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Hi everyone, it's Evangeline here at etrailer and today we'll be taking a look at our Saris swing-away hitch extender, right here at etrailer. So if you wanna carry your bike racks, but you also want a little bit of space behind your vehicle, for different reasons. Whether you have a spare tire, whether you have a van like a sprinter or a promaster where your doors swing out, or if you just wanna camp out right over here, and want space behind your hatch, while still keeping your bikes on your bike rack, as well as on your hitch, this may be a good option for you, because this creates a full 90 degree pivot, bringing your bikes to the side without having to take them off. As you can see, we're using this with our Saris freedom two bike platform rack, but this can also fit a bunch of different Saris bike racks. Check out our product page for the complete list of Saris bike racks. You can also use this with other bike racks, and we'll take a look at the dimensions you'll have to have on those racks to see if it's gonna fit or not.
So now we're gonna pull our extender back in so that we can take a closer look at it. Now, to start that, you have to pull this knob, it says pull to close, so just pull that out of the way, that way it releases the hitch extenders to slide right back in. You may have to lift up slightly, just to get it over that ramp and then lock it into place. Then to secure in the closed position, you just lift this lever up, so that that U bolt fits right into that hook, and then tighten it down. And then secure it with this pin, right into the latch, kinda like the latch you find in your towing systems.
So this is what it looks like in the stored or closed position, this is what you're going to have it in when you're going out on a trip, you're out on the road, when you're ready to go onto your adventure. So make sure that everything is secured. We have a bunch of different latches, as well as different bolts that are holding it together and making sure it doesn't jostle out of place. So, we'll take a close look at those. So starting at the bike, you can see how we have a two inch hitch receiver.
The Saris freedom is an inch and a quarter shank with a two inch hitch adapter. That's just 'cause it's a Saris bike rack that we can use it with this hitch extender. But with any other bike racks, they have to have an actual two inch shank to fit into this hitch receiver. This over here is the spot for the anti-rattle bolt or hitch pin lock that will come with your bike rack. So if you are using let's say a stabilizer to tighten it down, that won't fit right here around that hitch receiver, you're gonna have to have a bike rack that uses either a hitch pin or a bolt to secure it.
Now, if you have a lock on your bike rack, that goes right where that anti-rattle bolt or a hitch pin is gonna be, you may or may not have enough clearance to put that lock on. As you can see, our bolt is three and three quarter inches long, and the distance away from our U bolt is about three quarter inches apart from the end of that pin. So if your pin is shorter or is closer to this U bolt, you may not be able to put that lock on. Now as for the handle system, or the latch system, that you use to engage or disengage the hitch extender, causing it to swing out or swing back in, I personally really, really like it. I do like how we have a guard, which is this triangle right over here, which is gonna help you out as you swing it back just to prevent any accidents, as well as with how easy it is to operate this latch, just like that. And then you're basically ready to go, once you release this hook. I do like that compared to the knobs on other hitch extenders, which take a little bit of finagling in order to engage. Another thing that impressed me is how many different handles we have on this hitch extender. That's gonna be helpful for carrying the hitch extender, but also if you need to secure your bike racks, and you need anchor points for your cable locks, this is a great way to put them through. As you can see we have this fully loaded up now. I even have my slightly heavier women's bike. Now please check out the product page for the instructions as to weight capacity. I do not recommend carrying over two bikes if it's a platform rack on this hitch extender, just because of the leverage, as well as the weight concerns. And this does have a weight capacity of about 60 pounds per bike, depending on what kind of bike rack you have on there. So that's a go

[@AdamWelch]

I've watched five or six reviews of this extender and this is BY FAR THE BEST. Literally answered every question I had and more. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

[@etrailer]

We're glad it helped!
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[@mogeking56]

What is the weight capacity because I was thinking 🧐 about hauling me dirt bike using the swing away system

[@mogeking56]

Look 👀 I just bought this swing away system for my ebike it is about 130 lbs with bike bags 💼 an stuff on the ebike the rack that carries my ebike is about 60 lbs so we are looking at a little over + or -190 lbs that my swing away system has to carry. So…..please tell me your swing away system is ok with this donkey weight.

[@etrailer]

This system is designed to carry 250 lbs. You are just fine with the weight that you are carrying.
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