Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape TH9031XT- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex Swinging Style Four Bike Rack. This bike rack is designed to work with 2" hitches and the part number for that is TH9031XT. As you can see we do already have our bike on our rack. We're going to show you how we strap the bike down and then also some features of the rack itself. The first thing we're going to do is show you the swing away feature. You're first going to pull up on this T-pin right here, set that off to the side. more

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9/3/2015 3:34:42 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Escape TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Escape, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex 4-bike rack. It's a hanging style bike rack and it also is tilting. Part number for that is TH9029XT. Now, great feature about this bike rack is that does work with 1 1/4-inch and 2-inch hitches. It's got an adapter for those 2-inch hitches. As you can see, we do already have our bike hooked onto our carrier. more

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9/3/2015 3:32:27 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Escape S63380- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Escape we are test fitting the Swagman trail head 4 bike rack, part number S63380. As you can see we do already have our bike on there, we're going to show you how we load up the bike and how it's secured and then also how we connect our Swagman to the vehicle and a little, a couple of the features about it. As you can see here we do have four straps, that's tied on the bike. Three on the frame and then one back here on the seat post. I'm just going to pull those out and release and to reconnect you're just going fit them back into those holes there. Just go ahead and release all these straps. There we are. more

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9/3/2015 3:31:46 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Escape- Video

Today, on our 2015 Ford Escape, we're test fitting this Sport Rack 3 bike carrier, part number SR2403. Now, as you can see, we do already have our bike strapped in on the rack. I'm just going to show you how we strap in our bike, nd then also some of the features of the rack itself. We have got 3 straps holding the bike down. The back one here is on the seat post, it's going to be the anti-sway strap and cradle here. That's going to keep your bike from swinging back and forth when you're driving down the road. These 2 straps here are just on the frame, just to hold it in place there. more

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9/3/2015 3:31:27 PM

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford Edge- Video

Today on our 2012 Ford Edge, we're test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram tilting-style 4-bike rack. Now this bike rack is designed for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches. It comes with an adapter for the 1-1/4". The part number for that is going to be SR26248. Now as you can see, we do already have our bike on here. We're going to show you how we tilt it away first, because a nice feature about this bike rack is that it can tilt away with the bike still on the rack. So how do we do that It's pretty simple. more

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9/3/2015 3:31:06 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford F250 Super Duty we're test fitting the Thule Vertex. This is a hanging 4 bike rack. It's been designed for 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. The Vertex, nice feature about it, right up here it's going to have a cable. It helps to lock our bikes into position. more

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8/19/2015 4:21:48 PM

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2010 Ford Explorer- Video

Today in our 2010 Ford Explorer, we're test fitting the Yakima Fulltilt. This the pulling and tilting four bike style rack. It's been designed for use with the 1-1/4 or the 2 inch hitches. The part number on this is Y02462. You can see the Fulltilt. It's going to use 3 zips grips to hold our bike into place. In the three framing, you've got two through the frame tube here in the top and one here on the back for the anti-sway. more

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8/19/2015 4:21:06 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Escape TH9031XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Escape, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex swinging model, hanging style Ford bike rack, part no. TH9131XT. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our cradle arm so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with a 2-inch shank to connect to our 2-inch receiver. It's going to connect using an anti-rattle bolt to help reduce the sway, rattle and wobble on the backside. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be our first measurement. more

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8/17/2015 9:48:15 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Escape TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Escape, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex hanging style 4 bike rack, part number TH9029XT. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. This bike rack is going to come with 1 1/4" shank as well as a 2" adapter, so you can use it with your class 1,2, and 3 receivers. The thing I do need to stress to you is that if you do intend on using it with your class 1 1 1/4" receiver, is that you'll only be able to carry up to 2 bikes and you're going to need to know the weight of those bikes per your hitch's weight specifications. Let's go ahead and start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance is going to be down here on the bottom side to the backside of the bumper. About 2 3/4". more

