section8joe
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- City, State
- youngstown ohio
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 xls
I have a roof rack from my old car(vw gti) and i was wondering if i should keep it or just buy a new hitch rack. I have an 02 explorer xls. I travel alot with my friends to ride skateparks across the country. We ride bmx bikes and some of the bikes are pretty heavy(40 lbs). The explorer is alot higher than my gti and i think it might be a pain in the butt to lift the bikes onto the rack all the time. I'm also worried about clearance with things like atm machines and drive thrus. If i buy a hitch rack i worried about weight of the bikes being an issue. I have a 1 1/4 hitch and on the thule website it asks about weight limits for the hitch. I don't know if there is a 200lb or 300lb weight limit for my hitch. Anybody have either of these racks? What do you think i should do?