Yakima SwingDaddy Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima Swing Daddy. This is a folding swing away style 4 bike rack. It gives us great access into our rear cargo area. Designed for use in 2" hitches. The part number on it is Y02464. First things first, let's get it swung away from the vehicle and take a good look at it. more
11/22/2016 4:03:21 PM
Hollywood Racks Sport-Rider-2 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today in our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider 2 Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number HR1000. I've already got it loaded up on the Town & Country just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our two bikes. It actually secures them with three points of contact. We have our rubberized frame hook that goes over our top tube putting down pressure on the whole bike into our front and rear cradles. Then we've got a hook and loop strap that goes over our wheels, keeping everything in place. Not a bad way to secure our bikes. more
11/22/2016 8:27:30 AM
Hollywood Racks Sport-Rider-SE Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today, on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Sport Rider platform style 4 bike rack. That's part number HR1400. I've already got it loaded up on the Town & Country just to give you a good idea of what it looks like, and how it's going to hold our four bikes. It actually holds our bikes in three spots. We have this padded frame hook putting down pressure on our top tube, and to the front and rear cradles. Then we have a hook and loop strap securing our wheels. more
11/22/2016 8:27:17 AM
Hollywood Racks Trail-Rider Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks Trail Rider platform-style 2-bike rack. That's part number HR200. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our two bikes. It actually secures our bikes in three spots. We have this padded frame hook going over our top tube here pushing the bike down into the front and rear cradles. Then we've got these hook and loop straps going over our wheels, keeping everything in place. more
11/22/2016 8:27:17 AM
Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014, Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Yakima Holdup Platform Style Two Bike Rack. That's part number Y02443. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our two bikes. The nice thing is it actually holds our bikes with zero frame contact. We have these wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle. For our rear wheel, we've got a strap going over the top and a ratchet strap keeps it down and secure. We don't have to worry about any scratches or any harm coming to our frame so it's a really nice feature if you've got a carbon fiber bike like what we have here. more
11/22/2016 8:27:05 AM
Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we're going to be doing a test fit in the Kuat NV 2.0 Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That's part number NV22G. I've already got it loaded up on the Town and Country just to give you a good idea what it looks like and how it's going to hold our two bikes. It actually holds our bikes with zero frame contact. We have this wheel hook going over our front wheel putting gab pressure into our front wheel cradle. For our rear wheel, we've got a strap going over and keeping that in place. more
11/22/2016 8:26:46 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule T2 Classic platform-style 2-bike rack. That's part number TH9044. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to hold our bikes. It actually holds our bikes with zero frame contact. We have this wheel hook going over our front wheel putting down pressure into the front wheel cradle here. Then in the rear we've just got a strap going over our wheel keeping that in place. more
11/22/2016 8:26:45 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country TH912XTR- Video
Today, on our 2014 Chrysler Town and Country, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. Now, we already have our bike loaded up. We're first going to show you how we secure that down. We have two cradles in place. The top here and then three straps. Two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway strap on the back. To remove those, we just pull down and lift up. Then, we can remove our bike, and set that off to the side. With our bike out of the way, I always suggest you replace your straps, so you don't lose or damage any of them. Now, we can take a few measurements. Our first measurement is going to be our overall. We're adding about 26 inches to the back of our vehicle. Now, if we want to park in close-quarters parking spots, we could come up here and lift up on the grey handle. more
12/30/2015 8:47:11 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XC2 Platform-Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is S64650. Now we already have our bike strapped down. First going to show you how we secure that in place. The only thing really holding our bike into place is our frame hook here. It ratchets down and holds our bike into the 2 wheel cradles that we have. more
12/30/2015 8:46:54 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country S63380- Video
Today, on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're doing the test fit of the Swagman Trailhead Hanging Style 4 Bike Rack. That part number is S63380. We already have our bikes strapped down. First think we're going to do is to show you how we secure that in place. We have 2 cradles holding our bike in place, and then 4 straps, 3 on our frame, and then 1 is our anti-sway strap in the back. To release our bike, we are going to pull down and lift up on those straps. more
12/30/2015 8:46:35 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country we're doing a test fit of the CURT premium hanging-style 4-bike rack. That part number is C18064. Now we already have our bike on our rack. We're first going to show you how we strap that down. We have two cradles in place with three straps, two on our frame and then one as our anti-sway strap in the back. To release those we're just going to pull down and lift up. more
12/30/2015 7:46:06 AM
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
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
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