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8/17/2015 9:44:55 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford F150 we're test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Now the Vertex does a really good job of holding our bike in place but that's not really the important aspect of this style of rack. The big deal is the swing-away feature. more

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7/30/2015 10:06:06 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford F150 we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is S64684. Now the Dispatch uses a center frame hook as well as a front and rear wheel cradle to hold our bike in place as we're heading down the road. Does a really good job of it. more

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7/30/2015 10:02:11 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150 TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford F-150, we're doing the test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a four bike folding style rack also designed to tilt away from your vehicle. We can use this with inch and a quarter or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. Cool feature of the rack to start with is going to be the integrated cable lock designed right into the mast. Once our bikes are all loaded up, we can pull that back here. more

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7/30/2015 10:01:22 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty th9031xt- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford F250 Super Duty we're test fitting the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike hanging rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9031XT. Now the swing-away feature is what everybody likes to see, what everybody wants to know how it works. Got a large black t-handle right here. more

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7/30/2015 9:12:58 AM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video

Today in our 2015 Ford F250, we're testing the NO Tire Hold. This is a platform style, three-bike rack. It's been designed so you can use it with the inch and a quarter or with two inch hitches. Part number on it INH305-306. A really neat thing about the tire hold: it's tilt away option. If we come right down here at the back side we've got a lever. If we pull that, you see how the rack's going to tilt away from the Ford Let's check for clearance here. more

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7/30/2015 9:11:06 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer th9031xt- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer, we're test-fitting the Thule Vertex Swing. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. Part number is TH9031XT. It does have an incorporated cable lock, that's something that they've recently added, that's designed to go over the frames of your bike and keep them secured to the rack. It uses a Thule One Key Tumbler System, so if you've already got some you can replace it with a matching key. If not you can start your step with whichever number shows up. The swing feature, that's always the big question: how does it work, what does it do Right here we have the large, black t-handle bolt. more

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7/27/2015 4:16:25 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford Explorer TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford Explorer we're test fitting the Thule Vertex. This is a platform-style folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed so we can use it with the 1-1/4" or with 2" hitches. Part number on it is TH9029XT. Now the Vertex is a really nice solid rack. Is going to offer an integrated cable. more

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7/27/2015 4:16:06 PM

Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Inno Tire Hold bike rack. This is going to be your platform-style 3-bike rack, part number INH305-306. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here on the platform and in place so you can see what it would look like once you have it fully assembled and your bike on it. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first from the front of the plate here to the backside of the bumper at about 3-7/8". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back of the platform is going to be about 39-1/2". Our rear ground clearance at about 22-3/4". more

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7/7/2015 1:31:06 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Flex- Video

Today our 2013 Ford Flex we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swinging 4 bike rack. That's part number TH9031XT. It's for 2 inch hitches. I've already got it loaded up in the receiver here as you can see to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like on the back of the Flex. Let's go ahead and get it tightened up with our included anti-rattle bolt. This does require a tool to get it tightened down. more

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7/6/2015 6:48:33 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Flex TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Flex, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number TH9029XT. I've already got it loaded on the receiver as you can see there just to give you a good idea what it's going to look like on the back of your vehicle. It could be used for 1 1/4 or 2-inch hitches. Let's go ahead and tighten that down with our included anti-rattle bolt. Now, this does require a tool to do so. It does come with one but today we're just going to be using a socket wrench to tighten it down. more

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7/6/2015 6:48:08 PM

Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom platform style four bike rack. As you can see we've already got our bike up and on it and in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on your vehicle. This is going to be part number SA4414B. Let's go ahead and get a few measurements out of the way. Our closest distance will be the first measurement and that's going to be from the bend in the shank here to the back of our receiver at about 7". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle will be from the rear of the bumper to the back side of the cradles at about 40 1/4". more

