# 1
Swagman XC2 Bike Rack for 2 bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
It works great! Easy, quick, you know. One needs to screw in the hitch bolt, for some reason, before latching it. Other than that, it makes going bike riding way easier.
# 2
Thule Hitching Post Pro Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches
Received the product today with two major flaws. First, the Stinger was missing the whole for the pivot Bolt. There was basically a hole in each end of the Stinger but none at the bend where the horizontal and vertical tubes meet. I called customer service and explain the problem. The CS rep was not well educated and after giving him the part number for the 4th time, he finally pulled up the correct schematic. He informed me that I would need to return the entire track for warranty. That is not going to happen. I drilled the hole myself and continued. Then I found that the bike rack would not tilt fully because one of the plastic inserts on the horizontal tube of the Stinger was in the way. No way to fully extend or Tilt The Bike Rack unless I removed part of the plastic cap in the end of the horizontal tinger. After cutting Away part of the cap, the bike rack tilted to its full capacity. Haven't used it yet but based on what I've seen thus far, I am disappointed in the quality and would hesitate to buy another.
Easy to install, took maybe 5 minutes to put together. Seems to be very sturdy. Putting bikes on was very easy.
# 3
Swagman XTC4 Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount
This is the second one i have bought, one for myself, and another for a friend. ...I have had excellent results with this rack and it keeps the bikes safe and secure. ...And it also is very easy and quick to load and unload the bikes.
Rack is very sturdy and heavy duty. Instructions were terrible. Locking hitch pin would not thread correctly and ended up damaging it. Thankfully the threads on rack were fine and I was able to use the non-locking threaded pin. Would like a replacement locking pin ASAP
# 4
Curt Bike Rack for 5 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Tilting
It was obvious that we received a product that was returned by someone else when the box was overly taped shut, a support collar was broken, and most of the pieces were out of their ripped plastic bags. However, it was a great price to hold 5, 26" and/or 27" Trek bikes. I used a piece of the broken collar and went ahead and assembled the rack. Due to the weight of the 5 bikes it did not wobble that much when driving, as one of the bike tires was up against my car. I can only imagine that if we received an untampered product that this review would have been 5 stars. The picture is a little hard to see, but there are 5 Trek bikes on the rack on my 2020 Toyota Seinna.
We received a damaged box, damaged items, no instructions, the nuts and bolts are completely stripped and not inside a bag. This was obviously used, returned, not checked for quality and sent out. We are extremely upset.
# 5
Curt 2 Bike Platform Rack - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
We are so happy with our new bike rack and hitch. My husband was able to bolt the hitch on without help. It was delivered within two days. The bikes fit securely on the rack. We love it!!!!! Can't wait to take our bikes on vacation with our new bike rack!!! Thanks so much!!!!
Bought to use for a trip from upstate NY to Daytona Beach FL Attached to my 2” receiver hitch on my Dodge Caravan CV. Easy to set-up and hitch. Mounted two bikes no problems! Tilt and fold-up features came in handy for opening the hatch during the trip and keeping rake on but out of the way while in Daytona. Made the trip both ways and way unnoticeable while driving. Would definitely recommend this product!!
# 6
SportRack Ridge Bike Rack for 4 Bikes - 2" Hitches - Swing Away
Unit doesn't fit a Jeep Rubicon with a spare tire. I tried 4 times and contacted etrailer.com that the unit doesn't work as sold and they offered to sell me a 7 3/4 extension and reduce the load capacity 50%. The length of the 2" hitch needs to be 3" longer for a standard Rubicon to get past the spare. You not going to want to take your spare tire off for the hitch to work. It defeats the purpose. Customer service was excellent, however the product is a flawed design. Can't recommend this hitch. Its also heavy.
