Kuat Pivot 2 Swing Away Hitch Extender for Bike Racks - 2" Hitches - Passenger's Side
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Kuat Hitch Adapters
- Swing-Away Hitch Adapter
- 250 lbs
- Bike Racks
- Kuat
This hitch extender converts your existing Kuat bike rack into a swing-away rack. It rotates out 90 degrees or 120 degrees on your passenger's side for quick and easy access to the rear of your vehicle. Includes locking, anti-rattle hitch pin.
Features:
- Pivoting hitch extender lets you swing your Kuat bike rack 90 degrees or 120 degrees away from the rear of your vehicle
- Swings away from passenger's side for easy access to hatch or tailgate area
- Works with Kuat NV 2.0, NV Base 2.0, Sherpa 2.0 and Transfer bike racks for 2" hitches
- Toggle clamp lets you quickly release latch so arm can swing out
- Pull safety lever to swing arm out 90 degrees
- Pull safety lever again to release or to pivot arm out to 120 degrees
- Tool-free installation in your hitch with hand-tightening cam system
- Turn cam knob to tighten extender in hitch and help eliminate rattle in the connection
- Bike rack installs into Pivot and secures with bike rack's hitch pin
- Included locking hitch pin secures extender to vehicle
- Durable, black powder coated steel resists corrosion
Specs:
- Application: 2" x 2" trailer hitch receivers
- Bike rack capacity: up to 4 bikes
- Weight capacity: 250 lbs
- Distance from center of hitch pin hole to:
- Rack pin hole: 12-3/16"
- Closest edge of carrier when folded: 5-3/16"
- Farthest edge of carrier when folded: 14-1/8"
- Farthest edge of carrier when unfolded: 42-9/16"
- Top of handle: 8-1/8"
- Shank rise: 3"
- Weight: 46 lbs
- Limited lifetime warranty
Notes:
- The Pivot is only compatible with Kuat bike racks that have 2" shanks
- Not for use with hitch adapters, reducers, or extenders
- Using this hitch extender will reduce your hitch's overall capacity by 50 percent
PVP20B Kuat Pivot 2 Swing Away Hitch Extender for Bike Racks - 2" Hitches - Passenger's Side
Item # PVP20B
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Kuat Pivot 2 Swing Away Hitch Extender for Bike Racks - 2" Hitches - Passenger's Side - PVP20B
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (181 Customer Reviews)
This hitch extender converts your existing Kuat bike rack into a swing-away rack. It rotates out 90 degrees or 120 degrees on your passenger's side for quick and easy access to the rear of your vehicle. Includes locking, anti-rattle hitch pin.by: Joe03/30/2023
Excellent product, solidly built and easy to install. I was hesitant because of the full size spare tire on the back ladder. The videos and the specifications (especially the sizing details) gave me all the info I needed to make the decision to install it on my Sprinter. The swing away rack gives me full access to the rear of the vehicle. I wish I had bought it sooner.
by: Dale 03/06/2024
Exactly what I was looking for. Can swing the bikes out of the way to access the truck bed. Locks back into position and I am not worried about it being secure.
by: Milton03/03/2024
Everything i was looking for, great product, great costumer relationship and quick processing and shipping on order. I'm using it on my mobility scooter lift that it's modified for my beach cart, now i can swing it out and open the tailgate, true game changer. I trully reccommend this product.
by: Leslie03/26/2024
Quick shipping. Easy installation. Seems to be pretty stout. Haven’t actually used it yet, so can’t go five stars but I’m confident it’s gonna be the perfect hitch for our needs.
by: Robert 03/01/2024
Works great on my ford super duty with slide in camper.
by: William 10/30/2023
Exactly what I was wanting. I used my split receiver on my Renegades 2" hitch receiver. Put my tow hitch in the bottom one soI could still tow my boat ot trailer. Put the Kuat v2 swing arm in the top hitch. Mounted my spare tire mount in the swing arm. Still have the place to mount the cargo rack on top of the swing arm and still be below the weight cap of the swing arm.
by: Preston 04/09/2024
Super solid. Fits perfectly on my 22 Bronco. And etrailer got it here lightning fast!
by: Eddie 07/12/2022
I waited 6 months because it was on backorder. I was offered other swing away hitches but I chose to wait. After receiving it, nothing comes close to the ease of operation and how smooth the bearing system is. No binding at all. Well worth the wait.
Eddie
7/14/2023
Still consider this the best decision I have made. By far the best swing away hitch on the market. Does not bind or creek when loaded up.
by: Dan11/01/2023
Just received this carrier today. I haven't even opened it yet and can tell you that it is a great carrier, we have had one before. The fantastic thing about this whole process is the attention you get from etrailer.com. They are GREAT to do business with. They fill and ship orders so quickly that it dazzles me. I ordered this on Saturday night, it was shipped on Sunday and I received it on Wednesday. Shipping was FREE!!! What a deal. And Ashley even emails me when it is shipped and again when she gets notice it is delivered. GREAT SERVICE!!! Thanks! I am proud to recommend etrailer.com.
by: Carl08/10/2023
etrailer was very easy to work with and answered all my questions quickly. etrailer knew the answers to my questions about the Kuat Bike Rack but oddly the person at Kuat did not. The boxes arrived in perfect condition.
by: John 02/24/2024
Just what I was looking for! Both just swing away and retailer are great .
by: Patricia 08/02/2023
We are very pleased with this product. We have a truck camper and use this with our 2 electric bikes. We have traveled thousands of miles with it. It saves us from having to unload our bikes each time we want to get into our camper. We love it!
by: Barry 07/13/2022
Assembly was easy. Wish the installation to the receiver was tool less, but they included wrench makes it pretty simple. Will be giving it a thorough test run next month.
