SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country, we're test fitting the SportRack Ridge Swing. This is a swing-away-style folding 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is SR2415. Now first and foremost, the swing-away feature is what everybody wants to see. Basically we come right down here and we're going to loosen the black t-handle. more
7/7/2015 1:51:06 PM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we're taking a look at the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is a folding and tilting removable-arm 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with 2" hitches or 1-1/4" hitches. Part number on it is SR26248. Now one of the cool things I really like about the rack, got a black t-handle located on the right side or passenger side. We pull out on that, we're going to be able to tilt this down and away from our vehicle. Check the hatch here. more
7/6/2015 6:01:22 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country S64684- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we're doing a test fit on the Swagman Dispatch. The Dispatch is a platform-style 2-bike rack designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it is S64684. Now a few details about the rack. Very nice heavy dutily continued rack. We've got fully adjustable wheel cradles front and rear so it's going to handle a wide variety of bike lengths. more
7/6/2015 6:01:06 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow n Go Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today we're taking a look at the Hollywood Racks Traveler Tow 'n Go. We've got it on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country and we're going to go over a test fit of it, just see how it shapes up. To start with, what we've got here is a bike rack that's designed to mount right onto a 2" ball mount. Really convenient. We've got the Hidden Hitch. This is the super extra long, part number 80232, that we're using today. more
7/6/2015 5:57:05 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex Swing. This is a swing-away-style 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is TH9031XT. Now first and foremost, the best feature about the racks is its ability to give us complete, unobstructed access to our rear cargo area. To do that we're going to turn our black t-handle located right down here at the base. more
5/27/2015 12:38:09 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country s64684- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're taking a look at the Swagman Dispatch. This is a platform-style 2-bike rack. They've designed it for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is S64684. Now we've got two wheel cradles and straps that are going to secure the lower part of our bike, and a frame hook for the top. Frame hook has a padded cover to it, as well as the wheel straps. more
5/27/2015 12:37:14 PM
Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we are doing a test on the ENO tire holder. This is a folding and tilting three bikes rack. They designed it for use with inch and a quarter or two inch hitch. Part number on it in this configuration is INH305-306. That's gives us our INH305 and the 106 add a slot making it a three bike rack. Very nice, heavy duty rack, hold or bike in place just by the tires. more
5/27/2015 12:36:21 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country TH9029XT- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be taking a look and doing a test fit on the Thule Vertex. This is a folding and tilting four bike rack. They've designed this so we can use it with the inch and a quarter or with the two inch hitch, part number on it is TH9029. Something that is nice about the rack we're going to have a lock designed in with cables right here in the front comes right back here to the back where we're going to be able to secure that using the Thule one key lock system so we can secure just the one lock or if you have numerous Thule products, they can all be keyed the same. When not in use, its got a convenient storage area here, keeps it tucked down in the mast out of the way until we need it. Now as far as bike security, we've got two straps here on the top holding it in place, we've got a third one here on the back that's for our anti sway cradle. That does a good job of keeping the bikes in their position and it will prevent them coming up making contact with the mast or maybe our other bikes. Now to free our bike up, we're just going to remove the three straps, we get that out of the way and you can take a good look at those cradles that we've got in there. more
5/27/2015 12:25:29 PM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be taking a look at the Kuat NV 4-bike platform-style rack. This is a folding and tilting rack. They've designed it for use with 2" hitches. The part number, as you see it here in the black and chrome, is N105-107. We also have a good looking gun metal gray and orange; that's part number N101-103. Really cool thing about the rack is going to be it's ability to tilt away from the vehicle even when we've got a bike loaded. There's a chrome lever that's located here on the right side. more
5/27/2015 11:16:38 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Curt Premium 4. This is going to be your hanging-style for a bike rack. It's going to be Part #C18064. This comes with your 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only. And it is a nice tilting model. As you can see, we've already got a bike on here, so you can see what it would look like and how it would fit, once it's all complete. We're going to start off by getting a few measurements, that way you know where your tolerances are for your vehicle. more
5/18/2015 8:28:11 AM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Yakima Full Tilt 4 Bike Rack, that's part number Y02462. Now this can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got our adapter on there for our 2 inch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. All right we want this to clip in where our pin holes line up and make a nice little snap into place sound just like that and we'll come back here to our anti rattle device, we'll start tightening that down and what is that going to do is it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch and our bike rack. We'll get that nice and tight, give that a quick shake and then we can take a few measurements. Starting with our nearest point is going to be from here to our bumper and that's about 4 inches away. more
