Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video
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
1/27/2016 11:16:59 AM
Curt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video
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
1/26/2016 4:46:06 PM
Yakima FullTilt Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video
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
1/25/2016 1:46:23 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150- Video
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
1/25/2016 12:47:35 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9031XT- Video
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
1/25/2016 12:47:15 PM
Thule Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 TH9029XT- Video
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
1/25/2016 12:47:01 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S64684- Video
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
1/25/2016 12:46:45 PM
Swagman Hitch Bike Racks Review - 2006 Ford F-150 S63380- Video
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
1/25/2016 12:46:27 PM