Barry
7/14/2023
Had one bad part which Kuat replaced quickly and easily. Works great since then.
by: Chris07/14/2021
This is an excellent product. Very solidly made, easy to operate and easy to install/remove. I use it to swing my bike to the side so I can more easily access my hatch-area. Beware the small stub that sticks out however! It can bang your shins! The rack operation is smooth, and the safety-latch works very easily, and prevents the bikes from swinging back if the car is parked on a hill.
by: Sam 08/03/2022
As always extremely satisfied with products and the excellent customer service from everyone at e trailer! Thanks again Sam!!!
Sam
8/4/2023
Great rack! I carry two fat tire e-bikes with no problems and the ease of loading and unloading with the optional ramp is surprisingly easy even for one person. Can’t say enough for the excellent fit and finish of this rack!
by: Robert 08/12/2023
after seeing someone with this setup, we knew it would be great on either our motorhome or our Bronco. swings the bike rack out of the way for either vehicle.
by: swanee09/07/2023
got a different van...Ford Transit. The back doors would not open with my Kuat bike rake on. This is the perfect answer
by: Merrielynn06/30/2023
works just as described, perfect on the back of the camper, leave bikes on, swing arm out and in the camper I go.
by: Tomas06/22/2023
Amazing product and great delivery!
Totally worth it to comfortably open the tailgate of my truck this thing is over engineered
by: Philip04/23/2022
Works great. Gives total access to the back of the Jeep. Had a small hardware issue and Kuat took care of it right away. Highly recommend.
Philip
4/24/2023
Works great. Easy to put on and off.
by: Brian02/12/2023
Almost Perfect. We intended for this to be our spare tire carrier but the hitch spare tire mounts place the tire directly in front of the license plate. With a small tap into the license plate lighting and driving a few holes onto the swing arm. We were able to have the plate relocated and lit.
Also, the tightener in the carrier works well to snug the carrier to the truck so it does not wiggle. We’ll have to see how long it lasts. Had to use a hitch anti-rattle mount between the spare tire carrier and the swing out receiver to eliminate a wiggle. Everything is tight and no rattling out back.
I’ll need to give it a few more miles to test its durability on the hinge. I do wish the hinge was serviceable, but it appears to be a sealed unit pressed in. Not sure it will last.
Rated weight is 250#s and the tire, rim, and carrier come in at 150#. It should be good, but again, we’ll see how it holds up on the trails.
We opted for this option instead of a bumper because the truck travels overseas and it needs to pass foreign inspections, which often require OEM bumpers. So a hitch mount seems logical.
by: Andrew10/11/2023
Easy to install. Excellent service from trailer.com
by: Malvin04/15/2021
Love these kuat pivot. Ordered and shipped the same day. Thanks Lori.
by: Doug10/25/2020
Product video by Adam on this website took the guesswork out of this purchase. We put the Pivot to task with our Ebikes and are totally satisfied with this well built and designed product.
Doug
10/26/2021
This was a great purchase we are very satisfied with its versatility. The Pivot is built robust and so easy to use.
by: Nigel10/21/2021
This a quality made swing out hitch. I would recommend this to other people. We have two fairly heavy fat tire electric bikes we put on this. I have used this behind our camper, on our Jeep and also on a hitch I welded to our Art Show trailer that we tow behind our camper. The show trailer has a ramp style fold down door and this hitch allows us to access the trailer without taking the bikes or hitch off. I did have to modify the ramp as the ramp will not go down to the ground as the first arm of the hitch is still in the way when the bikes are swung out, but that would be the case with any brand of swing out hitch and the fact that I have adapted it to a purpose that is not a normal situation! FYI, and nothing to do with brand or quality...I was originally going to order the driver side swing out hitch and then changed it to the passenger side as I was thinking about one particular show where while unloading the trailer the bikes would swing out into traffic, which was not an option. But otherwise, swinging out the passenger side gets in the way of accessing the camper as our camper access steps are off center on the passenger side. It would be more convenient to have it swing away to the drivers side away from the steps. But that is just our situation and if you were to use the swing out hitch while parked on a road you would want the hitch to swing to the passenger side. The hitch was also too close to the camper steps while closed with the bikes on so I added a 1 foot extender hitch between the main hitch and the bike hitch which gave us clearer access to the camper. This creates a little more movement the further you get away from the main hitch but I tie the swing out hitch on either side to the camper to stabilise it while we travel to reduce sway. Overall it works great and I would recommend it.
Sierra K.
10/22/2021
This sounds like a great set up but I would like to note that this pivot hitch extender is not to be used with hitch adapters, reducers, or other extenders because using those things will reduce your hitchs overall capacity by 50 percent. While using the pivot hitch extender, you are already doing this.
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3/31/2024
The Kuat works perfectly. If you want easy access to the back of you vehicle this is exactly what you need. One year in and Im completely satisfied with the product.