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Ford F-150 Hitch Bike Racks Installation And Review Videos

     

Kuat Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150- Video

Kuat  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150

Today on our 2012 F150 we're doing a test fit of the Kuat NV 2.0 Platform Style 2-Bike Rack. That part number is NV22G. We already have our bike secured down, first I'm going to show you one of the key features of this rack. I'm going to come here to the middle and we're going to pull down on this lever and that's going to allow us to tilt our bike rack ,with our bikes fully loaded, away from our vehicle. Now we'll check our tailgate. You'll see that we would make contact with our bike, but in this position we are able to get a few things in our out that we may need. more


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10/11/2016 10:06:30 AM



Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150- Video

Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150

Today on our 2012 Ford F-150, we're going a test fit of the Yakima HoldUp platform style two-bike rack. That part number is Y02443. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. We're going to come here to the back. We're going to lift up slightly on our rack, pull out on our red pin there and we're going to tilt this away from our vehicle. more


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10/11/2016 10:06:21 AM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2005 Ford F-150- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2005 Ford F-150

Today on our 2005 Ford F-150 Super Cab, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro platform-style 4-bike rack. That's part number TH9034-9036. I've already got it loaded up on the F-150 just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's going to secure our bikes. It actually secures our bikes in 2 spots. We have this rear wheel strap going over our rear wheel. Then up here at the front, we have this large wheel hook going over our front wheel, putting down pressure into our front wheel cradle. more


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4/21/2016 1:36:06 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2016 Ford F-150

Today, on our 2016 Ford F-150, we're test fitting the Thule Roadway. This is a two bike hanging style rack. It's been designed for use in two inch hitches. The part number on it is TH912XTR. The Roadway's going to use two cradles, with three straps to hold our bike in place. We've got two straps up here, on the top. more


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2/12/2016 10:29:14 AM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150

Today, in our 2012 Ford F150, we're test-fitting the Thule Roadway. This is a hanging hand-tilting, tube bike rack. It's been designed for use with an inch and a quarter, or with two inch hitches. Part number on it is TH912XTR. Now, the Roadway is going to use three cradle straps to hold our bikes in place. We've got two for our frame up here and then one on the seat down tube. That does a really good job of preventing that bike from moving forward to backward. more


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2/4/2016 1:46:06 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 ETTHT2C-2- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 ETTHT2C-2

Today on our 2012 Ford F-150, we're test-fitting the Thule T2 Classic. This is a platform-style 2-bike rack. It's designed for use with 2-inch hitches. The part number on it is TH9044. Now, a couple really nice things, we've got no frame contact at all when holding our bike in place. This rack's also designed to tilt out and away from our vehicle. more


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2/4/2016 1:36:35 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 TH9031XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 TH9031XT

Today on our 2012 Ford F150 we've got out the Thule Vertex swing. This is a swing away style Ford bike rack designed for use in 2 inch hitches. The part number on it is TH9031XT. Now the biggest feature about the rack is clearly going to be the swing away function. We come here to the back side. We're just going to rotate our T handle until it kind of tips down on it's own. more


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2/4/2016 1:36:20 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 TH9029XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150 TH9029XT

Today on our 2012 Ford F-150, we're test fitting the Thule Vertex. This is a 4 bike hanging style, folding and tilting rack. It's been designed for use with the 1-1/4" or with 2" Hitches. Part Number on it is TH9029XT. Something I really like about it is going to be the incorporated cable lock. Stores right in the mast when not in use. Comes back, slides in the slot here, and they use a Thule One-Key Lock and Tumbler system. more


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2/4/2016 1:36:06 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150- Video

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2012 Ford F-150

Today on our 2012 Ford F150 we're doing a test fit on the Swagman Trailhead. This is a hanging 4 bike style rack. It's been designed for use with inch and a 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. Unlike some of the other bike racks out there, the Trailhead actually uses 4 straps to secure our bike. Typically we see 3. They're nice soft straps. more