Solid rack for half the price of the name brands. Don’t waste your money! Thanks to the extensive reviews on etrailer and a free shipping promotion I took a chance and ordered this along with the three of their crossbars, anti rattle hitch pin and cable lock. All for well less than the name brand rack alone. Shipping was painful. Etrailer said it was in stock but then due to a delay with the manufacturer it took 35 days from order to arrival. I wasn’t in a hurry so I waited patiently, and etrailer reps emailed often to lmk they hadn’t forgotten. I thought some kind of reward for my extreme patience was in order- discount, gift card, free bag of chips- but they politely declined. Oh well. In the end it arrived when they (eventually) said it would, all in one box, in great shape. The rack was super easy to assemble. You’ll need a ratchet or two and you’ll need to crank those bolts to assemble- they don’t just “insert.” But otherwise it’s only a few steps; I had mine hanging on my truck in probably 15 minutes. Swings away and locks smoothly and requires no effort to do so. Everything feels quite sturdy and well made. No rattle on initial test drive either. This will be a once in a while rack at best for our family of four. We have two SUVs so I needed a rack that could get out of the way of the rear hatch WITH bikes on it. This will do that. And now I don’t need to stuff four dirty bikes into the back of my truck, getting them all tangled and scratched!
# 7
Curt 4 Bike Platform Rack - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
We are so happy with our new bike rack and hitch. My husband was able to bolt the hitch on without help. It was delivered within two days. The bikes fit securely on the rack. We love it!!!!! Can't wait to take our bikes on vacation with our new bike rack!!! Thanks so much!!!!
The rack worked out perfect for our shuttle up and down the mountain. It held all 4 of our 29ers with tires that are 2.5in wide
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're gonna be test fitting the Swagman E-Spec 2-Electric Bike Platform Rack and that's gonna be part number S64689. As you can see, we do have a bike installed so let's take a look at some of the features.Now, like I said, this is an electric bike platform rack so it has the ability to carry up to two electric bikes weighing up to 70 pounds each. So that's a pretty neat feature about it. If we come in here, we see we have these little cradles that don't pivot back and forth, however, if you loosen 'em like this, you can adjust 'em back and forth and accommodate any length bike you might have. Each cradle is gonna come with a rubber strap and a rubber protector to protect the frame of your wheel.And if we come over and see how our bike is secured, we're gonna have three different points of contact. We're gonna have this strap with this rubber protector in there to protect the frame of our wheel.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan S64692
Speaker 1: Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be testing the Swagman Quad 2+2 two-bike and four-bike platform-style rack. Now, it's going to be part number S64692. As you can see, we already have a bike installed, so let's take a look at some of the features.Now, the first one I want to point out is that you see we have this set up for a four-bike set up. But if we come down here, we can loosen the bolt and remove it. From there, we can pull off this two-bike extension, shortening it to a two-bike rack rather than a four. So, just for those where you don't feel like taking all four bikes out, you can miniaturize it down to a two-bike rack.If we come and look at these cradles, we're going to see that they don't pivot back and forth.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan S64650
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that, go over some features of the rack, and take a few measurements. How our bike is secured down, in the center we have a frame hook. This is the only thing that's going to hold our bike down into our wheel cradles.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform style two-bike rack. That part number is TH9034. The first thing we're going to do is show you one of the key features of this rack. We come to the back portion at the handle. We're going to squeeze that together. We can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan TH912XTR
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway hanging-style 2-bike rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now we're first going to show you how we secure our bike down. We'll go over some features and take a few measurements. Starting off with how we secure our bike into place, we have two cradles with three straps altogether. We've got two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway in the back.
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima full-tilt. This is going to be your hanging style for bike rack part number Y02462. As you can see we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arm. You can see what it's going to look like once we have it fully assembled and in place on the back of our vehicle. This bike rack does come with your inch and a quarter, as well as a 2 inch adapter, as you can see down here. It will be attached using it's own self-tensioning and auto pin. Lets go ahead and go through a few things, starting off with our measurements.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sportrack Ridge III, hanging style, 3-bike rack. Part number SR2403. This bike rack is going to come with an 1 1/4 and a 2-inch shank. The 1 1/4 inch shank will be compatible with your class one and two receivers and your class three receivers will be good with that adapter and that two inch. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here in place. You can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements starting at the front and down here.
