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Best bike rack for a 06 HSE with a tow bar fitted.

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braduk

Member Since: 27 Sep 2013
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 353

Best bike rack for a 06 HSE with a tow bar fitted.

Hi guys, I have an 06 HSE with a tow bar fitted and wondered which is the best bike rack for it thanks, to carry 4 bikes.

30th Oct 2013 12:07 am

chopcat

Member Since: 08 Apr 2013
Location: Pembrokeshire
Posts: 478

2009 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Baltic Blue

i have just got the Altera Strada

http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php?AR2603

Haven't tried it yet but will do this weekend so will let you know if it falls off

CC may the odds be ever in your favor

30th Oct 2013 10:09 am

Marmoset

Member Since: 28 May 2007
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 282

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Buckingham Blue

As above, I've got mine in use down here in Oz. It's a bit more difficult to keep still on a towball that's screwed onto a tongue, as it wants to unwind the ball, but works really well. 2011 D4 SDV6 HSE
2008 D3 TDV6 HSE
2005 D3 V8 SE - left in Oz..

30th Oct 2013 1:48 pm

chopcat

Member Since: 08 Apr 2013
Location: Pembrokeshire
Posts: 478

out the Atera on yesterday and is looks really solid and the way it slides away to allow you to open the tailgate is great.

i will post some pics after we take it for a test drive up to Lincoln

CC may the odds be ever in your favor

31st Oct 2013 3:56 pm

Farmer Chalk

Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4186

2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Tangiers Orange

Is your tow rack the permanent fitment type or a swallow neck? If it's permanent then I've had the Pendle bike rack for years which is brilliant and I've had five bikes strapped to it without any problems whatsoever ... Brilliant bit of UK built kit!!

It just pops into the holder which is mounted permanently behind the tow ball and makes fitting within seconds and more importantly it's incredibly safe!!

31st Oct 2013 6:55 pm

chopcat

Member Since: 08 Apr 2013
Location: Pembrokeshire
Posts: 478

ive got the removable tow hook. so went for the strap on

CC may the odds be ever in your favor

31st Oct 2013 8:03 pm

george.hostford

Member Since: 30 Apr 2012
Location: West Berkshire
Posts: 26

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Santorini Black

Best bike rack

We bought the Buzz Rack Quattro from the roofbox co in July; ours was a customer return for about Â£200. Its easy to fit once you get the hang of the 'claw' that goes over the towball and is then withdrawn into the housing to give a clamping force that is reinforced with the spanner to ensure all is firm on the ball. This is the only point of contact with your car so no straps etc. Once this unit is fitted to the towball it is really solid for a production bike rack. I weigh 70kg and I can stand on it without any worrying flex. We carry four adult bikes and it takes a bit of juggling to arrange the bikes and clamp arms to make sure there is no rubbing.

The best part with this rack is the pivot. When you are loaded up you can undo the front pivot clamp and simply tilt the bikes back away from the tailgate with very little load on your arms as the bike rack pivot is in the centre of the four bikes so the load is balanced with two bikes each side. We also set the rack at a slight angle to the car as this allows us to drop the tailgate too. Point to note here, we have a bolt on towbar and fitted a 20mm spacer to allow the tailgate to drop down without touching anything.

So far we have probably covered 2500 miles with no problems and when not in use I hang it from a towball fitted to the garage wall.

Now the warning! This is a solid rack that weighs just over 20kg with the lighting board. so with four adult bikes you will be glad of the generous 150kg nose weight that Landrover permit. Don't even think of fitting this rack to a normal hatchback towbar.

31st Oct 2013 11:08 pm

chopcat

Member Since: 08 Apr 2013
Location: Pembrokeshire
Posts: 478

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worked fine this weekend
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may the odds be ever in your favor

2nd Nov 2013 8:11 pm

JustCallItDSCVY

Member Since: 19 Dec 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 1

2007 Discovery 3 4.4 V8 HSE Auto Buckingham Blue

I've had a couple Discovery(s)(ies) and I've put a hitch mounted rack on each of them and I usually use http://www.hitchanything.com/Bike-Racks/ to buy from. They've got a good selection for all makes and models.

19th Dec 2013 9:24 pm

radders89

Member Since: 30 Aug 2010
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1051

2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Auto Corris Grey

+1 Atera Strada. MY15 D4 SDV6 HSE Corris Grey - Gone
MY05 D3 TDV6 SE Zambezi silver Auto Alpaca leather - Gone
MY02' Seat Leon 1.6s Metallic Black cloth trim with a hint of mould

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20th Dec 2013 8:27 am

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