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Thule GateMate Pro Tailgate Pad for Full-Size Trucks - Up to 8 Bikes - 60" Wide
etrailer has been great in the past and I will order from them again. This experience was mediocre because they advertised free 3 day shipping through a google search for this product. After paying I was notified that it would take longer. I needed the gate mate for a weekend trip and could have gotten it through [online vendor] for the same price, quicker. Not a big deal, just be aware.
Great material, inside smooth will not scratch the tailgate. Easy install. I ordered for full size, truck however if I had to do it again I would choose smaller width. I have rails mounted to the inside of bed for a bed cover. The gate mate really fits snug, having to slam the gate to lock. Depending style of bike the down tube may not snug tight. Yes I would buy again. Good price.
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Hollywood Racks Truck Bed Bike Carrier - Fork Mount - Bolt On
The Hollywood Racks Truck Bed Bike Carrier - Fork Mount - Bolt On, is just what I was looking for to be able to build a bike rack for carrying one of my bikes on my motorcycle. It was easy to mount and it holds my bike in place while riding on bumpy dirt roads, city streets, highways and even when I hit some twisty country roads. It's really easy to load and unload my bike when I get to where I want to ride. I use a velcro strap around the quick-release and the fork arm as an added safety as well as a couple tie-downs from my bike handlebars to my motorcycle passenger pegs to help distribute the weight on my rack. If you want to build your own DIY bike rack I totally recommend the Hollywood Racks Truck Bed Bike Carrier - Fork Mount - Bolt On.
Love this product! I built a great bike carrying system for my F-150 using two of these fork clamps. They are easy to install and extremely well made. No more tangled bikes and lots more room in the bed for other stuff! Best way to go for a nice bike rack system. Thanks, Phil T.
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Thule GateMate Pro Tailgate Pad for Full-Size Trucks - Up to 7 Bikes - 53" Wide
Very sturdy and well made. Great for a barrier between bikes and tailgate so it is not scratched. The camera flap is a plus so the rear view camera is accessible. No issues a year after purchase. Fits a 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 and 2022 RAM 2500 equally well.
It has 7 different areas to strap bicycles down but there is definitely not room to strap 7 bikes down from what I can tell. The straps were a little tricky to feed under the tailgate and pull up at the same time with only one person. Overall it works pretty well but it appears to only have enough room for 4 MTN bikes.
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Swagman Truck Bed Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Fork Mount - 9-mm Skewer
I bought this bike rack because I didn't want to have to remove my bed cover every time I wanted to take our bikes on a trip. This rack works perfect because I can roll up my cover and this thing just clamps across the bed. Taking the front tire on and off is kind of time consuming but when I travel with my brother who has a hitch mount rack, it takes him just as long to unload his bike as it takes me to unload. The wheel mounts tighten easily and the bikes appear secure during long drives, so I don't worry about them coming loose. Of course, you'll want to wrap a bike chain around the bike and rack if you plan to leave them out to make sure no one can steal the bike (although it would be missing a wheel)
Referring to special mounting instructions if you have a bed liner: (line #3). I do not have a bed liner, but I do have a molded plastic cap on my bed rails ('04 Ford F350). The first install over the plastic cap the locking pin or pin as called out in line #3 was nowhere near making contact with the metal lip of the metal bed under the plastic. What I did next on the second and final install was remove/cut away the plastic on the inside of the bed rail to allow the vertical portion of the "L" mounting bracket (Fig 4) to contact the metal bed. The locking pin is now at a position almost where it would protrude under the metal bed lip if I would remove the rest of the plastic under the horizontal portion of the "L" mounting bracket, I did not do that. After cutting a notch in the metal rail to accept the pin, the pin barely flushes out to secure the rack. A 1/4" longer pin would take care of this problem. One other thing that was not addressed in the install instructions was if you have a full size pick-up bed you are likely to attach the passenger side fork mount (Fig 2) to the right of the extension tube locking mechanism. The extension tube is a smaller diameter, so you will have resize the fork tube clamp (Fig 1) for the smaller tube. I can't explain how to do it other than it's a Chinese puzzle.
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Swagman Patrol Truck Bed Bike Rack for 2 Bikes - Fork Mount - 9-mm Skewer and 15-mm Thru-Axle
rack tends to work itself loose from bed walls during long trips. had to strap down with ratchet straps to keep from moving. locks only work at a specific angle -- wish the manual had said this because we couldn't lock our bikes until figuring it out.
Excellent Customer service and help for this product. Thank you Carol and Neil your the best.
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Thule Insta-Gater Pro Truck Bed Bike Rack - 1 Bike
Linda and I recently ordered two Aventon Pace 500 NextGen E-bikes from [bike store] in Madison, WI. Not wanting to just toss our expensive new bikes in the back of the p/u when they arrive next month we promptly ordered the Thule Instagator from etrailer. My prior experience with etrailer came as a recommendation from a friend. I was able to do quite a bit of the research on etrailers website, the demonstration video extremely helpful and we placed an order. The racks were in-stock, shipped promptly, etrailer providing a very nice tracking link that included pics of the staff involved in processing the order and a map of the route all the way to delivery. Absolutely 1st rate service. The racks showed up in perfect condition about two days after placing the order, exactly as promised. We are very pleased with etrailer, will most certainly be ordering from them again and recommend this company w/o reservation. Nice job etrailer!
