Swagman STRADDLER

Like the product but was very hard to assemble due to one of the tubes being wrong. Had to pound it in with a mallet and block of wood. Does have a little bounce on the road so leave some space between your bike and camper.

The media could not be loaded.  Summary, IMO any engineer will tell you the cantilevered weight of the bikes and rack is prone to oscillation; fasteners can’t fix that and will always be the point of failure. The design shakes itself to pieces (think suspension bridge failure videos). Inspect and re-tighten all fasteners at minimum at every tank fill up. The unit I purchased has set screws opposing the fore to aft motion of typical highway pavement, causing the screws to loosen and the bike rack to deflect, sometimes violently. One of the welded set screw mounts failed, breaking away from the tubing. The model now pictured has a much larger hand operated knob replacing the two pairs of set screws. Proceed at your own risk, oscillation will also loosen these stronger fasteners. The design I have also uses a transverse bolt, does the improved design also have a pin (backup to a single fastener failure?I have made two trips, 2,000 total miles. We drove from Florida to Wisconsin. Bring tools or you won’t make it. When I got home I tore the unit off my Teardrop, committing myself to an alternate design. Instead, I ended up remounting the unit, adding two bracing running from the trailer jack mounts up to under each post as it mounts to the cross beam. We then made a 180 mile trip to a campsite. Once there, the top set screws were all loose but hadn’t fallen out. Deflection of 2”, clearly unacceptable. The lower connections were now braced and showed no fore/aft movement. Not out of the woods yet, hitting a bump confirmed a side to side brace is also needed; deflection in the rear view mirror was at least 4” side to side, unacceptable as well.The concept of this design is to move the weight of the bike support back to reduce to undue weight while allowing the teardrop front cover to open.Same concept, an alternative design is to mount the bikes lower and direct mount the bike rack to the RV frame, without attaching to the bike rack hitch. This is possible on my NuCamp Tab 320 with my TV; I have turning clearance. Further, the bike rack requires no modification and the bikes mount further back on the RV frame, further reducing tongue weight vs. this product design

Really well made product. It just didn’t work well for our application. Bikes just sat up too high for my liking.

I cannot leave an accurate review because the item I received was missing the bolts/screws, etc to put it together and the shipping box was heavily damaged. Amazon accepted the return and refunded my account.

Holes are not predrilled.The unit should be about 6-8” taller to accommodate a 4 bike hitch rackDifficult for 1 person to install as pole fall into each other and will not move unless twisted. Probably could be avoided if slot holes were predrilled.

Well built but not a good / secure Mount to frame. Moved around after tightened, so I returned it.

Excellent design and product. Works great on our rpod.

This works great for our 2-bike rack. Plenty sturdy. My camper bumper is not rated for adding a bike rack so this option is a godsend. Simple enough to install; the only hassle is lifting the bikes overhead to set into place.

In the wind it flexes almost 6 inches and ended up touching the nose in my camper( first trip. I added a strap in the front to hold it forward. I can’t go any farther forward and remove my tank cover. I do like it and have travelled with bikes on it for 6000km already

Description says "most RVs" this is true, it did not fit mine. The 6 inch frame was not the issue, longer bolts cured that.My problem is the length of the tongue of my travel trailer, it's very short. The swagman rack mounts to far forward on our trailer and the bikes in my rack would hit my tow vehicle while making tights turns

Utiliser pour l'avant de la roulotte(pour support de vélos), quelques minutes et le tout était installé. Leger, semble robuste.

The worst invention ever made. It wouldn't even attach to my trailer hitch made from 6" rectangular tubing. I'm guessing they made it for 4 in rectangle tubing. The only way I can get this thing to work is it a weld it directly to my trailer hitch, what a big disappointment.

Work well , strong build.