or cargo rack, just wish we could have got one that would swing the other way and that it wasn't so heavy. Otherwise, it's great.
Great bike swing- well made- no issues- works just as expected
Excellent quality and great help from very knowledgeable staff at etrailer. Works well with Hollywood RV rack
This thing is big, strong, and gets the job done. My only concern is the spring loaded pin that keeps it open. It's the only piece that seems chincy compared to the rest of the rig. Definitely a quality product and fully loaded the bikes swing clear of the truck tail gate so you can load gear or truck camp etc.
Great product! Fast shipping!
This will solve the issue we have with our 1995 Dodge Ram Pleasureway Van - it allows us to install our existing bike rack into the Saris product so we can open our back door. Thanks.
Excellent swing hitch for the price. Pin at 90 deg. has some give in it, my only fault.
Very fast shipping. Perfect fit on my 2020 Subaru Outback (Onyx edition with Subaru hitch).
Very well engineered and made. Just mounted it and will be using on a trip shortly with a bike rack and cargo platform
Perfect product for our e-bikes on the back of our van been looking for something like this for awhile.
Game changer. It gave me the ability to access the back of my truck without having to unload the bikes. A little on the heavy side but understandable. Worth the purchase
This works great, the swing away is the only way to go. It give you access to the cargo area of my jeep.
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Brooke M.
4/22/2025
Sometimes you don't know how much easier it'll make your life until you give it a go! Really happy to hear it's been worth it. When's the next biking outing?