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Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty we're doing a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp Platform Style Two bike rack. That Part Number is Y02443.Now, we already have our bike secured down. First going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to our drivers side, and we're going to pull out on our red handle just behind our bike. When we pull out on our handle, we're able to tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded. What's great about this, is that we can come to our hatch.



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Speaker 1: Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 platform-style 2-bike rack. That part number is NV22G. Now we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back and pull down on our lever on the opposite side there. We'll just pull down on this and we can tilt our bike rack away from our vehicle with our bikes fully loaded.



SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, we'll be test fitting the SportRack Escape 3 Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Carrier, part number A30403. Now, this bike carrier will work with both 1-1/4 and 2-inch hitches. Today, we'll be using it with a 2-inch hitch so we've already gone ahead and install the included adapter onto the bike rack shank. We can now slide the shank of the bike rack into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and using the included anti-rattle bolt, we'll insert it and tighten it down, securing the bike rack to the vehicle. Now with the bike rack secured, we can go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the back of the bike rack measures 17-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack here at the mast to the back of the vehicle measures 12-1/2 inches.



Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, we'll be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa Aluminum Hitch Mounted 2 Bike Rack with Wheel Mount Cradles, part number S102. Now using the included 2-inch adapter, we'll slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole, and insert our hitch pin. We'll then move to the back of the shank where we'll turn the knob, tightening down the anti-rattle device securing the bike rack to the vehicle. We'll now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance here at the back of the bike rack with the platform in the stored position measures 22-1/2 inches. From the closest point of the bike rack here at the wheel cradle to the back of the vehicle measures 6 inches.



SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, we'll be test fitting part number A30901, the SportRack Two-Bike Hitch Mounted Bike Rack. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply install the bike rack shank into the hitch using the included adaptor. With the hitch pin hole lined up, we'll go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt which will secure our bike rack to the vehicle. Now we can go ahead and fold our platform down and open our cargo door. And as you can see, we can gain full access to the cargo area with this bike rack. We're now almost ready to load our bike.



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, well be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro part number the TH934XTR. Now to begin our test fit, well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to our vehicle. Now well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 16 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle 10 inches. We can now pull the pin at the bottom of the mast to tilt our mast out of the way.



Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, well be test fitting the Thule Doubletrack Platform-Style Bike carrier part number TH990XT. Now well begin our test fit by installing the bike rack shank into the hitch, lining up the hitch pinhole and installing our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike racks secured to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. From the closest point of our bike rack to the back of the vehicle in the stored position is 7 inches. Now our ground clearance is 19 inches.



Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, well be test fitting the Thule Apex 4-Bike carrier part number TH9025. Now to begin our test fit, well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, well pull our integrated locking hitch pin to allow it to go over the collar of the hitch. Once it goes over the collar of the hitch, we can then let go of the locking hitch pin and slide the bike rack shank all the way into the hitch. Then after giving it a slight tug, well tighten the anti-rattle knob down at the back of the bike rack and thatll secure our bike rack to the vehicle. Well now go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 18 inches and from the anti-rattle knob to the back of the bumper is 4 inches.



Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Titan Four-Bike Carrier, part number S63410. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply install the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now we'll give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 19 1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 12 inches. We'll now go ahead and pull the hitch switch at the bottom of the bike rack mast to tilt the mast down and open our cargo door.



Thule Parkway 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today, on our 2012 Jeep Liberty, we will be test fitting the Thule Parkway 2 Bike Carrier, part number TH958. This bike rack will work with 2" hitches. With our bike rack already preassembled, we're ready to install it on the vehicle. We're going to go ahead and load it into the hitch, install the Anti-Rattle Colt and tighten it down using our 3/4" wrench. With our bike rack installed and secured, we're going to do a couple of the measurements from the lowest point of the bike rack to the floor is 17-1/2" from the closest point of the bike rack to the bumper is 5-1/2". Alright, what we're going to do now is to unfold the bike rack to gain access to the rear hitch and show you the clearance.



Yakima Holdup Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 jeep Liberty we will be test fitting the Yakima Holdup II Bike Carrier. With our bike rack already preassembled were going to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. After lining up the hitch pin well go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt and safety clip. Now that our bike rack is secure were going to go ahead and fold down the bike rack to show you rear cargo access. While the platform is in this down position well go ahead and give you some measurements. From the bike rack shank to the floor is 17 inches.



Yakima DoubleDown 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on this 2012 Jeep Liberty were going to do a test fit of the Yakima Doubledown hitch mounted bike rack, part number Y02425. This bike rack is able to carry up to five bikes. The Doubledown bike rack is able to fit two inch and one and a quarter inch receivers. Were already set up for the two inch receive today. Lets go ahead and fit it on the vehicle and see what its going to look like. Well go ahead and install our hold down bolt and tighten it down.



Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on this 2012 Jeep Liberty, we're going to do a test fit of the Thule Vertex 4 bike carrier, part number Th9029. Our bike carrier is already assembled and ready for our 2-inch hitch that we'll be working with today. However, you can remove the adapter sleeve and we'll fit an 1 1/4 inch hitch also. Let's go ahead and install the bike rack onto our hitch. We'll go ahead and install the anti-radabull 00:00:24 and tighten it down. We'll go ahead and tighten down the anti-radabull with the 3/4 inch wrench, but you can also use the tool that's provided. Now with our bike carrier installed, we'll go ahead and use the top lever to extend the bike carrier arms. This is what our carrier will look like when it's loaded.