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6/24/2015 2:46:55 PM

Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Thelma pane style, or excuse me, platform style three bike rack, part number SA4239-B. As you can see we've already got a bike up here on the platform in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it assembled and on the back of your vehicle. Now do keep in mind that this rack does come with your inch and a quarter shank, but it's only advisable that if you carry it with your one class one hitch that you're only carrying two bikes. You can put two bikes on your class two receivers, and then it also comes with that two inch adapter for your class three hitches. Let's start off by getting a few measurements first. Our closest distance will be first, and from the front here to the back side of the bumper it'll be about 5 3/4 inches. Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms, be about 37 1/2 inches. more

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6/24/2015 2:46:31 PM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom SuperClamp. This is going to be your platform style two bike rack, part number SA4025. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here and place so you can see what it's going to be like once you have it fully assembled in place on the back of your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closes distance is going to be to here to the shank where it bends going into our receiver at about 7 inches. Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle with the bike rack in place from the back of the bumper to the back of the cradles is going to be about 24 inches with the rear ground clearance being about 24 and three-quarter inches. Now let's talk about how the bike is placed on the rack and secured. You're going to have your two SuperClamps as well as your rear strap for your rear wheel. more

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6/24/2015 2:46:07 PM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Fusion we're going to be doing a test-fit of the Saris Freedom SuperClamp. This will be your platform-style, 2-bike rack, part number SA4025. As you can see, this rack is going to have an inch and a quarter shank that's going to attach to our class one and two hitches as well as it does come with your two inch adapter for your class three hitches. It also is going to attach to any of our receivers using an anti-rattle bolt that you can see down there on the bottom. That's going to help to alleviate a lot of the sway, rattle, and wobble that you would normally have and act more as one item rather than the bike rack just being a standalone item on its own. When it's tied into the vehicle, you'll get more movement out of the vehicle than you would the rack. Let's start off by a few measurements. more

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6/22/2015 8:42:12 AM

Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Fusion, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Bike Porter hanging style four-bike rack. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here on our platform so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and in place on the back of your vehicle. It's going to be part number SA404B. Let's go ahead and talk about the inch and a quarter shank that's going to attach to our inch and a quarter receiver. Note that this bike rack does also come with your two-inch adapter for your class three receiver as well, but this inch and a quarter will work with your class one and two. Just keep in mind that with your class one, you're only going to be able to carry up to two bikes, just for the weight restrictions on the receiver. Let's get a few measurements out of the way, starting off with our closest distance first, which would be from that back side of the bumper to the front side of the rack here, at about five and a half inches. Our overall distance that we've added to the back of the vehicle will be about thirty inches, and our rear ground clearance at about eight and a half inches. more

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6/22/2015 8:41:32 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2013 Ford Fusion, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead hanging-style, four-bike rack, part number S63380. This bike rack is going to come with your 1 1/4 inch shank as well as a 2 inch adapter. You're 1 1/4 inch shank will be good for your class one and two hitches, just keep in mind, with your class one you're only going to be able to carry up to two bikes and not the full four. With the class two, you can carry all four. It will fit your class three as well, with that 2 inch adapter that will also come with the bike rack. You see their bike up here on the rack You can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. We'll start off by getting a few measurements. more

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6/22/2015 8:41:06 AM

Highland Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Highland Sport Wing Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. This bike rack is going to be part number 1370400. As you can see, we already have our bike up here in place, so you can see what it would like once you have everything assembled and your bike on the rack. Note that it does come with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only and a hitch pin and clip. All right let's get a few measurements to start it off. Our closest distance would be the first measurement and that's going to be from the bend in the shank here to the back of the receiver at about 1 1/2 inches. Our overall that we've added to the vehicle with the back piece in the utmost position is going to be about 40 1/2 inches. more

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6/16/2015 5:42:25 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition were going be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 3. This is going to be your Tow N Go for 2 ball mounts. Its going to be part number HR135. As you can see weve already got a bike on it and in place with it mounted to an extended 2 ball mount attached to our vehicle. Youre going to need an extended ball mount to place it on, and thatll just be a regular ball mount attached with your hitch pin and clip. Were going to go through a few measurements. Thats just going to be the distance at which its going to extend once that the cradle arms are up. more

