Would this work well to extend past a rear mounted spare tire?.. The bike rack I bought won't clear the spare...
1769055
Yes, it will and also raise the height of the bike rack. But it will vibrate and wiggle around because the male extention that goes into your reciever is slightly too small. I ran two weld strips down one side and filed them to fit into the reciever with a snug fit.
1769056
Had a catastrophic failure with this product, in my opinion, this is a product to be avoided.
1769057
I was using it for a dirt bike rack and it bent. It may work for a bike rack? I would not trust it.
79064
If you leave the rack attached to your vehicle, it should be no problem. I think it's easier to load this rack than the hanging style. Just set your bike on the tire racks, pull down the top hook, and go.
1418227
The bike rack goes through the center of the spare tire so if you have a solid cover this won't work. There are other racks that have a strap that wraps around the spare cover. You might want to look at these. The Yakima works great on a Jeep.
927412
I think you'd have trouble going over a tire. They do make bike racks specifically for tire mounts.
1243807
There would need to be an inch or so clearance between the tires for this to work. It will only go over the outside tire.
1767546
If the carrier doesn't provide enough clearance between the forward bike and the spare tire you could always install a hitch extension bar. Any good trailer hitch store or trailer hitch web site should have them. On one end of the extension bar is a male end that fits into the female recepticle of your hitch. On the other end ( the extended end ) is a female recepticle that accepts the bike carrier. You would probably need to implement some anti-rattle clamps to reduce or eliminate looseness of the assembly. I wouldn't recommend using the extension bar on anything but a lightweight load like a bike carrier.
1832159
Raymond, I have a jeep with a tail light assembly that sticks up behind my spare tire (on the inside next to the rear window). The bike rack would not fit over my spare tire because this assembly got in the way.
420774
It fits a 2x2 hitch, but extends the hitch out 6 inches. I have a spare tire on the back of my rig, and this works perfect to extend my bike rack to clear my spare tire. The bigger section of the picture is the length of extension (6 inches).
2076000
I don't think so but you can always mount your bike and if there is no room, take off the spare and put it some place else!
660235
I have a jeep wrangler it works OK for me but I don't have a big spare tire.I mounted some aluminum plates for the bike tires to set on so they didn't slide off of the square tubing. Good luck.
2015957
I don't think there is enough room between the bar and the tire but that might depend on the rack size and seat post length.
1297282
Sorry Im not sure if it will fit with your spare tire or not. From the point where the rack goes into your hitch you have approx 16 inches between the back of your vehicle and where the first bike attaches so It probably would work since I doubt your spare is more than 16" wide. But you might want to contact Hollywood direct. Here's their number 1-800-747-4085. Heres a link to there website. Scroll down and you'll see a picture of the rack and measurements. http://hollywoodracks.com/bike-racks/hitch-racks/sportrider-hitch-rack-4.htm
1970287
I use an extension with mine, my cx-9 doesn´t have a spare tire, however, with that extension I can open the door with the bike in the rack, the distance between the rack and the entrance of the hitch is 9", with that information, just check which is the distance extra that you need and find the right extension, just be aware that using an extension lowers the weight limit by a half, I mean, for example, if the rack has 100 lb of weight limit, with an extension the new limit will be 50 lb, I hope that this answer helps
1848628
Just checked it. It opens about 15" on my Rav 2010 without any bikes. I clears the spare tire by about a foot.
355526
Good question! I doubt it. My bet it will drag. But u could get a hitch with a rise on it say 3 inches that may help though it could inter fear with spare tire at that point.
1296007
I have a heavy duty Thule fold down bike rack and carry 80 pounds of bikes with no problem on the back of my RV, so I imagine that a spare tire holder would be a piece of cake.
1082427
it should. if not, just buy a hitch adapter and it will extend the bike rack an additional 8" to 12" further out.