Will RockyMounts BackStage Clear Tailgate on 2025 F-150 With Malone Dual Hitch Adapter
Updated 06/19/2026 | Published 06/15/2026
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I’m planning on purchasing the RockyMounts BackStage Bike rack for 2 bikes…it appears that when the bikes are swung away that the tailgate on my 2025 F150 XLT Powerboost will clear the rack. However, I’m also looking at getting a small trailer such as a Malone MegaSport and a couple of kayaks. This would require an adapter such as the Malone MPG544… My question is: will the MPG544 move the bike rack far enough to the rear to allow the tailgate to be opened with the bikes swung away from the rear of the truck? If not do you have any suggestions?
asked by: Dennis G
Expert Reply:
Hey Dennis! I can't say if it will clear for sure but I can give you dimensions to help determine if it will. Using the furthest hitch pin hole, the Malone 2" Dual Purpose Hitch Receiver # MPG544 will push the bike rack out 12-1/4".
When tilted, the distance from the center of the hitch pin hole to the cradle on the RockyMounts BackStage # RKY10002 is 15" (measurement D below). Measurement C in the diagram is 15-1/4", so with the Malone adapter it will be sticking up 22-3/4" from the hitch pin hole on your trailer hitch. I would try to measure and mock this up to see where everything will sit compared to your truck.
Where do you typically take your bikes and kayaks?
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Cb
6/18/2026
I bought this so I could be able to put a bike rack on the top receiver and a trailer on the bottom receiver. It is very heavily built and also has set screws to lock the receiver extension into the vehicle hitch as well as locking the bike rack on the top section into the receiver extension. It looks very very solidly. I put a very heavy duty to Saris bicycle rack with 2 e-bikes that weigh 85 pounds each. The rack probably weighs close to 100 pounds and the E bikes weigh about 170 pounds. It also is behind a RV camper which allows the handlebars to clear the camper. I'm not sure about a truck tailgate being able to clear with the extension, but it does a very good job on an RV pushing the bicycle rack over a foot rearward. I have not tried it on a truck tailgate because that's not what I bought it for. It's strictly for the RV.. It's very solidly built and does not rattle whatsoever when you put the set screws to lock it in place.
Derek
6/18/2026
I bought the Malone Duel Hitch for your exact purpose! Yakima Rack & Roll trailer (two kayaks & a cargo box) and the Thule Classic T2 bike rack. I had mine modified to raise the lower hitch level at a welding manufacturing place! Works great!
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Dennis G.
6/18/2026
Robin Thanks for the reply. I’m a little confused; I don’t see a diagram with measurements C and D. The MPG544 has a petty detailed measurement diagram but the bike rack does not. In the meantime I made some measurements that may be helpful: from the hitch pin to top of tailgate=21” (Tailgate lowered) from the top of hitch tube to tailgate=7.5” the last 4” at the top of tailgate is a bumpout of about 2.5” where the tailgate release and the backup camera are located. That is where I made the 7.5” vertical measurement. Looking at the diagram of the MPG544, it would probably clear the tailgate before the bumpout, but once the hitch tube on the bike rack got to the bumpout, it would be very tight, and the distance from the bike rack hitch pin to the riser where the swing out mechanism attaches and the height of that riser would be key. While I was on the site, I noticed a few other similar adapters, in particular the Roadmaster RM83SR. That one only has a 4” rise rather than the 7.5” on the Malone…maybe that would be a better option? Unfortunately the Roadmaster is more expensive…and does not have a detailed measurement diagram. We have been taking our bikes on summer vacation for many years now; since we live in southern Arizona, we prefer to go north to cooler areas…while there we often rent kayaks on lakes and calm rivers, but rentals are expensive and the choice of kayak is limited…and I like to fish so a fishing kayak is on my list.