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6/16/2015 5:42:10 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack 4, which is going to be your platform-style 4-bike rack, part number SR2902. As you can see, we've already got a bike up on the platform and in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and on the back of your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. If you look down here you're going to see the bend in the shank. That's going to be our closest distance to the backside of our receiver. That distance will be about 5-1/4" to the start of that. more

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6/16/2015 4:46:06 PM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch Platform Style 2 Bike Rack, part number S64684. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here and in place. You can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and your bike on the platform. We're first going to start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance being first. Note that this does have your 2-inch shank for your 2-inch receivers and it does not fold or tilt. Let's get our closest distance first. more

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6/12/2015 2:43:13 PM

Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to do a test fit of the Pro Series Q Slide. This is going to be your platform style four bike rack for your two inch receivers, part number PS63138. As you can see, we already have a bike up here in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully assembled and the platform on your vehicle. Let's go ahead and start by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. That's going to be from the front side down here in the shank where it bends and turns into the receiver at this location here. more

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6/12/2015 2:42:27 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 5. This will be your hanging-style 5-bike rack, part number HR9200. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here in place so you can see what it will look like once you have it fully assembled and on your vehicle. Let's start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first, from the front of the angled bracket here to the backside of our receiver. That's going to be about 8-1/2". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the backside of the cradle arms is going to be about 42", with a rear ground clearance of about 17-5/8". Up top let's talk about how the straps secure the bike to our cradles. more

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6/12/2015 2:42:09 PM

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition hr8500- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler 4. This will be your hanging style, four bike rack. It does come with your inch and a quarter, as well as your two inch adapter. If you're going to be caught hauling it on your class one hitches, make sure that you're only carrying up to two bikes. Class two and class three can handle all four. This will be part number HR8500. more

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6/12/2015 2:41:51 PM

Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4. This is going to be your platform style full bike rack. As you can see we've already got a bike in place so you can see what it's going to look like once you have your bike on it, and all assembled and in place. Part number S64665. This bike rack does come with your 2 inch shank for your 2 inch receivers only, and we'll start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first. more

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6/12/2015 2:41:06 PM

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Kevin Bross: Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Yakima Full Tilt. This would be your hanging style four bike rack, part number Y02462. As you can see we already have our bike in place so you can see what it would look like once you have it fully assembled and your bike on there. Moving down to the front side of the rack where it attaches to our receiver. Note that this rack does come with an inch and a quarter as well as a two inch adapter so it will fit your class one and two hitches as well as your class three with that two inch adapter. Just keep in mind with that class one hitch, you're only going to be able to carry up to two bikes. Our closest distance from here is going to be about four and a half inches from the back of the receiver to the front of this angle bracket here. Our overall distance from the back of the bumper to the back of the rack where the cradle arms extend two is going to be about 39 inches. more

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6/12/2015 11:08:22 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Swing. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack with the nice swing-away option, part number TH9031XT. If you look up here you'll see that we already have our because in place so you can see what it would look like once you have the cradle arms extended and everything in place. Let's start off with a few measurements first. Our closest distance will be the first one and that's going to be from the t-handle here to the back side of the bumper at about 7". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle from the rear of the bumper to the rear of the cradle arms is going to be about 39". Our ground clearance will be about the 18". Moving up front, we'll talk about this t-handle here, this one here, as well as the pin here. more

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6/12/2015 11:06:28 AM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition TH9029XT- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're gonna be doing a test fit of the Dooley Vertex Hanging Style for bike rack. This is gonna be for your inch and a quarter as well as your two inch receivers. Just keep in mind that if you have a class one, you're only going to be able to carry up to two bikes. Now you can see we have our bike on here and in place, so that you can see what it's going to look like once you have it fully installed on your vehicle. It's gonna be part number TH9029XT, and we'll start off by getting a few measurements. Our closest distance will be first, and that's gonna be from the bumper to the front of this flange that hangs off the front side of your rack. And that's gonna be about 4 and 7/8ths inches. Excuse me, about 4 and 3/8ths inches. Overall this inset we've added to this vehicle, from the rear of the bumper to the back of the cradle arms will be about 37 and 3/4 inches with the ground clearance of about 18 and 1/4 inches. Up top we'll talk about the straps that secure the bike to the platform and cradle arms. You're gonna have your two across the top which are gonna be your frame straps and they're gonna keep your bike secured to the platform and keep them from bouncing up and down while you're driving up and down the road. The most important one is gonna be your anti-sway strap. more

