Thule T2 Pro XT Rack Review and Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Thule’s T2 Pro XT is a premium platform hitch bike that delivers maximum strength, security, and user-friendliness. This rack’s AutoAttach design makes it an easy installation and removal with no tools necessary. The HitchSwitch lever allows the rack to be tilted up for storage or tilted down for rear vehicle access. The ratcheting arms secure the bikes with no frame contact. The integrated cable lock and lock knobs lock the bikes to the rack for maximum security. The spacing between the bike mounts eliminates bike contact and interference.
-Carries 1 to 2 bikes up to 60 lbs. each (120 lbs. total carrying capacity)
-Compatible with vehicles equipped with a 2” receiver hitch
-Compatible with bikes with 20” - 29” wheels and up to 5” tires - no adapters necessary
-Ideal for carbon frames, mountain, downhill, or fat bikes
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Thanks for this demo! I just had a hitch and this rack installed on my 2021 Forester and using for the first time tomorrow. I had some buyers remorse due to how expensive it was but I can’t see my old ass lifting a bike to put on a roof rack! Lol.
How has it held up? I’m thinking of buying the is for my Forester as well.
@@marcosnava89 it’s been great! It’s a heavy rack and bulky, but solid.
Bought it and used it yesterday. It is a beauty, but I wish there was a solid loop, or something to that effect, welded on it to put my chain link bike lock through. It really could use an extra way to lock the bikes up more securely.
Thanks for the detailed review. I am sold on this model. I have to remove the front fender on my e bike so the hook can attach securely.
Great review! It sealed the deal for me.. I will be ordering this rack
Nice demonstration. But I wish you had lowered the tailgate (with no bikes installed) to show that the tailgate could indeed be lowered all the way. I have my doubts about clearance on my truck.
Great video! Needed to see how to use the bike lock cable, done deal!
Thank you very much. This video helped to take a decision between the Kuat NV 2.0 and the Thule T2. I 'm going with the Thule.
Glad to hear it, Sergio!
@@blakeperez3899 Does the rack comes completely ensambled or do I need to do some with tools?
@@blakeperez3899 thanks again Blake. Order's been placed now the sweet game of waiting...
Look again this rack is available in 1 1/4” as well.
Darrin Wright that’s correct, however it’s a completely different part and probably could have communicated that better in the intro.
Enjoying the biking using it
I wish you had demonstrated the tail gate fully open to see the clearance from the bike rack.
Blake is showing you @3:35 that the tailgate will not open with a bike on the rack but you have access. In this T2 pro XT Add-on review, Blake is seen opening the tailgate with rack tilted and 0 bikes on the rack @0:43. Hope this helps
th-cam.com/video/odyDnfSCHIY/w-d-xo.html
perfect for small jobs in the garage
The auto locking pin on mine constantly gets bumped out of the hole. Is it purely to find a good position for the rack or is it supposed to be functional as some kind of fastener?
VERY CLEAR! One question, you mention that the bolts that hold the rails to the hitch bar are pre-treated with thread locker. I had to purchase other bolts, as mine were missing, so can you recommend what I should buy for a thread locker product?
You lifted that bike nicely and placed it easily into the rack slot nearest the truck. But what if that were an eBike weighing 60#? Is there a ramp associated with this that can be bought? And if so, could the bike actually be wheeled across the rack so the wheels would find their way into resepctive wheel receptors? Funny, I seldom see TH-cam demonstrations of putting heavy bikes into racks that are capable of handling their weight - always using regular MTB instead.
100% recommended
That’s a rad Surly man!
So, my guess is that I won't be able to drop the tailgate on my Ram 1500 all the way. Problematic. Any 2-bike 2" hitch mount racks that will?
Is this the same as the Thule T2 Pro XT/XTR Hitch Bike Rack
Thanks for the review - does that tailgate come all the way down when the rack is all the back?
at 1:25 he shows how you can further lower the rack to access your tailgate.
You might want to watch the video, he shows how it works.
@@kenzuk5612 he was asking the question because at 3:30 he shows how you can pull the tail gate down but edits the video before the tailgate goes all the way down and thats because it doesnt go down all the way. Super dick response to a reasonable question though.
Perfect
Can't put the tailgate down, even when no bike loaded. Tailgate will hit rack
Great review!! Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you recommend putting this on a 1.25" hitch to 2" hitch adapter? I have a ram 1500 but I would like to save on gas on my smaller car that has a 1.25" hitch
Very good presentation.
Can you actually drop the tailgate all the way down? It didn't appear so.
Yes you can. I got my shot sequence mixed up in this and missed it before we got the vid on youtube!
@@blakeperez3899 Does the tailgate hit the hinge portion of the rack when fully lowered like it did with the original T2 PRO?
@@NilesProductions Didn't on my Tacoma. Ultimately, this might change depending on what hitch you are using with your vehicle as well.
Can the tailgate be dropped with the rack tilted with 2 bikes on it (it looks like the bike closest to the tailgate will be hit)? What about if one bike was on the farthest rack and tilted?
works fine
Can't you open tha back door right
Thoughts on 1UP racks?
1UP makes some REALLY nice stuff. Definitely good quality, but they come at a premium.
1up allows you to adjust side to side
Tim, the T2 also has some side to side adjustment. You can move the platforms a few inches each way by loosening the bolts underneath adjusting the platform to the side, and re-securing.