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2/4/2016 1:06:20 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150

Today on our 2006 Ford F-150, we've got out the Swagman XC2. We're doing a test fit and see what kind of room we've got between the rack and the truck itself. This is a 2 bike platform style rack. It's been designed for use with inch and 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches. The part number on it S64650. The cool thing about it, there's only point of frame contact with the rack. more


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1/27/2016 11:16:59 AM



Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video

Curt  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150

Today on our 2006 Ford F-150, we've got out the Curt Premium 4 Bike Rack. This is a hanging rack; offers a tilt and a fold feature. Part number on it is C18064. One of the standout things about the Curt Bike Rack is going to be the taper that we've got in our cradle arms. Our two front bike locations, nice and wide, helps with the larger bikes. As you can see back here, we've got a hybrid style bike, children's bike, something like that; they're going to narrow it down and help to accommodate those. We've got reflectors, right there in the end, to help us with visibility. The bike is held in place using three straps: We've got one here on the front cradle; one here on the rear cradle, for our top tube; and then we've also got an anti-sway cradle, here in the back; does a fair job of keeping that bike from moving forward to back. Now we'll pull down and out on those straps; it'll help us to release our bike. more


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1/26/2016 4:46:06 PM



Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150

Today on our 2006 Ford F150, we've got the Yakima Full Tilt out. We're going to do a test fit and see what kind of spacing we have between the rack and the truck. This is a hanging style 4 bike rack. It's been designed so we can use it with the inch and a quarter or with 2 inch hedges. Part number is going to be Y02462. Something I really like about the full tilt is going to be the cradle system here. Really small, really narrow cradles, they use what are called zip strips to hold their bike in place. more


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1/25/2016 1:46:23 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150

Today on our 2006 Ford F-150, we've got the Thule Roadway out and we're test fitting it, see what kind of spacing we have between the rack and the vehicle. Now, the Roadway is two bike, hanging style rack. This is has been designed so we can use it with the inch and quarter, or with the two inch hitches. Part number on it is TH912XTR. The Roadway is a really nice, simple, straightforward bike rack. We've got three cradles that are going to hold our bike in place. more


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1/25/2016 12:47:35 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9031XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9031XT

Today on 2006 Ford F-150 we've got the Thule Vertex Swing. We're doing a test fit on it, and seeing can we open the gate and different things like that. The Vertex is a swing away style 4-bike rack. Been designed for use in 2-inch hitches. The part number on it is TH9031XT. There's a new integrated cable lock here on the XT model. more


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1/25/2016 12:47:15 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9029XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9029XT

Today on our 2006 Ford F150, we've got out the Thule Vertex and we're test fitting it just to see what kind of space we've got between the rack and the vehicle. Now the Vertex is a 4 bike hanging style rack that folds and tilts we've got a lot of adjustability with it. Part number on it is TH9029XT. This has been designed for use with 1 1/4 or with 2 inch hitches, so again pretty versatile. One thing I like about it the incorporated cable lock here, we can bring that right back and stick in there, we'd secure it with the, just with the Thule one key tumbler in there so we can even get a lock for the rack if we want to lock it to the car and have the same key. Stores up in the mast when not in use. The bike is then held in place using 3 cradles and straps. more


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1/25/2016 12:47:01 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S64684- Video

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S64684

Today on our 2006 Ford F150, we've got out the Swagman Dispatch. We're going to test fit it and see how it kind of fits against the back of the vehicle here. Dispatch is a fixed platform style 2 bike rack that's approved for RV's. What that means we can go right from the back of our truck to the back of our RV as long as it got the 2 inch receiver and not have any issues. Really neat setup. The part number on this S64684. more


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1/25/2016 12:46:45 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S63380- Video

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S63380

Today on our 2006 Ford F-150, we've got out the Swagman Trailhead, and we're test fitting it to see what kind of room we've got between the rack and the truck. This trailhead's a four bike hanging style rack that folds, it tilts, got a lot of nice features to it. It's been designed for use with inch and a quarter or with two-inch hitches. Part number on it is S63380. Holding our bike in place, we've got four straps. That's one more than what you find on some. We've got two here in the front cradle. more


