Yakima Dr Tray Bike Rack Reviews

Fully featured and wrapped up in a class leading lightweight package the dr tray was an exciting choice for testing this past fall.

Yakima dr tray bike rack reviews.

Underneath the black powdercoating is 6063 t5 aluminum material used throughout the rack. Tray is damn good no rack is perfect. Tray has more tray adjustability than any other rack on the market. Yakima has been a key player in the bike rack market since 1979 and the dr tray currently sits at the top of their platform hitch offerings.

The vehicle used in this review is about the smallest you can expect to have a hitch with sufficient departure clearance. Here are a few things i don t love in no particular order. In the carrying mode it leans forward slightly. It s really not that big of a deal but it does make it so you can t really throw your bike on the rack and expect it to balance there.

Yakima dr tray bike rack. One it s not level. Tray can hold tires up to 5 inches in width making it fat bike compatible. While the standard operating procedure of the best hitch mounted bike racks hasn t changed much over the years each rack has their own personality.

Dr tray isn t that massive on a typical 3 row crossover suv or pickup truck. It looks massive but it weighs only 34 lbs when most of its competition comes in at over 50 lbs. Anyway i think this is the best 2 or 3 bike tray on the market. It handles that two pronged focus with flying colors.

Tray rack from yakima is a bit of an enigma.