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 dodge grand caravan we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV platform style 4 bike rack. Part number N105-107. This rack comes specifically with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only. As you can see we already have a bike up here so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fix of the Inno Tire Hold 3, part number INH305-306. This is going to be your platform style 3 bike rack. You can see that we already have our bike up here on our platform, so you can see what's it going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. Note that this bike does come with an 1 1/4" shank, as well as that 2" adapter, but you will only be able to carry up to two bikes on this, and then it's going to be per your Class 1 hitches weight specifications. Let's go ahead and start by getting a few measurements. Our closest measurement will our first one, and that's going to be from the front bracket here to the back side of the bumper, at about 3/4 of an inch. Overall distance that we've added to the back of the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the backside of the rack at about 37", and our rear ground clearance at about 16 3/4". The nice thing about this rack and when you have it loaded with your bikes on it you will be able to put it in the tilt position, as you can see there.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan th9031xt
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing, part number TH9031XT. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arms, so you can see what it's going to look like once you have everything fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack only comes with a 2 inch shank, and that will fit your class 3, or 2 inch receivers. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our first measurement will be our closest measurement from the back side of the bumper to the front side of the T handle located here at about 4 3/4 inches. Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle, from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms at about 35 inches. Our ground clearance from the bottom side of the shank and platform at about 10 1/2 inches. Let's move up front, and we'll talk about the swing option.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan sr2415
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack Ridge Swing. This will be your Hanging Style 4-Bike Rack with the Swing-Away Option, Part #SR2415. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our platform so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on the back of the vehicle. It is going to come with a 2" shank only, attaching to our 2" receiver via an anti-rattle pull 00:05:26. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement. From the front side of the handle here to the back side of the bumper at about 3 and 3/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back side of the cradle arms is going to be about 32".
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Th9029xt
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fitting of the Thule Vertex. This is going to be your hanging style 4 bike rack part # TH9029XT. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arm so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with your 1 1/4" as well as your 2" adapter for your shank, so you can use it with your class 1, 2 and 3 receivers. The thing you're going to need to keep in mind, though, is if you plan on using it with your class 1 receivers, which is that 1 1/4" diameter, that you're only going to be able to carry up to 2 bikes, and you're going to need to know the weight of those bikes, as well as the weight specifications on your class 1 receiver. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement from the brackets here on the front to the backside of the bumper, at about 2 1/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the rear of the cradle arms is going to be about 33 1/2", and our ground clearance on the backside underneath the shank, is going to be about 10 1/2". Now moving up top, we'll talk about the cradles and how our bike is secured to the rack.
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SR2405
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Ridge 5. This is going to be your hanging style five-bike rack, Part #SR2405. As you can see, we've already got one of our bikes up here in place on that front set of cradles. So, you can see what it's all going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. Note that this rack does come with a two-inch shank for your two-inch receivers only. And it's also going to secure using a three-quarter inch anti-rattle bolt. We'll start off by getting a few measurements. The closest distance is going to be down here at the bottom to the backside of the bumper at about one inch. Overall distance from the backside of the bumper to the extent of the cradle arms here is going to be about thirty-six and a half inches. Now, let's go ahead and look at the bottom side for ground clearance.
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 bike rack. That's going to be your hanging style 5 bike rack and as you can see, we've already go our bike up here in place. You can see what it's going to look like assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This going to be part number HR9200 and as you can see, it does come with a 2 inch shank attaching to our 2 inch receiver via an anti-ratable. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. From the back side of the receiver to the front side of the bracket at about 8 inches.
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan hr8500
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we're gonna be doing a test rack of the Hollywood racks traveler hanging style four bike rack. Part number HR8500. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here in place so you can see what it's going to look like once we have it fully assembled and on the back of out vehicle. This bike rack does come with a 2 inch shank . as you can see down here. Actually, it's going to be an inch and a quarter shank with a 2 inch adapter over the top to attach to our 2 inch receiver. Now if you do plan on using this with your class one or two receivers since that inch and a quarter will be compatible.