I bought two racks to transport my ebikes. The tires do not fit in the rack. the cradle that holds the tire require to be wider. I need to return them. please assist me in this matter. thank you
# 7
Softride Shuttle Pad Tailgate Pad for Full-Size Trucks - Up to 6 Bikes - 61" Wide
The fit for a 2014 Ram was spot on, no issue with the wide style tailgate top and the access flap for the tailgate handle lined up perfectly. Material is durable and easy to clean, the only thing holding it from a 5 stars is if it had the padded dividers on top to keep the bikes separated. But for the price, the fit and finish was exceptional, great value !!!
The product review/installation video helped me make my selection. I selected the full size pad for 2001 Silverado 1500. Installs easily, fits nicely, flap in pad is positioned for easy access to tailgate latch.
# 8
Inno Velo Gripper Bike Rack for Truck Beds - Clamp On
1 year ago, ordered 2 pair Inno Velo clamp on bike rakes for pickup. One pair received damaged/used. eTrailer credited 50%. Rated average for 2 reasons. First, I couldn't get them to work securely with my tonneau cover without modifications (plastic spacer blocks to clear tonneau rail) and I can't close the tonneau cover over them when not transporting bikes. Second, while not recommended for ebikes, they kinda worked but are not strong enough for the weight of the bikes especially when needing to extend to full length. I like the idea but just doesn't meet my needs. Otherwise, they should work just fine under different applications. Best use is to install and left installed. In my circumstance, removal & reinstallation was a pain.
Using the Grippers for carrying 2 ebikes, weighing 55 & 75 lbs. I know this is above the rated bike weights but so far they have performed well. My short bed keeps the 75# bike pretty well locked in front to back so that may help.
Swagman Paramount Full-Size Trucks Tailgate Pad Review - 2022 Ram 1500
What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be checking out the Swagman Paramount. This is going to be a tailgate pad to carry your bikes in the back of your truck. And today we're gonna be putting it on a 2022 Ram 1500. Swagman Paramount can hold up to seven bikes, so that's using quite a bit of your bed to carry a bunch of those bikes. It also leaves your hitch open, so if you have a ball on that's usually in there, you can just leave it in there.
Inno Velo Gripper Truck Bed Bike Rack Review - 2022 Ram 1500
What's up everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're be checking out the NOVO Gripper and we're gonna be putting it on a 2022 Ram 1500. Now, this is gonna be a way to transport your bikes in the bed of your truck. You can see it attaches to the bedrail and it attaches the bike. Let's check it out. Now, this is going to attach to the bedrail so you tighten it with this here.
Swagman Tailwhip Truck Tailgate Pad Review - 2022 Ram 1500
What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be checking out the Swagman Tailwhip, and we're gonna be putting it on our 2022 Ram 1500. The Tailgate Pad is gonna be good for protecting your Tailgate from getting scratched and your bike while it's on there. It sits in between there, it can hold five bikes with the hook and loop straps here. We have all these loops where you can move the bikes further apart or closer together, however you want to set it up in the back of your truck. Again, it's also padded so you don't have to worry about any damage to the Tailgate.
Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad Review - 2022 Ram 1500
What's up everybody It's AJ with www.etrailer.com. Today we're checking out the Yakima Gatekeeper. It's gonna be a Tailgate Pad on our 2022 Ram 1500. A tailgate pad's gonna be a great option for your truck, that way it leaves your hitch open, just in case you have a ball lying there. That's something you wanna pull out all the time and replace. It's gonna go against the tailgate.
Swagman Pick-Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500
Hi everyone. Aiden here at etrailer.com. Today, we're taking a look at the Swagman Pickup Bed-mounted Bike Rack on our 2022 RAM 1500. So this is going to be a bar that goes between the bed rails of your truck and holds in place through friction. You can see as I pull up on it it's staying in there nice and secure and it gets a good hold on the bikes too. This is going to be a fork-mounted bike rack which means we remove the front wheel on our bike and hold it by the forks here using the included quick release skewer.
Swagman Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2022 Ram 1500
Hi everyone, Aiden here with etrailer.com. Today, we're taking a look at the Swagman Patrol here on our 2022 Ram 1500. Now, Swagman Patrol is a bike rack. This one's unique, because it actually mounts in your truck bed here between the bed rails, and allows you to mount the bikes by the forks. This comes with a nine millimeter quick-release skewer or works with a 15 millimeter thru-axle. You can get other adapters sold separately to adapt to different bikes, but this is what it comes with.
Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2018 Ram 1500
Speaker 1: Today in our 2018 Ram 1500, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Gate Mate Tailgate Pad and Bike Rack. Part number TH824. This is an aid for full-size trucks and it's going to measure 62 inches wide. So, the first thing you'll notice is that we have two of our three tie-downs already secured. We're going to show you how we secure the other one. There are couple different ways to do it.