Swagman XTC4 Wheel Mount Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty we will be test fitting the Swagman XTC 4 Bike Rack for a 2-inch trailer hitches, product number S64665. With our bike rack already preassembled, we're going to go ahead and install it on the vehicle. With the shank installed, and the pin hole lined up we'll go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt and security pin lock. We're going to go ahead and use a 7/8-inch wrench to tighten up the anti-rattle bolt. With our wreck secured, we're going to ahead and give you a couple of measurement. The measurement from the shank to the floor is 16-1/2 inches.



Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2012 Jeep Liberty we will be test fitting the SoftRide Dura Parallelogram, product number SR26247. This bike rack will fit 2-inch hitches only. Our bike rack is already preassembled so we're ready to go ahead and fit it to the vehicle. Once we have the bike rack mounted into the hitch with the anti-rattle bolt snug, we'll go ahead and tighten that down. Now that we have our anti-rattle bolt tightened down, we'll go ahead and install our safety pin which is also our lock. Ok, what we're going to do now is to give you a couple of quick measurements.



Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Jeep Liberty

Today we're going to be doing a test fit of the SoftRide Dura Parallelogram Tilting 4-Bike Carrier, product number SR26247 on our 2011 Jeep Liberty. Let's go ahead and install the bike rack on the vehicle. With our bike rack slid into the hitch we'll go ahead and install our anti-rattle bolt and tighten it down. Once we have the bolt tightened down we can install the lock. Now that our rack's secured to the vehicle let's go ahead and take a couple of measurements. From the bumper to the upper right of the bike rack is 9 inches, and from the lowest point of the bike rack to the ground is 17-1/2 inches.



SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Jeep Liberty

Test fit of the Sport rack escape hitch mounted bike rack, part number 130403 on our 2011 jeep liberty. Now my bike rack is installed and my anti rattle pin is tightened down and safety pin installed. Lets go ahead and take a look at what our bike rack will look like when we access the rear cargo area. Well go ahead and pull the bike rack down now. As you can see theres plenty of clearance to get into the rear cargo area.As you can see the top support arm also collapses for travel without bikes or for storage. Lets go ahead and put our support arms back up and install a bike so we can see what it looks like.



Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Kuat transfer platform style 3 bike rack, that's part number TS03G. Now it's also available in a 2 bike rack part number TS02G. I've already got it loaded up on the Jeep Liberty just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to secure our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots, we have this front wheel hook here putting down pressure into our front wheel cradle and then we have this rear wheel strap going over our rear wheel. All in all there is no frame contact with this bike rack. One of the key features about this bike rack is that it has the ability to tilt away with all 3 bikes loaded so we can gain access to our rear hatch. What we do is we can bring our foot up to this foot pedal here or we can use our hand.



Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4 platform style 4-bike rack. That's Part Number S64665. I've already got it loaded up on the Liberty just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our four bikes. It secures our bikes in three spots. We have this frame hook here that's going over our top tube, putting down pressure into our front and rear cradles, and then we have a strap going between our spokes over our wheel, keeping everything in place. Let's go ahead and take our bike off. The first thing we need to do is go ahead and take off those straps, and then we can raise up that frame hook. This front one is acting like a sort of lock so the other one can't come back up.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman XC platform style 2 bike rack, that's part number S64650. I've already got it loaded up in the Liberty just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bike. It secures our bike in one spot and that's going to be this frame hook right here. It's going to put down pressure on our top tube here and putting our bike in the 2 front and rear cradles as you see there. Let's go ahead and take our bike off. I'm going to raise up this front hook here and then we do that by pressing in the little tab and then raising it up. Let's go ahead and remove our bike.



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty S63380

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Tilting Four Bike Rack. That's part number S63380. I've already got it loaded up on the Liberty, just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our four bikes. It is a handing style bike rack. It secures our four bikes in four spots. We have three straps for our top tube here and then we have one strap for our down tube or a seat post tube.



Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today, on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Pro Series Q Slot 2 bike and 4 bike rack. Part number PS63138. I've already got it loaded up on the Liberty just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. It's a platform style rack as you can see. It secures our bikes in 3 spots. We have this frame hook that goes over our top 2, putting down pressure into our front and rear cradles and then we have a hook and loop strap going between our spokes keeping everything in place.



Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, we'll be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV Platform Style Four Bike Rack. That's part number N105-107. I've already got it loaded up on the Liberty, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to secure our four bikes. It secures our bikes in two spots. We have this wheel hook that goes over the front wheel, putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle, and then we have our strap going between our spokes for our rear tire. All in all, there is no frame contact.



Thule Parkway 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, well be test fitting the Thule Parkway Two Bike Carrier for 2-inch hitches part number TH958. Now to begin our test fit, well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, well line up the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With the bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point, we can go ahead and give you a few measurements. From the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 5 inches and our ground clearance at the bike rack is 17 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down.



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2008 Jeep Liberty

Today on our 2008 Jeep Liberty, well be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro folding and tilting four bike rack with anti-sway cradles for both 1 -inch and 2-inch hitches part number TH934XTR. Now to begin our test fit, weve already installed the included adapter for the 2-inch hitch so well go ahead and slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, lineup the hitch pinhole and install and tighten down our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. At this point, well go ahead and give you a few measurements. From the closest point of our bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 10 inches and our ground clearance at the bike rack is 17 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the pin at the bottom of the bike rack mast to allow the mast to tilt down.





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