2/6/2015 10:43:36 AM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Swagman Titan tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number S63410. Now this can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our little adapter here for our 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver until our pinholes line up. Once we get that lined up we'll go ahead and take our included anti-rattle bolt, thread that through. more
2/6/2015 10:41:36 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country sr2902- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the SportRack platform style four bike rack. That's part #SR2902. This is meant for 2" hitches. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver, line up our pin holes. Once we get that lined up, we'll go ahead and take our included anti-rattle bolt, thread that through. Once we get that hand-tightened, we'll tighten it down with our socket wrench. The nice thing about this anti-rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch in our bike rack. more
2/6/2015 10:40:09 AM
SportRack Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country sr2403- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Sport Rack tilting 3-bike rack. That's part number SR2403. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got a 2" hitch here today so we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. That looks pretty good. more
2/6/2015 10:39:09 AM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Saris Thelma Platform Style 3 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4239B. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got a 2 inch hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver, we'll line up our pin holes. All right then we'll take our included anti rattle bolt, go ahead and thread that through and we'll tighten that the rest of the way down with our socket wrench. The nice thing about this anti rattle bolt is it's going to help reduce the rattle and play within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. more
2/6/2015 10:36:50 AM
Pro Series Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Pro Series Q Slot Platform Style 2 Bike Rack and 4 Bike Rack, that's part number PS63138. Now this is meant for 2 inches, we got a 2 inch hitch here today, we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver, we'll line up our pin holes, that looks pretty good, we'll then take our included anti rattle bolt, going to thread that through, and we'll tighten that the rest of the way down with our socket wrench. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt is it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch and our bike rack if you could see there. We'll come around here, I'll put our clip in place and we can take a few measurements. Starting with our nearest point it's going to be from here to our bumper about, I'd say about 2 inches away. Overall to our vehicle for our 4 bike platform style we've added about 42 inches. Now if we we're to remove that and make it a 2 bike platform style our overall length would be about 24 inches right here. more
2/6/2015 10:28:02 AM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Saris Bike Porter tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number SA404B. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our little adapter here for our 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. more
2/3/2015 4:44:02 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country s63380- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Swagman Trailhead Tilting 4 Bike Rack, that's part number S63380. This bike rack can be either used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got our adapter here for our 2 inch hitch. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Next thing we want to do is line up our pin holes, and once we got that lined up, we'll go ahead and take our included anti rattle bolt and thread that through and we will take our socket wrench and tighten that the rest of the way down. The nice thing about this anti rattle bolt this is going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch and our bike rack. more
2/3/2015 4:38:10 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler Tilting 5 Bike Rack, that's part number HR9200. This is used for 2 inch hitches, we've got a 2 inch hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pin holes, that looks pretty good and we'll take our included anti rattle bolt, thread that through. Once we've got that threaded through, we'll go ahead and tighten that down with our socket wrench. The nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. more
2/3/2015 4:34:45 PM
Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country hr8500- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number HR8500. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our adapter here for our 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. Next thing we want to do is line up our pinholes. more
2/3/2015 4:34:13 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country th9031xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country, we will be test-fitting the Thule Vertex Swing 4-Bike Rack. That's part number TH9031XT. It can be used for 2" hitches. We got a 2" hitch here today. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line our pinholes up. more
2/3/2015 12:12:15 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country th9029xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4 tilting 4-bike rack. That's part number TH9029XT. Now this can be used for an 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got our adapter here for our 2" hitch here today so we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line our pinholes up. Once we get that lined up we'll go ahead and take our included anti-rattle bolt and thread that through. more