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1/25/2016 12:46:27 PM



Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today on our 2015 Ford F-150 we're doing a test fit of the Swagman Dispatch platform-style 2 bike rack. That part number is S64684. We've already got it on our vehicle; we're first going to show you how we strap down our bike, and then we'll show you some features. Here with our bike we've got two straps, one at the front and one at the back tire. They've got nice bushings on them for your smaller tires like we have here. We can always flip them around for larger tires that you may have. We'll just push down on the lever, and pull the straps out ... more


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11/3/2015 8:39:25 AM



Inno Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Inno  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today, on our 2015 Ford F-150, we're doing a test fit of Inno Tire Hold Platform-Style 3 Bike Rack. That part number is INH305-306. Now, we have our bike already in the rack, and I'm going to show you a few features of it. One feature that we want to show first, with the bike on the rack, we have our tilting feature. Pulling the lever down, just holding our bike rack, bring it down. Now, with the bike rack in this position, you can't open your tailgate. Just wanted to let you know just to show you. more


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11/3/2015 8:31:41 AM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today we're on our 2015 Ford F-150. We're doing a test fit of the Thule Roadway Hanging Style Two Bike Rack. That part number is TH912XTR. This bike rack is designed to hold up to two bikes and is also designed to work with inch and a quarter or two inch hitches. The first thing we're going to go over is how the bike is strapped down. We've got two cradles here and three straps, two on the frame and one of those are anti-sway strap in the back. That's going to keep a lot of the shake and play out of the bike rack as you're heading down the road. To remove those, we just pull down and lift up. more


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10/26/2015 9:07:51 AM



Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today on our 2015 Ford F-150 we are doing a test fit of the Yakima full tilt hanging style 4 bike rack. That part number is Y02462. We've already got it on our rack, we are first going to show you how we connect our bike down and then we will go over some features. We've got two cradles holding our bike down and three straps. Two on the top as your frame straps and one as our anti sway strap in the back here. To release those we will push in both grey levers and lift those out. more


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10/26/2015 9:06:06 AM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150 TH9031XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150 TH9031XT

Today on our 2015 Ford F-150 we're doing a test fit of the Tooly Vertex swinging, hanging bike rack. That part number is TH031XT. Now we've already got it on our vehicle. Were first going to show you our swing way style then we'll go over some other features as well. To put it into the swing out, first we're going to pull up on this t pin and set that off to the side. Then we'll undo this knob at the very back holding that mast in place. more


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10/22/2015 4:22:19 PM



Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150 TH9029XT- Video

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150 TH9029XT

Today on our 2015 Ford F-150, we're doing a test fit of the Thule Vertex Hanging Silo four bike rack. That part number is TH9029XT. Now the unique thing about this bike rack is that is designed to work with inch and a quarter and 2 inch hitches. The first thing we're going to go over are a few features and how we strap the bike down. We've got two cradles on our bike, both at the top here and three straps. Two on the frame and then one is our anti-sway strap in the back. more


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10/22/2015 4:22:02 PM



Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Hollywood Racks Traveler Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today on our 2015 Ford F-150 we're doing a test fit of the Hollywood Racks Traveler Hanging Style 5 Bike Rack. The part number for that is HR9200. We've already got our bike strapped down. We're first going to show you how we connect that to our rack, and then we'll show you some features of the rack itself. We've got two cradles holding our bike down at the top, and we've got three straps, two on the frame, and then one as your anti-sway strap on the back. A great thing about these cradles is that this one back here is an integrated anti-sway cradle so you don't have to worry about different pieces falling off. To remove our straps we just pull down and lift up, and we save our anti-sway strap for last. more