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6/12/2015 11:06:06 AM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition sr2415- Video

Today, on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sports Rack Ridge Swing. This is going to be your hanging style four bike rack, part number SR2415. As you can see, we've already got our bike up here in place so you can see what it would look like once it's installed and your bike is in place. First thing we're going to do is move down to the front and get a few measurements starting off with our closest distance first. That'll be from this T handle on the front to the backside of the bumper at about five and three quarter inches. Our overall distance that we've added to the vehicle will be to the rear of the cradle arms here. more

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6/12/2015 11:03:25 AM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition sr2403- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we are going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack 3 Hanging Style Three Bike Rack, part #SR2403. As you can see we've already got it up here in place with a bike on it so you can see what it would look like once you have it fully installed and your bike in place. Down here on the bottom side we are going to get our measurements first. Our closest distance will be the first one and that's going to be from the bumper and receiver to this front bracket here at a distance of about 2-1/8". Our overall distance to the back of the cradle arms will be about 28-1/2". Our ground clearance from the bottom side looks to be about 17-3/4". Up top we'll talk about the straps and secure the bike to our cradle arms. The top ones, here and here, are going to help to keep the bike in place and keep it from bouncing up and down. The most important one is going to be that anti-sway strap and it'll be the first and last strap that you take off. more

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6/12/2015 11:02:56 AM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit on the Curt Premium 4 Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack, part number C18064. As you can see we've already got our bike up here and in place so you can see what it would look like once you have it fully assembled with your bike of your own in the same spot. Looking down below we'll get a few measurements to start it off. Our closest distance will be first. From the front of the T-handle and thumb screw, here to the back side of the bumper. That distance is going to be about 6-1/2". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle at this point will be from the bumper to the rear of the cradle arm at about 35-1/2" with a rear ground clearance of about 17-1/2". Moving up top we'll talk about the straps. more

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6/12/2015 11:01:26 AM

Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Kevin Bross: Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Bike Porter, hanging style four bike rack. Part number SA404B. As you can see up here on the top of our rack we already have our bike in place, so you can see what it would look like once you have it fully assembled with your bike on it as well. Down below, we'll get our measurements for our closest distance. The closest distance is going to be from the rear of the receiver to the front of the bracket here, at about seven inches. The overall distance that we've added from the rear of the bumper to the back of the rack here, is going to be about 36 inches, with a ground clearance of about 18 inches. Now up top, we're going to have our straps that secure our bike, and you're going to have a lower hanging one and one that sits up above. The one that sits up above, is going to be your frame strap and it's going to keep the bike from bouncing up and down while you're driving up and down the road. more

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6/12/2015 10:56:06 AM

Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition S63380- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman Trailhead hanging style four-bike rack. As you can see, we've already got a bike up here in place on our rack with it fully assembled. That way you can see what it would look like once you get it on your vehicle. It's going to be part number S63380. If you look down here on the front of the rack, we're going to start off with a few measurements. Our closest distance will be the first measurement. You also see this line here on the front. more

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6/12/2015 10:52:54 AM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Expedition- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Expedition we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV. This is going to be your platform-style four bike rack. Part number N105-107. It's going to come in that nice black an chrome finish. As you can see we've already got our bike on here so you can see what it's going to look like, and how it's going to fit on your vehicle once you get it in place. Let's start off by getting a few distances and measurements first; our closest one will be the first one, and it's going to be from this plate here on the front to the back side of our bumper, at about 8.5 inches. more