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Yakima StickUp 2 Bike Hitch Mounted Folding Bike Rack for both 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches, part number Y02420. To begin our test fit, we'll make sure that our included adapter is attached to the bike rack shank. We'll now slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. That will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 2-1/2 inches.
Yakima Holdup Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting part number Y02433. This is the Yakima HoldUp 2 Hitch Mounted Folding Bike Rack with wheel mount cradles for 2-inches hitches. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. This will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. Now, we'll go ahead and unfold the bike rack platform and open our hatch. And as you can see, we can gain full access to our rear hatch, opening the door completely.
Yakima SwingDaddy 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan we will be test fitting the Yakima Swingdaddy 4 bike, hitch mounted swing away bike rack, part number Y02422. Now, to begin our test fit, we will simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. We will now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10-inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 2-1/2 inches. We will now go ahead and pull the switch at the top of the bike rack mast to bring out the dual arms where we can undo the straps, exposing our cradles.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, folding and tilting 4 bike carrier for both 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches. A quick note on this bike rack, when using with a class one 1-1/4 inch hitch you are limited to 2 bikes. Now, to begin our test fit, we have already installed our included adapter for the 2-inch hitch so we will go ahead and slide the shank of the bike rack into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt and with that, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point, we can go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 5 inches. Now we will go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to tilt the mast down.
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be test fitting the Thule Double Track platform style platform carrier for both 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number TH990XT. Now, with the included adapter already on our bike rack, we are ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. We will simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and then install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolts. With the anti-rattle bolt tight, our bike is secured to the vehicle. We can give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 9-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 1-1/2 inches.
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2011 Toyota Camry we are going to do a test fit of part number S63410 from Swagman. This is a Titan 4 bike rack. As a few things to note about this bike rack, that it will work with 1-1/4 inch receiver hitches, both class 1 and class 2. However, if you are using it with a class 1 hitch, you are limited to carrying just 2 bikes. Now, this will also work with a 2-inch receiver hitch with provided spacer. We will begin our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch.
Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be test fitting the Soft Ride Dura parallelogram tilting 4 bike carrier for both 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches, part number SR26247. Now, to begin our test fit, we will simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install the include anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight, we will install our lock, which will secure the parallelogram to our vehicle. We will now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches and from the closest point on the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 1/4 inch. We can now pull the pin on the side of the bike rack to allow the Dura parallelogram to tilt down.
Pro Series Q-Slot Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today, on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, we will be test fitting the Pro Series Q Slot platform style 2 bike carrier, part number PS63134. Now, this bike rack will work both on 1-1/4 and 2 inch hitches. With our vehicle equipped with a 2 inch hitch we have already installed our included adapter so we are ready to fit it to the vehicle. We will slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install our hitch pin. With that done, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now, we will go ahead and give you a few measurements.
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, well be test fitting part number TH9025, the Thule Apex 4 Bike Carrier. Now to begin our test fit, well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up our hitch pinhole and using our integrated locking hitch pin, well let it slide into place. With it in place, well simply give it a slight tug and tighten down our anti-rattle knob here at the base of the rack. With our knob tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 4 inches.
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2012 Dodge Caravan, we'll going to do a test fit of the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Carrier part number TH9029. Our vehicle is already equipped with our 2" hitch so we can go ahead and take our preassembled bike rack with a 2" bushing on our bike shank and slide it directly into the receiver tube with the hitch.And we'll install our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down. As you can see with our anti-rattle bolt tighten down, it really takes out any movement between the bike rack and the vehicle. This is what our bike rack will look like when its stored position.Now we go ahead and use the hitch switch at the base of the rack to tilt the bike rack away from the vehicle and check for rear cargo access. As you can see with our bike rack tilted away from the vehicle, we have plenty of rear cargo access. Now, go ahead and use the hitch switch at the top of the bike rack to extend the carrying arms.
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