2/3/2015 9:32:27 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country th9028xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Thule Vertex 2 tilting 2-bike rack. That's part number TH9028XT. This can be used for either 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. We've got a 2" hitch today so we've got our adapter on. We can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pinholes. more
2/3/2015 9:19:03 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country th9030xt- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we will be test fitting the Thule Vertex 5 tilting 5-bike rack. That's part number TH9030XT. This is for 2" hitches so we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line our pinholes up. That looks pretty good. Then we'll take our anti-rattle bolt, go ahead and thread that through. more
1/30/2015 9:26:23 AM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we will be test fitting the Saris Freedom Platform Style 4 Bike Rack, that's part number SA44145B. This can be used for 2 inch hitches, we can go ahead and insert our shank into our receiver, we'll line our pin holes up, and we've get those lined up, we'll go ahead and take our included anti rattle bolt, go ahead and thread that through, once we get that hand tightened, we'll go ahead and tighten that the rest of the way down with our socket wrench. The nice thing about this anti rattle bolt is it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our hitch and our bike rack as you can see there. We'll go ahead and put our clip in place and we'll take a few measurements. Starting with our nearest point its like it's going to be from here to our bumper and that's going to be right about 2 inches away from there to there. Overall we've added 17 1/2 inches to our vehicle and for our ground clearance we are looking at about 13 1/2 inches. All right we can go ahead and lower this down, we came up here to this gray handle, go ahead and pull it out like that, lower it down until it snaps into place, just like that and by doing that, our nearest point is now about 6 1/2 inches from here to our bumper. more
1/30/2015 9:19:12 AM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Saris Freedom Super Clamp Platform Style 2 Bike Rack, that's part number SA4025. This can be used for either 1 1/4 or 2 inch hitches. We've got a 2 inch hitch here today, we can go ahead and begin by inserting our shank into our receiver. We'll line up our pin holes. Once we get that lined up, we'll go ahead and take our included anti rattle bolt and lock and thread that through and once we get that hand tightened, we'll finish tightening that down with our socket wrench. Nice thing about this anti rattle bolt it's going to help reduce the play and the rattle within our bike rack and our hitch. more
1/28/2015 6:23:27 PM
Saris Thelma Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be test fitting the Saris Thelma. This is a platform-style tilting 3-bike rack. They've designed it for use with either the 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. The part number is SA4239B. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right up into the receiver tube of our hitch. We want to slide it in far enough so we have our threaded hole lined up with our hitch pinhole. With those in line we'll take our anti-rattle bolt, we'll slide that in and begin threading it down by hand. more
10/22/2014 3:43:38 PM
Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be test fitting the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is a tilting style bike rack. It's got folding cradle arms. The part number on it is SR26248. Now, they've designed this for use on the 2-inch hitch. To begin our test fit, we're simply going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of the hitch. more
7/23/2014 5:07:51 PM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & country we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom Superclamp. This is a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's been designed for use in the 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number on it is SA4025. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll line our threaded pinhole up with our hitch pinhole. more
7/23/2014 5:01:59 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be frustrating the Saris Freedom. Now this is a folding and tilting platform-style 4-bike rack. They've designed it for use in the 2" hitches. Its part number is SA4414B. Now to begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. Now we want to get our threaded hole here lined up with our hitch pinhole. more
7/23/2014 4:59:19 PM
Saris Bike Porter Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be test fitting the Saris Bike Porter. This is a folding and tilting 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use with the 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Its part number is SA404B. Now we also have this in a 2-bike configuration; that part number is SA402B. To begin our test fit we're going to slide the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we slide it in we want to line up our threaded pinhole with our hitch pinhole. more
7/23/2014 4:57:00 PM
Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis. This is a folding and tilting 3-bike rack. They've designed it for use with the 1-1/4" or 2" hitches. Part number is SA843B. Now to begin our test fit we're going to slid the shank of the rack right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this we need to line our threaded hole up with our hitch pinhole, then slide in our anti-rattle bolt. more
7/23/2014 4:54:39 PM
Saris Freedom Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom, 4-bike platform style rack for 2-inch hitches, part number SA4414B. We'll begin our test fit by inserting the shank of the rack into the hitch on our vehicle. You'll want to watch for the hitch pinholes to line up. With those in line, we'll take the threaded anti-rattle hitch bolt and thread that into place. We'll go ahead and get this hand tight and then we can finish it off with our wrench. Tightening this down will help take any extra play out off the rack helping to eliminate movement overall going down the road. more
7/7/2014 9:32:55 AM
