This padded rack lets you carry 5 bikes on your truck bed tailgate. It's a great alternative to fork blocks, it doesn't require drilling into your truck bed, and you don't have to remove your bikes' front wheels.
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The Paramount padded tailgate bike rack is a quick and easy alternative to fork blocks. It saves you from having to remove the front wheels on your bikes and from drilling into your truck bed. And if you normally use a hitch rack, but will be using your hitch to tow, this rack lets you bring up to 5 bikes as well. Spacing blocks prevent bike-to-bike contact, hook-and-loop straps secure your bikes to the rack, and the center flap provides access to your tailgate handle.
There are 6 spacing blocks along the outer side of the rack. These blocks provide stabilization for your fork stanchions to prevent bike-to-bike contact. To set up your bikes, just stagger the front wheels over the tailgate hanging outside of the truck and place the fork stanchions between the blocks.
A series of sewn-on loops along the top of the rack provide anchor points for your bikes. Use the included hook-and-loop straps to secure your bikes to the tie-down points to prevent your bikes from shifting during transport. Additional straps (sold separately) are available if you lose one.
Easy Access to Tailgate Handle
The center flap lets you access your tailgate handle without having to remove the pad so you can lower your tailgate. The flap secures with a hook-and-loop fastener.
Mesh Pockets
There are 2 sewn-in mesh pockets that let you conveniently store your biking gear. They're great for storing helmets, gloves, and wet or sweaty clothes that you don't want inside your truck.
Heavy-Duty Construction
The rack is made of heavy-duty, ballistic tarpaulin. A high-density foam core protects your tailgate and your bikes from dents and dings. The fleece lining provides a soft, smooth surface that won't scratch or scuff your tailgate.
Simple Installation
To install the rack just slide it over your tailgate and use the 3 integrated tie-down straps wrap to secure it in place.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Evangeline: Hi, it's Evangeline from etrailer dot com and today we're looking at this Swagman Paramount Tailgate Pad on our 2020 Toyota Tacoma. Now what's pretty cool about this pad is it will help you inaudible 00:00:14 ways. You just throw it on and it opens up all these possibilities. You can maximize your cargo space here, you can put things on the pad and it's really just a way to put a lot of bikes on your truck with very little work. As you can see, it fits pretty well on our Tacoma here, it's the mid-size size, and it's great for bringing a bunch of bikes around. It has five straps so that you can technically carry five bikes.
Some people just use it to put a bunch of bikes in their truck, bring them up to the top of the hill and then ride down.That's a great purpose for it, and it works pretty well. There's a lot of interesting features here as well. We have these mesh pouches here that you can put all kinds of things. I've seen people put helmets in there, cause if their bikes are loaded up, their helmets go in here and that's pretty convenient. This is a nice pad just to protect everything.
And if you want, you can use these straps as anchor points for all kinds of other things other than bikes. You can put your surfboards in there. You can put your kayaks in there, whatever you need, this will help you just bring things together to have the best day possible. The best thing about it is its nice and light and easy to just throw on like that, it's on there. And we just attach the straps.This might be almost the trickiest part, but you have to get these straps underneath the tailgate.
I like to lower the tailgate and rest it against my knees. And from there, I can just reach over and push the strap up and through there, turn around and grab it up. From that point on, you bring it up here and you insert it into the top hole and you pull it through the bottom hole and just pull it tight and do the same for the other two straps. So this works with bikes in that you just set it inside, take this strap out and strap this hook and loop strap around the bike and secure it.Just make sure that the wheel is facing perpendicular to the bike. And you're good to go.
My favorite thing about this pad though, is how you can lift this up, there you go, up and over. And I know you can't feel things through video, but if you can, you'd agree that this is very soft. This connects right in the back. To connect in the back, you can strap it and latch it there. That keeps it nice and sturdy and this is in order to access your tailgate handle when you need it.So, final thoughts about this tailgate pad is that first and foremost, it's so quick and easy to just throw onto your truck and attach your bikes and go. It's so much better than piling your bikes up on top of each other in the back of your truck. I know some people do that, but with this tailgate pad, it just keeps them a little bit more secure in there and helps prevent them from damaging each other as much. And that's great. So if you're looking for something easy, something that's pretty durable and will protect your bikes a little bit more, then this was this Swagman Paramount Tailgate Pad on our 2020 Toyota Tacoma.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (5 Customer Reviews)
This padded rack lets you carry 5 bikes on your truck bed tailgate. It's a great alternative to fork blocks, it doesn't require drilling into your truck bed, and you don't have to remove your bikes' front wheels.Well made, but you need to do something about the 3 straps...and how you can push a wet noodle up through the gap. Gonna have to put a sting down, and attach it to each stap to pull them up.
I've been using this for a couple of years now. I mainly use it when we go camping. It's been great for carrying the 4 bikes we have. The bikes never have shifted/moved while in transit. The tailgate pad is a little tricky to put on (I lay under the truck and fish the strap up to my son). I've installed the mat by myself but it's way easier with 2 people.
It has been great for 5 or 6 bikes, easy to put on. A little tight and depending on the type of bike it won't line up in the designated spot but I can still velcro the bikes to keep them secure. Would definitely recommend the Swagman. It can be put on with one person but 2 is easier, one in the bed and one threading it through. The same is true for loading/unloading bikes, one in the bed of the truck and one handing the bikes up. I have definitely done it by myself so we're loaded and ready to go camping when the boys get home from school.
Really like this bike rack for my truck. Easy to put on. Handles the Mtb bikes well.
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