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10/22/2015 4:21:06 PM



Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150- Video

Curt  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Ford F-150

Today on our two thousand fifteen Ford F-150, we're doing a test fit of the CURT Premium Hanging Style 4 bike rack. The part number for that is C18O64. We already have our bike on our rack. We're first gonna show you how we connect that down and secure it and then we'll go over some features of the rack itself. We've got two cradles for our bike and three straps. Two up here at the frame and then one is our anti-sway strap at the back. To release those we're just gonna pull down and lift up and we'll save our anti-sway strap for last. more


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10/22/2015 4:16:57 PM



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

Thule  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150

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

Swagman  Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2014 Ford F-150

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

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

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



Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Softride Element Parallelogram Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F-150 we're gonna be doing a test fit of the Softride Element Parallelogram. This is gonna be your hanging style, 4 bike rack with a tilting feature and a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only. It'll be part number SR26248. And as you can notice, it does have two setting points to where you can either go further out from your bumper or closer in. We're gonna go ahead and insert into our 2 inch receiver that we have here today and line up our pinholes. For demonstration purposes, we're gonna go all the way in, as close we can. So we'll go into the farthest pinhole so we can see what kind of clearances we have. All right, once we have it in as far as we can, go ahead and insert your anti-rattle bolt. more


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4/6/2015 5:13:14 PM



Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Swagman XTC4 Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Swagman XTC4, this would be your platform style 4 bike rack that comes with a 2 inch shank for your 2 inch hitches only. Be part number S64665. We're going to go ahead and get it fitted onto our truck that we have here today. Insert your shank into your receiver and line up your pin holes. Once you have your pin holes lined up, we'll go ahead and insert our anti rattle bolt by removing the lock and then placing the anti rattle bolt into your hole, threading it in as far as we can by hand and then following it up with a 7/8 inch socket to tighten it up the rest of the way. The socket, anti rattle bolt is going to help to get rid of a lot of the play, rattle and wobble that you may have inside your bike carrier. more


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4/6/2015 5:11:06 PM



Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150

Today on our 2005 Ford F150 Super Crew Cab we'll be test fitting the Thule Vertex 4 Bike Rack for 1-1/4" and 2" inch hitches part number TH9029. Well begin our test fit by sliding the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of the hitch. Line up our pin holes and thread in our anti-round a bolt and tighten it down using a wrench. With the bike rack in this position it's going to give us a ground clearance of about 17" inches. The closest front 00:00:33 of the bike rack to the rear of our F150 is about 4" inches and over all we've added about 14" inches to the overall length of our vehicle. Pull the lever at the top of the mast to swing out our dual arms. With these out we've added about 43" to the overall length of our F150. If we pull the lever at the base of the bike rack we can tilt the bike rack away from the vehicle. more


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10/1/2014 4:03:51 PM



Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150

Today on our 2005 Ford F150 Super Crew Cab, we'll be test fitting the Thule Apex 4 bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number TH9025. To begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch. We'll allow the attached pin to fall into place and then use the hand knob on the shank to engage our anti rattle device and secure our bike rack to our vehicle. With the bike rack in this position its going to give us a ground clearance of about 17 inches. The closest point of the bike rack to the rear of our Ford is about 2 inches here at the hand knob and we've added about 13 inches to the overall length of our F150. We'll pull the lever at the base of the bike rack to allow it to tilt away from the vehicle. This is going to allow us to have full access to the bed of our truck by being able to fully open our tailgate. more


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10/1/2014 4:03:15 PM



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150

Today on our 2005 Ford F150, we are going to be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro folding and tilting four bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number TH934XTR. To begin our test fit we'll slide the shank of the bike rack into the receiver tube of our hitch, line up our pin holes, thread in our anti rattle bolt and tighten it down with the wrench. In this position we'll have about 17 inches worth of ground clearance. The closest point of the rack to the back of our truck is about 8 inches away and overall we've only added about 18 inches to the length of our F150. Pulling the gold pin at the base of the center mast will allow us to tilt it away from our vehicle. As you can see this gives us full access to our tailgate. more


