# 1
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.
# 2
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.
# 3
Curt 2 Bike Platform Rack - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
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!!
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!!!!
# 4
SportRack Ridge Swing 4 Bike Rack - 2" Hitches - Swinging
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!
# 5
Curt 4 Bike Platform Rack - 2" Hitches - Frame Mount - Tilting
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
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
Yakima RidgeBack Bike Rack for 5 Bikes - 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches - Tilting
The installation was really easy. What was no so easy was to get the rusty bolts out of the 10 year old van.
Great product, easy to set up and take down. Looking forward to taking our whole family out for a ride. Only thing to be aware of is if your using kids bikes or mountain bikes, you may need to purchase the adapters.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're gonna be test fitting the Inno Aero four bike rack, part number INH640. We already have a bike installed on our rack; let's take a closer look and show off some of the features. We're gonna go ahead and start from the outside and work our way in. Looking on the end here, you see this locking point. That's for an integrated cable lock that comes with the bike rack. You pull it out of the side mast, wrap it around all four bikes, and then attach it to this point here and lock it into place, and it does come with two keys for this.Moving on to the cradles, these are adjustable back and forth and side to side like you can see here.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan INH620
Speaker 1: Today in our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're gonna be test fitting the Inno Aero Light, two bike rack, part number INH620. As you can see, it can carry up to two bikes. And we're going to start looking from the outside in and show off some of the features of this.First off, you're going to see this locking point here, and that's going to be utilized with our integrated cable lock that stores in our side mast here, to pull it up and wrap it around the bikes and attach it to this point here, and lock it into place with the lock here. And it does come with two keys for this, and then your bikes will be secured once they're installed.Moving on to the cradles, these can be moved back and forth or side to side as needed to accommodate different styles of bikes, but also to help out with loading and bike spacing. Where you bike sits, there's gonna be three points of contact. We're gonna have two straps up at the top, and then one off to the side, and that's gonna be anti-sway cradle to keep the bike from moving too far back and forth and causing bike-to-bike contact.
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the RockyMounts MonoRail Solo one bike platform rack for an inch and a quarter, and two inch hitches. This is going to be part number RKY10007. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features.Now, unlike most of the single bike platform racks that you see, this one actually has a couple neat features about it. This one can tilt away from the vehicle, as well as fold up, while the others are either stationary like you see here, or they only fold up and that's it. To tilt it away from the vehicle, we have this very clear to see blue handle here.
RockyMounts Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan RKY10002
Speaker 1: Today we have a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. We're gonna be test fitting the Rocky Mounts Backstage Two Bike Platform Rack. This is part number RKY10002. We already have a bike installed on the rack, let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. This is a pretty unique bike rack in that it is able to tilt away or swing away from the vehicle for rear hatch access.So, for this example, let's say we're gonna tilt it away. You come to the base here, and there's a blue handle underneath.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan 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 can actually tilt it away with our bike installed. We're going to pull down on this lever while lifting up on our bike rack.
Saris Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Saris Bones Tilting 2 Bike Rack. That's part number SA882. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give a good idea of what it's going to look like and how it's going to hold our bike. It secures our bike in three spots. We have two straps for our top tube and then one for our down tube. The one for our down tube's going to be our anti-sway strap and it's going to help reduce a lot of the movement and play in our bike from side-to-side as well as prevent bike-to-bike contact and bike-to-vehicle contact. Let's go ahead and take our bike off.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test fit of the Swagman Quad 2+2 2 Bike and 4 Bike Platform Style Rack. That's part number S64692. I've already got it loaded up on the Dodge Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like. It's going to secure our bike in three spots. We have this nice frame hook on the top, putting down pressure on our top tube and to our two front and rear cradles. Then we've got the straps, of course come in between our spokes and keeping our bike firmly in place.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test for the Thule T2 Pro Tilting Platform Style 2 bike rack. That's part number TH9034. I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan just to give you a good idea what it is going to look like. It is a platform style rack as I said. It secures our bike in two spots. We have our rear wheel strap here and then we have our front wheel hook. All-in-all, the best part about it is that it has no frame contact, excuse me. One of the greatest features about this is its ability to tilt away so we can gain better access to our rear hatch.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan S64682
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be doing a test of the Swagman G10 platform style tilting 2 bike rack. That's part number S64682. So I've already got it loaded up on the Grand Caravan, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. It secures our bike in three spots. We have a frame hook on top here that pushes pressure on our down tube into our two cradles, front and rear, and then the strap goes between our spokes, keeping our whole bike in place. But one of the greatest features of about this bike rig is the ability to tilt away, so we can gain access to our rear hatch. We come back here, pull up on our black tab, or lever, and as promised, we can get into our rear hatch.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan th912xtr
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be testing fitting the Thule Roadway 2 Bike Rack, part number TH912XTR. As you can see, we already have the bike installed on the rack. Let's take a closer look at it and show off some of the features. Now how the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have three points of contact to your bike's frame. You're going to have two straps up here and one strap off to the side here, which acts as an anti-sway to keep it from going back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bike in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove the straps and take the bike off.
Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XTC4 bike rack, part number S64665. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How this bike attaches to the rack We're going to have 3 points of contact. We're going to have one on top on the frame with the frame hook here. It's nice and padded.
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan s64650
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman XC-2 bike rack, part number S64650. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. How the bike actually attaches to the rack, there's only one point in contact with your bike, and that's going to be the frame hook here, holding it down in position. Let's go ahead and remove that. To do that, you have this button here. You just push in while holding onto the bike, so it doesn't fall into the vehicle, and lift up.
Softride Element-Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today in our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram Tilting 4 Bike Rack. Part number SR26248. As you can see we already have a bike attached to the rack, and first off I would like to show one of the most important features of this rack. This can actually tilt away from the rear of the vehicle to get to your cargo area with the bike still attached, which is pretty significant for a hanging style bike rack. To do that, you take the handle here, you pull out, just let it tilt away, and then you can gain access to your cargo area. In this case it works out just find.
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan ts03B
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Kuat Transfer 3 Bike Rack, part number TS03G. As you can see, we already have a bike installed on the rack. Let's look at some of the features. Now the most interesting feature about this bike rack is the fact that it can tilt away from the vehicle so you can get to your cargo area with the bikes still installed. Now to do that, going to have to lift these out of the way, you go to this lever here, you can push down with your foot. Gently let it down like so and you can gain access to your cargo area. However, unfortunately with the Dodge Grand Caravan model, you are going to run into a little bit of static with the bike rack, or with the bike, excuse me.
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're going to be test fitting the Yakima Fulltilt 4 bike rack. Part number Y02462. We already have a bike installed on our rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of those features. How the bike is attached to the rack, you're going to have 3 points of contact to the bike's frame. We're going to have the 2 zip strips up here, then the one off to this post here. This is going to act as an anti-sway strap, which is going to keep it from coming back and forth, possibly hitting the bike rack or the bikes in front of it. Let's go ahead and remove those.
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Curt Premium Four Bike Rack. Part number is C18064. Now we have a bike already on our rack, I'm just going to show you a few things. How our bike is tied down, we have two straps up top, we have our anti-sway strap to the side. What we're going to do is we're going to unload the two on the top first, then our anti-sway strap. Now if you we're loading your bike up, you'd just do it the opposite way.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan th9031xt
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Thule vertex swinging 4 bike rack, hanging style. That part number is TH9031XT. Now, we have the bike on our rack. Why they call it swinging, it actually swings away so let's show you how that operates real quick. What we've got to do first is the black knob right here, you want to loosen this first. Give it a little pull on the T-pin here then we're going to pull the T-pin right here. Pull that out.
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan th9029xt
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're doing a test fit of a Thule Vertex full hanging-style bike rack. Part number is T89029XT. We already have a bike on our rack. I'd like to show you a few features of it. How we have our bike tied onto our rack: we have our three straps. We have two straps up top, a anti-sway strap to the side.
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of a Saris Thelma 3 bike platform style, part number is SA4239B. We have a bike already in the rack, just going to show you a few things about it. Our front wheel is actually sitting in a wheel cradle with a strap around it. This actually moves, I'll show you that in a little bit. Then we have our back wheel just sitting in the wheel cradle also, with one strap. We're going ahead and remove this one first, set that out of the way. Then we're going to come up here and do the same for the front one.
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan we're taking a look at the Saris Freedom SuperClamp 2 Bike Rack Platform Style. That part number is SA4025. Now, we have a bike on our rack. I'm going to show you a few things. Now, how our bike is held up, pretty much we have our frame hooks here. We have one in the front that's sitting on our front tire, we have the one on the back that's sitting on the back tire. They're both sitting in wheel cradles. The wheel cradle on the back has a strap around it so it can keep the wheel in place.
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan INH305-306
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we're doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold Three Platform Bike Rack. That part number is INH 305-306. We have the bike already in our rack. I'll show you a few features of it. The one thing about this rack, it has a tilting feature with the bike on. You have the black lever down here, I'm just going to pull it out.
Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Yakama Stickup platform style two bike rack part number Y02420. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch while threading our inside rider bolt and then tightening using the wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 15 inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack is the closest part of the vehicle is about 3.5 inches away. We've added about 10.5 inches to the overall length of our Dodge.
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex hitch modded four bike rack. Part number, TH9025. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll allow the integrated hitch pin to fall into place and will then turn the black knob to engage the anti-rattle device. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a couple clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 14 and a half inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about three quarters of an inch. We have added about 11 inches to the overall length of our Gran Caravan.
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex hitch mounted four bike rack, part number Th9029. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll thread in our anti-rattle bolt and then tighten it down using a wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a couple clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 13 and three quarters inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about two and a half inches and we've added about 10 inches to the overall length of our Caravan. We can now lift off on the gray lever on the top of the mast and swing the cradle arms out.
Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan
Today on our 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan, we'll be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, part number TH934XTR. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll thread in our anti-rattle bolt and then tighten it down using the wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a couple clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 13-3/4 of an inch of ground clearance. The closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 6 inches, and we've added about 14-1/2 inches to the overall length of our Grand Caravan.
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