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Tailgate pad converts your tailgate into an easy-to-use 5-bike rack. Integrated bike cradles and closure straps keep your bikes stable and secure. Tuck-away flap provides access to tailgate or rearview camera. Attaches to tailgate with straps.
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Hi Matt with etrailer. Today we're gonna be talking about the Yakima Gatekeeper tailgate pad, on the back of the 2023 Ford F-150. Now this is gonna be the five bike version, but you can also get this as a six bike version. And if you're not a fan of the blue, you can also get it in black. So let's take a closer look at it. Now this will be a great option for you because unlike with a hitch-mounted bike rack, it's gonna save you on a lot of space.
Because if you wanna carry up to five bikes, or close to five bikes, that's gonna stick out pretty far in the back of your truck. With this, it's only gonna stick out maybe a foot or two. And then, you don't have to worry about throwing your bikes in the back of your bed, where they're all gonna get scratched up or clang together. Now you can put everything up and keep 'em nice and clean and organized. The way it's gonna secure down is gonna be one main point, and that's gonna be this metal hook, that attaches to this strap.
That's gonna apply pressure to this pad, preventing any damages from occurring on your bike or your tailgate. I'm also a fan of how it sits in the back of the bed, because a lot of beds will have these raised surfaces on them, so you can put the back tire in between those raised surfaces, to give you more of a secure fit. If you ever need access to your backup camera and you don't have a bike in the center, you can open up this flap. It will be held down by a hook and loop system and two grommets underneath. And when you lift it up, not only will you have access to your backup camera, but your tailgate.
And something I do like about this flap too, is it's gonna have this nice felt material, so you don't have to worry about scratching up your tailgate either. Before we can take a closer look at this tailgate pad, I'm gonna remove my bike first. And to do that, I'm just gonna loosen up this buckle, just by pulling it at the top and pulling that metal hook from that strap. Sometimes it can kind of hook on because it has a little hook at the very end. But with that I'm done.
We can reach over and lift up on my bike. Now, this doesn't have a weight capacity on it, so you technically can put your heavy E-bikes on here. But I wouldn't recommend it, because that is a pretty high lift to lift up any heavy E-bikes. Earlier I mentioned that we have these padded areas. Now we can take a closer look at it. So that's where you're gonna have this design where it has this divot in it. So that's designed to help hold your bike in place. Now if I lower this down, we can see how it attaches. As you're can see, we have three straps on the front side, and that's gonna wrap around and go to the backside. (hook unlatches) As you can see right back here, they're gonna attach to these clips, and you can loosen or tighten them down this way. Now something else that I do like about this tailgate, in particular, is we have this grommet right here. And what that's great for, if you have a bike cable lock with you, you can run that through that hole, through your bikes, and secure it at some point on your bed. Now this is gonna be a solid tailgate pad. But if I was gonna compare it to another one, I'd compare it to the Swagman Paramount. That's gonna have the ability to even carry more bikes. And, what's nice about that one is two things. One, this flap that we have, this one doesn't have any points to secure it down, but with the Paramount you can secure it down. And another thing I like about the Paramount is that it has a thicker pad than this one. This one's pretty thin, but it will still do the job. But the counterpoint to that, what I really like about this one is two things. One, we have these thicker straps. These are gonna be a lot more sturdy than the Paramount's. And two, we have this grommet built in, so if you need to put a bike cable lock through here, you have that extra secure point there. But if you liked everything you saw today, that was just a look at the Yakima Gatekeeper, (tailgate slams) on the back of our 2023 Ford F-150.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (83 Customer Reviews)
Tailgate pad converts your tailgate into an easy-to-use 5-bike rack. Integrated bike cradles and closure straps keep your bikes stable and secure. Tuck-away flap provides access to tailgate or rearview camera. Attaches to tailgate with straps.Great shopping experience (much more straightforward than amazon), product exactly as expected. Based purchase on very helpful etrailer [online] video.
Fits perfectly. Looks and works great.
Perfect for hauling around my bikes. Super easy to setup on my 2020 Chevy Colorado.
The concept is good and the materials seem fine. The wheels ocme off with the design for attaching it to the tailgate (moves around) and managing the flap. I'm not even sure why there's a flap (useless). The straps/buckles for attaching the bikes are not the best choices.
Simple, affordable, gets the job done. I would recommend this to anyone with a pickup truck who wants to take bikes with them.