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9/30/2014 12:17:28 PM



SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150- Video

SportRack Super EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2005 Ford F-150

Today on our 2005 Ford F150 Super Crew Cab, we are going to be test fitting the Sport Rack Super EZ Platform style 2 bike rack for inch and a quarter and two inch hitches, part number SR2901LR. We'll begin our test fit by sliding the shank of our bike rack into the receiver tube of the hitch. We'll line up our pin hole and thread in our anti rattle bolt, tightening it down with the wrench and then installing the lock on the other side. The closest point of the bike rack to the rear of our vehicle is about 10 inches away and we've added about 31 inches to the overall length of our F150. We'll go ahead and pull the pins at the base of the bike rack to unfold the different parts including our center mast. Within this position, it's going to allow us to have full access to our tailgate. We'll raise up the center mast to make sure that all 3 pins are reinstalled. more


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9/30/2014 12:14:57 PM



Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Yakima DoubleDown Ace Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150, well be test fitting the Yakima DoubleDown Ace 4 Bike Carrier, part number Y02451. To being our test fit, well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, align up our pin holes, insert the pin with the red knob into the pin hole and then turn the black knob located at the base of the carrier to engage our anti-rattle device. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle fit together. There are about 17 and a half inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about five and a half inches. Weve added about 12 and a half inches to the overall length of the vehicle. With this bike carrier, you will not be able to have access to your trunk bed as the tailgate hits the mast of the carrier. To load the bike, well pull the red latch located at the top of the mast, swing the cradle arms out and undo the cradle straps. more


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12/27/2012 1:51:31 PM



Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Yakima StickUp 2 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Yakima Stickup two bike carrier, part number Y02420. To begin our test fit well slide shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the threaded pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 18 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about two and a half inches. With the platform folded up weve added about 12 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. more


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12/27/2012 11:35:13 AM



Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Vertex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Thule Vertex four bike carrier, part number TH9029. To begin our test fit well slide shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, line up our pin holes. Well then thread our anti-rattle bolt through the threaded pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 18 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about three inches. more


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12/27/2012 11:34:31 AM



Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Hitching Post Pro Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Thule Hitching Post Pro, part number TH934XTR. 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 threaded pin holes and tighten with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 17 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about six and a half inches. With the cradle arms folded down weve added about 16 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. more


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12/27/2012 11:33:45 AM



Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Doubletrack Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

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12/27/2012 11:33:23 AM



Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Apex 4 Swing Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

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12/27/2012 11:32:53 AM



Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Thule Apex 4 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

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12/27/2012 11:32:25 AM



Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Swagman Titan Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

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12/27/2012 11:31:17 AM



SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

SportRack EZ Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Sportrack two bike carrier, part number A30901. To begin our test fit well slide 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 with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 18 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about 13 inches. Weve added about 25 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. more


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12/27/2012 11:30:45 AM



SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

SportRack Escape 3 Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Sportrack Escape three bike carrier, part number A30403. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, align up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pinholes and tighten with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 17 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about 3 inches. With the cradle arms folded down weve added about 13 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. more


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12/27/2012 9:59:06 AM



Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Softride Dura Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Softride Dura parallelogram tilting four bike carrier, part number SR26247. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch. Well align up our pin holes, thread our anti-rattle bolt through the pinholes and tighten with a wrench. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 17 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about 4 inches. more


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12/27/2012 9:59:02 AM



Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150- Video

Kuat Sherpa Hitch Bike Rack Review - 2013 Ford F-150

Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be test fitting the Kuat Sherpa aluminum two bike carrier, part number S102. To begin our test fit well slide the shank of the carrier into the opening of the hitch, align up our pin holes, slide our pin through our pin holes, and turn the black T handle located at the base of the carrier to engage our anti-rattle device. Now lets go over some clearance measurements to see how the bike carrier and this vehicle will fit together. There is about 18 inches of ground clearance. The closest part of the vehicle to the closest part of the carrier is about 2 inches. With the platform folded up weve added about 14 inches to the overall length of the vehicle. more


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