Yakima HoldUp Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country we're doing a test fit of the Yakima hold up platform style two bike rack. That part number is Y02443. Now, we already have our bike secured down. I'm first going to show you one of the key features of this rack. If we come here to the front at the closest point to our bumper we're going to have this red knob. We'll grab the back of our bike rack and pull that knob out while lifting up on our rack just a bit. more
6/16/2016 11:16:06 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town , Country, we're doing a test fit of the Swagman XT2 platform style, 2-bike rack. That part number is S64650. Now, we already have our bike secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We have two wheel cradles in place down at the bottom and then our frame hook. Now, our frame hook's what's going to hold our bike tires down into their wheel cradles. more
6/15/2016 8:08:31 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we're doing a test fit of the Thule T2 Pro Platform Style 2 Bike Rack. That part number is TH9034. I already have our bike secured down. First going to show you one of the key features. We'll come here to the back and squeeze our handle together we're able to lower our bike rack down with our bike still attached and open up our back hatch area. Now, unfortunately with how long this door is we aren't able to open it all the way, because we would make contact with our handlebar. more
6/15/2016 8:08:21 AM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country TH912XTR- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town , 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 secured down. We're first going to show you how we do that. We've got two cradles in place with three straps altogether, two on our frame here and one as our anti-sway strap in the back. We're going to pull down and lift up to release those. more
6/15/2016 8:07:54 AM
Yakima Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town , Country, we're doing a test fit of the Yakima Holdup Platform-Style 4-Bike Rack. That part number is Y02443-2. Now, we already have our bike secured down. First, we're going to start off by showing you one of the key features of this rack. We can actually tilt it away with our bike fully loaded. Now, because our pin is here, closer to the vehicle and we have it at the 4-bike, I suggest you get an extra set of hands to help you tilt it down. We're going to lift up slightly on the bike rack, and then I'll pull the pin out and we'll tilt it down, just like so. more
6/15/2016 8:07:43 AM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country s64675- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country we're taking a look at the Swagman Original towing-style 4-bike rack. Now to start with it does a great job of transporting four bikes. Uses the top plate system. It's fully lockable and really does a great job of holding the bikes in place. I wasn't so sure about it, but as soon as I tightened this knob down I could tell it really does a great job, and the reviews back that up. Each area is going to have nice small grooves designed in the kratons. You can see them here. more
7/16/2015 5:51:41 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country s64351- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town and Country, we're taking a look at the Swagman original tilting 3-bike rack. Now, they've designed this so we can use it with the inch and a quarter or with the two inch hitch. The part number on it is S-64351. Now, the Swagman uses a steel plate upper here. It's going to hold our bike in place really, really well. Two knobs apply pressure through our Kratons, which are lined to protect our bike's finish and also provide a great gripping surface. As you can see, our bike is really nice and solidly locked in there. All the customer reviews that I've seen are ... more
7/16/2015 5:51:06 PM
Kuat NV Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2015 Chrysler Town and Country- Video
Today on our 2015 Chrysler Town & Country, we're doing a test fit on the Kuat NV. This is a platform-style 4-bike rack. It's been designed for use in 2" hitches. Part number on it here as you see it in the black and chrome is N105-107. It's also available in my favorite, which is the gun metal gray and orange. That part number is N101-103. Now the big highlight about the NV, other than the way it looks, its durability, its quality, all those are really right up front there, but this rack does everything that a standard rack does, but it never touches the frame of the bike. more
7/7/2015 1:52:19 PM
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
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
