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(More customer reviews)We have been looking for a bike rack for our 5th wheel camper that was not flopping around like a fish when going down the road. We had a frame style rack that swayed and bounced to the point we were afraid to use it with the pour conditions of most roads these days. I had replaced the stock bumper with 1/4" thickness tubing for strengh, but the upper frame style rack still wobbled severly.
I decided to try a tray style rack and the Swagman Traveler XC 2 seemed to fit my needs. Upon it arriving, I found that because of the inward slope at the lower area of my camper, I did not have enough clearance to use the rack in the stock configuration without the handle bars rubbing on the back wall. I determined that I needed 9" more length in the 2" main tube to allow clearance at the handle bars as well as the spare tire also mounted on the back bumper. I purchased a piece of 2" tubing with the same wall thickness as the stock tubing for about $8.00 at a local welding shop and my freind the machinist installed the threaded bar stock insde the tube for the connecting bolt. With a few dollars and an hour at the machine shop, my bike rach is rock solid with no wobble or movement.
I am very satisfied with the Swagman product in it's stock form, just had to modify for my aplication.
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