Swagman Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2017 Ram 1500
Hey, everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby and today we're taking a look at the Swagman Tailwhip Tailgate Pad on our 2017 Ram 1500. Now, this going to be a great way of just getting a couple of bikes to that destination, wherever you might be going. Now, we can go ahead and fit up to five bikes on here. We've gone ahead and thrown in our 48-inch wheelbase with 29-inch rims to give you guys a good representation of the kind of bikes you're definitely gonna be able to take with this tailgate pad. What's nice about it, we're not going to have to add anything else to the bed of our truck, right We don't have a carrier.
Thule Gate Mate Tailgate Pad and Bike Rack Review - 2017 Ram 1500
Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Ram 1500, we're going to be test fitting the Thule gate mate tailgate pad, part number TH824. Now if you don't want to have a bike rack on the back of your hitch, or one on the back of your bed where your bike's going to take up most of your bed, a nice economical solution is this pad here. This allows your bike do drape right over the back.With your pad in place you can see here that the bike's going to easily sit right over your tailgate, freeing up some space, and it's going to protect from any scratches or abrasions on your vehicle. It's 62 inches across, which will allow you to easily mount two bikes, and keep them from contacting each other. There's nylon straps located on top that you can use for tie down points to secure your bike even sturdier.It not only works with bikes, but it'll work with other accessories such as kayaks, paddle boards, surf boards. It protects those from your tailgate, and it protects your tailgate from them.
Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ram 1500
John: Hey guys, John here for etrailer.com. Today, we have our 2017 Ram 1500 and we are test fitting the Thule GateMate Pro Tailgate Pad. This is 60 inches wide, takes up our entire tailgate, allows us to get our bikes to our favorite destination without installing anything in our hitch or having to install something up on our roof. The GateMate Pro solves a couple different problems for pickup owners. It allows us to get our bikes to our favorite destination using our truck bed, but in an organized way, instead of just tossing our bikes in our truck bed and they get tangled up or they lay down flat or something. We're still able to keep them upright and we can fit multiple bikes at the same time in an organized fashion.
Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ram 1500
Today on this 2016 Ram 1500 we're going to be showing you the Thule Insta-Gater Truck Bed bike rack, part number TH501. How the bike is actually attached to the rack it's going to have 1 point of contact and that's going to be at the wheel hook here. That holds it in place while it's in the bed of your truck. To loosen that up there's a button at the bottom here. You push that in and that will loosen up the hook enabling you to lower it and take out the bike. To put it in place, it just ratchets into place like so. We'll go ahead and loosen that up, lower it down.
Inno Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ram 1500
Today on this 2016 RAM1500 we are going to test fitting the inno velo gripper bike rack for truck beds, part number INRT201. As you can see, we already have the bike installed on our clamps. If you come over here, we will show off some of the features here. It grips it at 2 points of contact to the bike's frame at these wheel mounts here. It has these strips that hold it in place, as well as these anker points on the clamps so you can have additional straps to hold them in place which you can find on etrailer.com. Let's go ahead and remove those straps and take the bike and get it out of the way.
Swagman Pick Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ram 1500
Today on our 2015 Ram 1500, we're going to go ahead and do a test fit of the Swagman Pick-Up Truck-Bed-Mounted 2-Bike Rack. This would be Part Number S64702. First thing we're going to do is you're going to locate the locking mechanism. We'll go ahead and take our key, insert it with the tip down, and go ahead and turn that one full turn, and pull it out. That will allow the knob to be out here to where we can push the nipple in, and pull that part down. With that part down, we will go ahead and place the edge of this on the line on our bed.
Thule Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ram 1500
Today, on our 2014 Ram 1500, we're going to be taking a look at the Thule Gate Mate. This is a padded tailgate cover that'll also act as a bike rack. Its part number is TH824. To begin our test fit, we're going to place the Gate Mate right up over our tailgate. This is the one designed for the wider width, so it's 62" wide. As you'll see, we're going to have 3 straps hanging off the front of it. These straps need to be fed around the underside of our tailgate, and we'll fit them into the clips that are on the backside.
Swagman Pick Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ram 1500
Today on our 2014 Ram 1500, we're going to be test fitting the Swagman Pickup, this is a bed mounted two bike rack. It's designed with the fork clamp style bike holders. It's part number is S64702. To begin the test fit, we first need to roughly size our bike rack. To do this, we're going to pull out on the side here on the passenger side. It's a ratcheting style system, so as you pull it out, the small catch here is going to catch in and hold that position in for us. Slide it out far enough to where it makes contact with the bed rail, then we'll find a fixed point to use on both sides to be sure we have both of the bed rail holders in line with one another.
Swagman Pick Up Truck Bed Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ram 1500
Today on our 2012 Ram 1500 we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Pick-Up Truck Bed-Mounted Bike Rack. This is going to be for your fork style, inside the bed of your vehicle. It's going to be Part Number S64702. As you can see we do have the Ram box set up here today. We'll be having this rack here on the shortest set up. With it in all the way closed up as far as it will go, it won't quite go in.
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