YAKIMA - BackSwing Bike Rack Hitch Extension

This is an amazing product! The swing away arm is easy to use and sturdy. Fits perfectly on my Jeep Sahara 4xE

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I have a Hollywood (brand) rack for 2 electric bikes (ie bikes and rack are both somewhat heavy). There was not enough clearance with just that rack to open the back doors, and difficult to load the bikes without damaging the van. I had ordered a straight hitch extension but came across this swing-away rack (see etrailer.com for in-depth specs) in time to cancel the order for the extension. . Like another person noted, it puts the bikes quite a ways behind the van, but that's the price you have to pay for clearance. The 90 degree opening with automatic lock is perfect for the van, it lets me swing the rack open to load and unload both bikes. Very solid even with the heavy bikes and rack attached to it. I did have to make one mod. There's a threaded "nut" inside the hitch for the locking hitch pin. I had to reverse that because of the way the factory Sprinter hitch is set up. Easily done though.

This thing is amazing! Love it for our camper van. Makes carrying extra storage easy with the swing hitch.

I bought this for a family trip. Our dog rides in the back of my wife's SUV, and had trouble getting out when we used a cargo platform that was in her way. This let us swing the whole platform to the side to let her out. It went onto the hitch solid, it is built very heavy which is good and had a bolt to tighten onto the outgoing hitch to prevent any wiggle. It locks positively closed and in the open position. I do recommend a hitch clamp for where it connects to the vehicle since there isn't a bolt on the side, just to lock everything down tight. It probably matters less if you are just loading on bikes, but I probably had 200 plus pounds on the platform, and it rode really well. Also, if you are going to use it with a platform I recommend finding one with a shortish hitch tube. The yakima adds maybe a foot to whatever you have mounted back there, which is a plus for bikes, but a long tube platform may be too far back for you.