MaxxHaul 70210 Hitch Mount Bike Rack 4-Bike Rack, Black For Cars Trucks SUV's Minivans, Large

This works great with my Bike rack, I can now lock it to my truck. well made and has a chrom finish.

As described

Aug. 6, 2020Only assembled and mounted bike on. Not driven yet. Review.This 4 bike rack system feels like its built quite tough. All the metal is about the same size as the part that inserts into the 2 inch receiver, so roughly 2 inch square tube. Assembling it was quite easy, despite the not so clear instruction booklet. The two parts that fold, do so easily and smoothly. The pins fit tight, and the cotter safety pins also. I only have one bike to test with, but it fit onto the rack well, sat on the cushioned rubber part well and snug. Balanced well. And the velcro tie down is wide, strong and tight. The bike feels quite secure and in place on the rack. Yet, it can swing enough that when the rack is tilted back to make room to open the back gate of the car, the bike can touch the ground on its wheels, vertically and stay there, while the rack is out of the way to access your car from the back gate. Nice to have that flexibility. And not too difficult to lower the rack while the bike is on it (1 bike). With more then 1 bike I would ask someone to help if I need to lower the rack. Overall I feel it will work quite well for my needs. When an adult sized mountain bike is on the rack, the wheels hang about 2 feet off the ground. And the arm the bike sits on is about 5ft off the ground on my small SUV. (but this might be different for different cars).Once it is folded to storage size, it's actually smaller then I expected. About 3ft long. That's nice. And its not too heavy to carry short distances. Also when it is in the folded position, but still attached to the car, I can not see the hitch in my rearview mirrors. So totally unobstructed view through my rear window. But I can still see it on my rear camera when I back up the car. That takes a bit to get used to.On the cons;the 1st obvious thing is the use the proprietary or non standard pin that keeps the rack attached to the 2 inch hitch receiver. The pin screws into the male rack part, until it finally comes out the other side, where you can place a cotter pin on it. And only from left to right. This system can not be bypassed by simply not using the pin that comes with the rack, and using your own pin, or a locking pin, because the male part of the rack has the threads built-into the hole.I wish they had left it a regular sized hole so people could optionally use their own pins, especially ones with lock and key. Update: Solved the no lock problem. I bought a thick chain, 2 feet long (could have been 18 inches). And a padlock. I wrapped the chain around the diagonal brace on the bike rack, then took the chain through the chain loop welded below my hitch receiver, then locked the chain. Its not the most elegant solution. But its much stronger then the hitch pins with locks on them. Chain cost me about $6 at a hardware store. Padlock can be whatever you like.2nd con; it feels like the rack is a bit jiggly at the hitch receiver. I can imagine on a dirt road this being an issue with rattle and noise. But I should test it out before commenting. Update: I found a solution. Its called a Hitch Tightener. Available for $10 and up.3rd con; won't hold a "girl's" bike (no cross bar). But there is a solution called a "Tension Bar Bicycle Cross-Bar Adaptor" or a "Bike Rack Cross-Bar Top Tube Adjustable Adapter" for about $17 and up.Overall it feels like a good value, despite the threaded pin. It feels strong and has the flexibility to lean out of the way.Aug. 8 updateI did a short drive with the bike mounted on the Bike rack. Overall it worked just fine. But I did a few things ahead of time to make it work better. I noticed that the bike would swing and hit the upright bar, so I taped some foam material to it. Then I wrapped a bungie around the bike and the upright bar to keep the bike from swinging. This made for a smooth drive on regular paved roads. Having solved the security issue, and the rattling issue and the bike swinging issue, I am quite satisfied with this bike rack.

Very sturdy..u will need to order a spacer to prevent the rattles..make sure u remember to unfold it before opening hatch

This is a 16mm course threaded locking hitch pin. It worked perfectly with my EZ-Fold black E-Bike Rack Hitch Mount Platform Style.... Hard to find most are ⅝.

I previously tried to use one of the "universal" style bike racks that will fit a passenger car or an SUV and didn't even begin to trust it to drive across town, much less on the long trips I was going on. I bought this in preparation for an out-of-state camping trip to the mountains my girlfriend and I were going on, and it arrived on time as advertised. Assembly was very easy and took maybe 15 minutes total with a few basic hand tools (allen keys, socket set, and wrenches). I have an extra trailer wiring harness and I may see about wiring a brake light up to attach to the flat plate on the end rather than just having a red reflector on it. I've driven over 1400 miles in two weeks with the bike rack on my 4Runner and had zero issues of any kind, with and without bikes on the rack. I'd say my road time was split 80% highway (70-90mph), 15% twisty mountain roads (lots of up and down hill, sharp curves, braking and acceleration), and 5% off-road driving, and the bikes didn't move around in the rack at all. The wheels or handlebars of either bike never contacted my vehicle, either, and during the trip I secured them in every one of the four slots, just to make sure (my bike has 28" wheels and hers has 26" I believe). You may have to remove water bottle attachments though, my Bontrager bottle cage barely fit on the rack (I never use it anyways, so I removed it when we got home, no big deal).The mounts that the bikes sit in are VERY secure and attach to the rack itself with crush washers and lock nuts. The velcro straps that wrap around the bike frame seem to be of good quality and absolutely hold the bikes 100% still. The vertical portion of the rack folds down with the pull of the hinge pin to about a 45 degree angle to allow you to open your rear door/hatch with ease, and mine cleared it with ample room to spare. This was great when it came time to unload the car at our camping destination and for loading it back up to head home again.I only found a few "negatives" during the assembly and use of this bike rack, but none of them were enough of a problem to distract from the rating based on things that actually mattered to me. The first was that some of the nuts that went with the actual bike holders (which attach to the rack itself) were metric and the bolt heads were standard/SAE. This wasn't a big deal, just a bit of an annoyance.The second downside is that the top hinge pin (which allows the part of the rack the bikes sit on to fold down so it doesn't stick out two feet behind your vehicle) will only insert into the vertical part of the rack from the left side when the rack is folded. When the rack is extended out to the rear, it will fit from the right side. Again, just an annoyance, nothing that would affect the usability.The third is there is some play in the fit between the mount and my hitch receiver. When there is no load (bike) on the rack and you move it by hand, it seems very loose. I didn't notice any noise or movement while driving with the rack on my vehicle, whether empty or with bikes loaded.The fourth downside is it seems like the receiver pin that holds the mount into the hitch receiver itself is a smaller size than the one for my regular 2" ball hitch mount. When I assembled it and put the rack into the receiver, the regular pin wouldn't go through. I haven't removed it to compare them yet though, so I could be incorrect and maybe just had a bad angle on it.Overall, I absolutely recommend this rack. I was blown away at the quality of the product for the price (seems like a comparable rack would cost $100-200+ at a bike shop or other online stores) and I've had nothing but good luck with it thus far with quite a bit of drive time over varied terrain. Buy with confidence!