Saris Freedom SuperClamp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town & Country, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Freedom super clamp, two bike platform style rack, part number Sa4025. We'll begin our test fit by inserting the shank of the rack into the hitch on our town and country. You'll want to watch for the hitch pin holes to line up. With those in line we can take the provided hitch pin lock and thread that into place. Go ahead and get that hand tight and then we can finish it off with our wrench.Tightening this down will help take any extra play out of the shank of the rack, helping to eliminate movement while going down the road. With that tightened down, we'll snap our lock on to the other side, then turn it to the lock position, that way it snaps on. more
7/3/2014 5:08:40 PM
Saris Axis Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be test fitting the Saris Axis 3-bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches. Part number SA843B. We'll begin our test fit by inserting the shank of the rack into the hitch on our vehicle. We'll want to watch for the hitch pin holes to line up. With those in line we can insert the included anti-rattle hitch lock. We'll go ahead and thread that down hand tight. Once we have that hand tight we can finish it off with our wrench. more
7/3/2014 4:50:27 PM
Yakima FullTilt 4 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country we're going to be test fitting the Yakima FullTilt 4 Bike Rack for 1-1/4- and 2-inch hitches, part #Y02462. We'll begin our test fit by inserting the shank of our rack into the hitch on our Town and Country. You may want to keep a hand on the anti-rattle device to make sure it slides in without binding up. You'll notice the self-locking hitch pin. We'll go ahead and just push that in until it goes into the appropriate hole. We can then tighten the anti-rattle device here at the base of the rack. more
7/3/2014 7:10:02 AM
Saris Porter 4 Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country we're going to be test fitting the Saris Bike Porter four bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches part number SA404B. We'll begin our test fit by inserting the shank of the rack into the hitch on our Town and Country. You'll want to watch for the hitch pinhole to line up. With that in mind we'll go ahead and take the included threaded anti-rattle hitch bolt and thread that into place. We'll go ahead and get that hand-tight and then we can finish it off with our wrench. Tightening this down helps to take the extra play out of the shank of the rack, which helps to eliminate movement overall as you're going down the road. We'll attach our clip to the other side and grab a few measurements. The closest point of the rack to the vehicle is going to be here at the back of the mast. That measures about five and a half inches. more
7/3/2014 6:51:24 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2011 Chrysler Town & Country we'll be test fitting the Kuat NV Platform Style Aluminum 2 Bike Rack, part number N101. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll line up the pinholes and insert our pin through the pinholes. Then secure with the lock on the other side. We can then turn the black knob and the back of the shank to engage the anti-rattle device. With the bike rack secured, we'll now go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about a 11" of ground clearance. more
5/9/2014 6:10:29 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2011 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2011 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler five bike carrier part number Hr9200. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. We'll thread in our anti rattle bolt and tighten it with a wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about eleven inches of ground clearance. Closest part of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about nine inches away and with the cradle arms down we've added about fourteen inches to the overall length of our Town and Country. We can now loosen up the black knobs on the top left and right hand corner of the mast to swing out our dual arms. With the cradle arms out, we've added about thirty eight inches to the overall length of our Chrysler. more
5/9/2014 6:08:45 AM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country well be test fitting the Kuat NV platform style aluminum two bike rack, part number N101. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch. Well line up the pin holes and secure it with a lock on either side. Well then turn the black knob at the bank of the shank to engage the anti-rattle device. With the bike rack secured well go over a few clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 12 inches of ground clearance at the rear of the bike rack. more
10/28/2013 9:15:46 AM
Hollywood Racks Traveler 5 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we'll be test fitting the Hollywood Racks Traveler five-bike rack part number HR9200. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the opening of the hitch while treading in our anti-rattle bolt and then tightening it down using a wrench. With the bike rack secured, we'll go over a couple of clearance measurements to see how the two fit together. We have about 12 inches of ground clearance at the rear of the bike rack. Closestpart of the bike rack to the closest part of the vehicle is about 7 inches away and with the cradle arms pointing down, we've added about 12.5 inches to the overall length of our Town and Country. We now can loosen up the black knobs on both the upper left and right corner of the mast to swing the cradle arms out. more
10/25/2013 11:12:29 AM
Hollywood Racks Sport Rider Recumbent Bike Rack Review - 2013 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, well be test fitting the Hollywood Rack Sport Rider two bike carrier for recumbence, part number hr1000r-1G. Now to begin our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pin holes and tighten them with a wrench. Now well go ahead and go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 11 of ground clearance, the closet part of the vehicle to the closet part of the carrier is about five inches. We have added about 27 to the overall length of the vehicle. To access our cargo area well pull the three pins at the bottom of the carrier to unfold the platform and the mast, this will allow us to have access to our cargo door. more
