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YAKIMA BACKSWING 8002483 and TRIMAX RMBR4 HITCH MOUNT BIKE TRAY are a match made in heaven!

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REVIEW: YAKIMA BACKSWING 8002483 HITCH RACK SWING AWAY ADAPTER YAKIMA BACKSWING 8002483 and TRIMAX RMBR4 HITCH MOUNT BIKE TRAY are a match made in heaven! OVERALL This YAKIMA BACKSWING 8002483 HITCH RACK SWING AWAY ADAPTER will make my biking and camping with bikes so much easier.    I used to have a super heavy hanging hitch mount bike rack and I recently switched to the TRIMAX RMBR4 4 POSITION HITCH MOUNT BIKE TRAY / RACK.   My old hanging rack weight about 80lbs and with 4 mountain bikes on it trying to dead lift it into “towing position” vs “loading position” took 2 people.    [See my full review of TRIMAX RMBR4 ( here )]   Especially for camping, I hated having to remove all the bikes and the hitch mount just to get to the back of my truck.   The YAKIMA BACKSWING 8002483 HITCH RACK SWING AWAY ADAPTER solves the problem.   Know that it pushes the whole bike rack back about 20 inches.   However, I can now open the truck bed gate without problems.   But more importantly, I can