How many inches does the rack extend from the trailer hitch when in the "Up" position (i.e. not carrying bikes).
813710
About 10", enough that you have clearance to use the trunk. I have mine on a 2010 Honda accord. Love it!!
813711
IT is about 27 inches including the bar that keeps the outer bike in position.
197614
Once you tighten the hitch, you can 'unlock' the adjustment knob. It will then freespin. So you won't be able to remove the rack
1163433
This hitch supports a 2" bike rack. If your bike rack is smaller, you will need to buy an adapter.
1174755
Yes. About 4 inches up from hitch. Here's my short review from 2012 when I bought this carrier. Love it. 4 inch rise is good enough for my application. Great carrier. I use this with two different cars mostly to carry cans for boat fuel. Keeps fuel out of the car and it's easy to fill the cans right at the pump without dismounting them from the carrier. Solid construction, nothing fancy, well painted, looks like it'll last a long time. The 4 inch rise in the tongue puts the floor of the carrier 4 inches above the hitch receiver that, for my application, is perfect. The carrier does not block the brake/tail lights on either car. Reasonably priced, I'd buy this thing again in a heartbeat. Easy one-man mounting and dismounting, although I've learned to put a piece of duct tape on the tongue to more quickly align the locking-pin hole without having to hunt around for it each time.
1711698
I bought a rack at the same time and it went right on no problems. I did have a bike with separate bolt holes on the frame for finders and a rack. Clearance was not a problem. You might have to get longer bolts if you only have one hole set for both fenders and rack. With 1/2" elevation difference in the bike mounting holes, I still have 1" between the fender and the bottom of the rack. I cannot answer about the baskets.
658177
Good question. I can only give you first hand experience; don't do it! I had two bikes on this rack behind my trailer. I lost one bike and the basket of the other. Apparently, there is a lot more movement behind a towed vehicle for this design.
263996
The distance from the top of the tube on the rack to the top of the tube where the panniers mount is 1.75". Hope this helps.
2254364
Your hitch is going to be occupied by the bike rack. If you find a dual hitch receiver with a tall enough rise you may be ok. You also want to be careful you don't go over your max tongue weight.
1631943
Center of hitch pin to front of upright bar is 10.5 inches, but there are some items on the rack that extend forward another 2.25 inches (so a maximum depth to those items is 8.25 inches - approx.). Hope this helps.Bob
420772
The 2" reference is for the size of receiver, has nothing to do with the length of the extension, overall it is about 13" and the other answers are correct about 7-8" extension when installed. Be aware that extensions are great for bike racks allowing for clearance past rear mounted spare tires but when trailering this extension's use diminishes the tow vehicles listed tongue weight and trailering capacities.
1821779
i would think its the inside dimension? http://www.etrailer.com/faq-hitch-bike-rack.aspx
158629
10 and 3/4" to the vertical post (the side that is nearest the car) The rack does pivot away when you remove a pin to allow access to open a rear hatch or trunk with bikes still on rack, this feature works great on my Nissan Xterra.
88345
There is an adapter that fits on to the bike rack before you insert it into the receiver hitch. The adapter allows the rack to insert into the 2" hitch and not move around.
1690627
hi jonathan. i bought this bike hitch and am very satisfied with it. i'm not exactly sure what you're getting at with your question but i can tell you that the carrier base rod at the bottom extends a good amount to give ample space so that one can easily mount 4 bikes to the hitch. but once the bikes are mounted and strapped, you push the base rod back in and secure it. when the hitch is ready for transport with 4 bikes, i'd say that there's at least between 2-3ft between the tires of the 1st bike and the 4th bike in case you wanted to loop an extra cable (or bike lock) to secure all the bikes together. i hope that helps you.
1684530
Please disregard my previous answer. It was based on the tire hold roof rack, not the hitch rack. By upright position, do you mean with the hitch rack folded up toward the vehicle, or folded out with bikes loaded?
95502
After installing the hitch and measuring I found the lift rises up from the bottom of the bar by 5 inches plus or minus half an inch.
318640
The top of the rack itself has a 15 1/2" platform. Mine sits a few inches back from seat post tube. The distance from post tube to the back of rack is 21". My seat however extends 1" over the front of the rack, leaving 14 1/2" of space for a very high basket or pack. All of this depends somewhat on your bike geometry since the rack is adjustable. You shouldn't have a problem with the basket extending over the back of the rack however (it's very sturdy) so it will probably work for you.