I got weird set up.. no spare, no backseat. I can open up tail gate when bikes are not mounted.Are you able to fully use your tail gate? Also, I see that you have 37" tires.. does the rack clear that as well? Thanks!
Quoting myself here 'cause I finally got around to this. First, I kinda lucked out 'cause I stumbled upon this adjustable ball mount being clearanced at my TSC for $10. It was clearance because the actual slider tube and balls were missing, but I knew it'd get me going in the direction I had in my BAD (that's Brain-Aided-Design) and was worth $10 for me to not have to slap some 2.5" square together at a right angle.I just ordered the Kuat Transit 2 because it was one that was 1) relatively affordable (maxing your budget here) and 2) I could confirm it would accept the 3.0s on my plus bike.
You'll need a hitch extender to play nice with the spare, and forget about opening the rear while the rack is in.
I now have a plan to custom fab a way to lower the rack a bit and have it drop out of the way - of course more expensive racks will do this for you, but while they'll clear liftgates on SUVs and cute-utes I dunno if any drop enough to allow our gates to swing open
Nice work! I'm a big fan of Kuat's racks as well. I just bought the Hi-Lo to use as an extension as well as a way to lower the bike rack (2" lift kit going on).Quoting myself here 'cause I finally got around to this. First, I kinda lucked out 'cause I stumbled upon this adjustable ball mount being clearanced at my TSC for $10. It was clearance because the actual slider tube and balls were missing, but I knew it'd get me going in the direction I had in my BAD (that's Brain-Aided-Design) and was worth $10 for me to not have to slap some 2.5" square together at a right angle.
I cut out the back wall (pic) and added a second hole higher up. If I pull the higher pin the whole thing drops down and I again got lucky 'cause on level ground at least the tailgate JUST clears my mtn bike.
This is all pre-paint on my booty fab but the pics are pretty self explanatory.
Now I get to be the poseur with the green Jeep and bike with green accents to match (sigh)