I love shopping at etrailer.com. They seem to test their products and make sure they are compatible with my exact year of truck. I purchased a tailgate pad from Yakima. This is the second one I bought. the first one was from cyclingdeals that I bought from [online vendor] and After doing lots of research I thought it would work with my back up camera. Well once I received it I learned that it wouldn’t work with my back up camera. I returned it and started googling again. etrailer.com came up with a pad that they said would fit my truck and work with my backup camera. I ordered it, tried it out and it works great. thank you etrailer.com.
I purchased this Yakima gatekeeper due to the large flap that allows access to the tailgate handle and rear camera. Bike straps are solid and the little extra padding for the downtube is nice.
2017 F250
We hav a Ford F150 quad cab.
This gatekeeper fits perfect.
It does take 2 of us to maneuver the gatekeeper and the tailgate to get the middle strap attached but we love the product. We’ll figure out a way, I’m sure, to do this solo.
Highly recommend.
Very rugged product and well not scratch your tailgate!!! Holds 1 or 6 bikes with ease!!
Right product delivered ahead of schedule during the holiday ordering season. Couldn't be happier with the product and service. Outstanding!
Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad - timely service/shipping and product is excellent-- far better than my bike rack that mounted in the truck bed between the bed rails--securing the bikes is now a 3 minute effort and no climbing into the truck
Fits perfectly on my 2500HD. Looks nice and works great. First impression is it's high quality and will hold up well.
To me it was average after 1 year, which I feel is a better review of an item anyway. Withen 1 or 2 weeks of having it , one of the plastic rings holding the straps broke. etrailer was very good at wanting to replace it, but ,I didn't feel like sending it back( one thing the box it came in was huge), which is on me. I could fix it myself.
It held 2 of my wifes bikes , and one of mine which way over 28 lbs. each. I purchased a carbon bike about a year agoand it always falls to the side when strapped in . I've bunge corded to help that out, it still doesn't hold it tight. I even tried old wash rags around straps,but to no avail.
After 1 year the velcro is still good, but where it attaches to the strap is worn and is very hard to keep tight, we've only use it everyother weekend and never when the temp goes under 45 degrees.
the material it's made of is still in very good shape. The only other con is it would be nice if the flap coud be velcrod open so you can see out of the backing camera
The Yakima GateKeeper Tailgate Pad works great. It's easy to put on and take off as needed and protects the tailgate and bikes we carry. Perflect for an old Ranger or hopefully soon the a new Maverick.
THIS YAKIMA TAILGATE BIKE CARRIER IS
VERY WELL MADE. THE CRADLES TO SET
YOUR FRAME IN ARE NICELY PADDED. THE
VELCRO STRAPS KEEP THEM SECURE DURING
TRANSPORT. THIS IS GREAT PRODUCT.
ETRAILER ALWAYS HAS THE BEST PRICES
AND SERVICE. THANKS ETRAILER!
The cradle straps do not have enough flexibility to provide a secure tight fit for smaller diameter framed road and hybrid type bikes. Just a poor design of the straps as there is only about half inch of the velcro actually securing the strap when fully tightened while the remaining velcro (over an inch) not making any contact. Product is really only for larger tubed bikes such as mountain bikes and child bikes. My bikes would be more secure just laying them down in the bed of the truck with a couple bungee cords.
Works great. Very convenient. Leaves a good amount of bed space for other items like camping equipment etc. Easy tailgate access to the Tundra through the handle access flap. Would definitely recommend.
Easy to put on and take off the tailgate. Keeps bikes completely secure.
With a little tuck you can even still use the reverse camera!
The Gatekeeper has performed as expected in a 2017 Ram 2500. 5 Stars always goes to etrailer. They are an outstanding company that always exceeds expectations with customer service.
its a quality made product, but doesn't fit a 2017 RAM tailgate very well. A RAM tailgate is wider in the middle which causes the tailgate cover to have a big wrinkle on either side of center caused by the cover being tighter on the ends than in the middle where the tailgate is wider. My bikes didn't sit very well on the tailgate, I believe mostly because of the wide RAM tailgate. I tried on the outside and in the middle, which didn't make a difference.
Great bike carrier! We carry 4 bikes and this keeps them secure even on dirt and bumpy roads. It takes a few minutes to get it on the tailgate correctly, but once on it works great!
We ordered for a family vacation where we pull a travel trailer with our pickup and needed a place for all the bikes. It works really well and kept all bikes stable and with no damage over a very long trip. Great product!
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