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6/12/2015 10:52:33 AM

Thule EasyFold Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer police interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Easy Fold 2. This is going to be your platform style 2-bike rack, specifically designed for your e-bikes, because it's a terrific weight capacity. It has 132 max pound weight capacity. Capable of carrying 66-pounds per bike per side. It is going to be compatible with your 2" and you 1-1/4" receivers and it will be part # TH9032. As you can see we've already got a bike up here. It is not a new bike but it is so you can see what it looks like with a bike on it. more

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6/2/2015 3:16:06 PM

Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac- Video

Today on our 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex 4, tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number TH9029XT. To begin our test fit, as you can see we've already got it loaded up and how it looks on our vehicle. Let's go ahead and start with a few measurements. We'll do the closest point. It looks like it's going to be about 7 inches from here to our vehicle. more

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5/19/2015 12:41:06 PM

SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer SR2403- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor, we're going to be doing a test fit of this SportRack 3. This is going to be your hanging style 3-bike rack for 1-1/4-inch and 2-inch receivers. It's going to be part number SR2403. If you look up here, you can see that we already have it installed in our vehicle, so you can see where it looks and how it fits. First things we're going to do is get some measurements. Starting with our closest distance first, which is going be from the receiver to the front side of this bracket. It's going to be about 3-3/4 inches. more

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5/6/2015 2:42:25 PM

Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor we're going to be doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 4. This is going to be your platform-style 4-bike rack. It's going to be part numbers N105-107, and just because of the combination of making a 2-bike into a 4-bike at the connection point here. As you can see, we already have the bike up here on the rack and installed on the vehicle so you can see how it looks and fits. Our first thing we're going to do is get a few measurements, starting with our closest distance first, which in this case is going to be from the front of the bike rack to the bumper of the vehicle. That's going to be about 6-3/4". Overall distance that we've added to the vehicle is going to be about 48-1/2" to the very back back here. more

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5/6/2015 2:41:32 PM

Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Explorer- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor we're going to be doing a test fit of the CURT Premium 4. This is going to be your hanging-style 4-bike rack. It's going to be part number C18064. This bike carrier only comes with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches only. As you can see, we've already got it up here on our rack and on our vehicle so you can see how it looks and fits. First thing we're going to do is get a couple measurements, first measurement being our closest distance, which is going to be from the front of the t-handle there to the back of the bumper at about 5". Our overall distance with it fully extended and the bike on is going to be about 34-1/2", with a rear ground clearance of about 13". more

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5/6/2015 2:41:06 PM

Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Fusion, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Bike Porter. This is going to be your hanging style 4 bike rack. It comes with an 1 1/4 shank for your class 1 and 2 hitches as well as an adapter for your class 3 hitches. It's going to be part number SA404B and we're going to go ahead and get it fitted onto our vehicle that we have here today. First insert your shank into your receiver and line up your pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, take your anti rattle bolt, place it in and thread it in as far as you can by hand. more

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4/27/2015 4:46:06 PM

Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford Fusion- Video

Today on our 2015 Ford Fusion, we're going to do a test fit of the Saris Freedom Super SuperClamp. This will be your platform style two-bike rack. Part number SA4025. Comes with 1-1/4" shank for the class 1 or 2 hitches, as well as a 2-inch adapter for your class 3 hitches. We're going to show you how it looks and fits on our vehicle that we have here today. First step is going to be to insert your shank into the receiver and line up your pinholes. From there, we'll take off the lock on the end of the anti-rattle bolt, and thread it in. more

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4/27/2015 3:41:24 PM

Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty- Video

Today on our 2014 Ford F350 Crew Cab, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Saris Freedom. This would be your platform style, 4-bike rack. It does come with a 2" shank for your 2" hitches and it's going to be part number SA4414B. We're going to go ahead and fit it into our Class 5 hitch that we've got here today. We have a 2" adapter, an insert on the inside. We're just going to use a hitch pin and clip to hold the plate so it doesn't slide in and out. more

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4/6/2015 5:46:31 PM

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