2/14/2013 4:41:37 PM
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2007 Chrysler Pacifica- Video
Today on our 2008 Chrysler Pacifica well be test fitting the Thule Apex four-bike carrier part number TH9025. Now to begin our test fit well slide our bike rack shank into the hitch and well make sure that our integrated locking hitch pin is pulled out. As the pin clears the hitch collar and allow it to fall into the hitch pinhole itself. With that done we can then move to the anti-rattle knob where we will tighten it down securing our bike rack to the vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is ten inches and from the closest point of bike rack, which is the anti-rattle knob to the back of the vehicle, is three inches. more
8/9/2012 8:01:19 AM
Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
All right today on this 2012 Chrysler 200, we're going to do a test fit of part number TH990XT from Thule, this is a Double Track Platform Bicycle Rack. Okay, a few points to know about this bicycle rack that it will work inch and a quarter receiver hitches both class one and class two. This will also work with two-inch receiver hitches with the included spacer. On this vehicle, we'll be working with a class one receiver hitch. We'll start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch, then we'll tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and then install the lock on the other side. Okay, with the bike rack installed, let's go ahead and get some clearance measurements. more
5/9/2012 6:50:12 PM
Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2012 Chrysler 200, we'll test fitting the Thule Apex Four-Bike Carrier, part number TH9025. Now our vehicle's equipped with an inch and a quarter hitch, so we remove the adaptor sleeve from our bike rack shank. Please note that when using in a class one hitch, you are limited to two bikes with this bike rack. Now to begin our test fit, we'll simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and using the integrated locking hitch pin, we'll allow to slide into place. With it in place, we'll simply tighten down the anti-rattle knob here on the side of the shank. With that, our bike rack's secured to the vehicle and we're ready to load it up. more
5/9/2012 6:25:38 PM
Kuat Alpha Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2012 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Kuat alpha folding locking 3 bike aluminum bike rack for inch and a quarter hitches. To begin our test fit well simply slide our bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install out hitch pin. We can then move to the back of the bike rack and tighten down the anti-rattle knob. This will secure your bike rack to your vehicle. Now well go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 10 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack mast to the bumper is 6 inches. more
5/9/2012 5:07:32 PM
Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on this 2012 Chrysler 200 were going to do a test fit of part #: S63410 from Swagman, the Titan 4 bicycle rack. Some things you need to know about this bicycle rack that that it will work with inch and a quarter receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2, however when you use this bicycle rack on a class 1 receiver hitch youre limited to carrying just 2 bicycles. Now this will also work with 2 inch receiver hitches with the included spacer and on this vehicle today well be working with a class 1 receiver hitch. Now well start off our test fit by installing the bike rack into the hitch, then well go ahead and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and put the safety clip on the other side. Alright, with the bike rack installed well go ahead and get some clearance measurements. From the bike rack to the bumper at its closest point is 7 inches. more
5/9/2012 4:49:37 PM
SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2012 Chrysler 200 well be test fitting the Sport Rack 2 bike hitch mounted bike rack part #: A30901. Now to begin our test fit well simply slide the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pinhole and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now we can go ahead and give you a few measurements. Our ground clearance at the bike rack is 14 and a half inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 7 inches. Well now go ahead and pull the platform down on our bike rack and open our trunk. more
5/9/2012 4:39:47 PM
Rhode Gear Highway Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Alright, today on this 2012 Chrysler 200 were going to do a test fit of part #: RG8015220 from Road Gear, this is their Highway 2 bicycle rack. A few things to know about this bicycle rack that does work with inch and a quarter receiver hitches both class 1 and class 2 and this will also work with 2 inch receiver hitches with the included spacer and on this application well be working with class 1 receiver hitch. Now well start off by installing the bike rack into the hitch and then well go ahead and tighten down the anti-rattle bolt and then install the safety clip on the other side. Alright, at this point we can go ahead and get some clearance measurements. From the bike rack to the bumper at its closest point were looking at a distance of 6 inches. Ground clearance is going to be 8 and a half inches. more
5/9/2012 4:34:46 PM
Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2012 Chrysler 200- Video
Today on our 2012 Chrysler 200 we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Carrier, part number TH9029. Now to begin our test fit we'll simply place the bike rack shank into the hitch, line up the hitch pin hole and install our anti-rattle bolt. With our bolt tight, our bike rack is secured to the vehicle. Now we'll give you a few measurements. From the bottom or the bike rack to the ground is 10-1/2 inches and from the closest point of the bike rack to the back of the vehicle is 2-1/2 inches. Now we'll go ahead and pull the hitch switch at the bottom of the bike rack mast to tilt the mast down. more
4/30/2012 10:54:47 AM
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