Upgraded RV Hitch Mount Kayak Rack

I'm a 5'4" lady that didn't want to try putting a kayak up and down off the roof of my car. I was able to assemble this rack by myself and load my 10' kayak on it solo and it went fine, and will only get better with more experience. There are several different mounting holes for the bottom rack. Depending on the height of your car hitch, make sure you leave enough clearance at the bottom for your kayak to not hit the ground, and take extra care over speed bumps or rough ground. The instructions to assemble it aren't bad. They don't include instructions on how to attach the stabilizer plate over the hitch, but that's the same as on any other rack you might put on a car, so you can google it. They include two pieces of sticky-back black foam padding to line the carrying racks. One piece of the foam fit almost perfectly onto the upper U shaped rack, I had to trim it a little bit. The other piece was not long enough to completely line the interior of the two bottom compartments. In the last two pics, you can see that their included foam padding provides very little padding, so foam noodles or pipe insulation foam will provide me more peace of mind on that. They include two black caps for the pipe ends of the upper U shaped rack, but they fall right out. My husband super glued them in. I'll have to check tomorrow in daylight to see if they stayed in after our drive with the rack and kayak. The ratchet straps seem like a good quality. I've only driven this about 10 minutes from my house to the lake, but it was really stable feeling. I oriented the kayak so the inside was facing to the back, for better wind flow over the strapped down kayak. This kayak weighs about 40lbs and I was pleased to be able to load an unload it solo.

As far as the product itself, I'm very pleased. It's sturdy, well built, and assembled correctly with no alignment problems with bolt holes. I have two items that I think the mfg needs to address: 1. There are items in the box that are not addressed in the instructions, but I was eventually able to figure them out. 2. The felt provided to protect your kayak is severely inadequate. I solved this with a couple swim noodles. Overall, worth the money. I'd recommend this item with the understanding of the two issues above.

Works great on rear of RV. Pretty sturdy. Good engineering. Folds flat for storage. I put pool noodles on mine to protect the kayaks a little better. The video was more useful than the instructions.

It works alright but even after assembly when all bolts are tightened there is still play and movement. And the bottom slots needed some kind of cushioning. After the first use the kayak had deep scratches in it. The adhesive rubber strips that came with it didn’t stay in place or work. I had to put some pipe insulation around the bottom rack and tape them in place.

Fits the back of our travel trailer and holds two kayaks.

Just finally got out together. So far; good! Easy put together. I'll do report later on how it holds.

My vehicle sits too low for this to work safely so i dont know how well it works. Toyota sienna to hitch too low, needs higher hitch

So happy with this purchase. I did not want to be bothered with pulling or storing a trailer. This goes on and off with ease. Carries my kayaks and my paddle board nicely.