Towbar bike racks for Malibu 640 fiat based

[MickyT]

Hi. I have just bought a Malibu campervan based on the fiat Ducati chassis. It has a towbar fitted and I want to fit a 2 bike, bike carrier for it. Ideally I want one that tilts so that you can open the doors. Does anyone have a suggestion or experience of this and could help me. Thanks Mike

 

[Dall]

Hi. I have just bought a Malibu campervan based on the fiat Ducati chassis. It has a towbar fitted and I want to fit a 2 bike, bike carrier for it. Ideally I want one that tilts so that you can open the doors. Does anyone have a suggestion or experience of this and could help me. Thanks Mike

There has been a lot of questions about this one on the forum.
Most tilting racks will let you get the doors open, but not fully. I believe that the Altera 3 bike rack tilts and moves backwards, which may allow the doors to fully open. But even then you will still have the rack and tilted bikes to work around to get acces.
I have a "memo van swing", which fits to the towbar structure and swings the rack completely out of the way for easy access. I can also still tilt the rack for quick, but restricted access.
I am just loading the bikes now for a trip and will attach a photo.

 

[Dall]

 

[Dall]

 

[Ingwe]

Thule EasyFold XT | Thule | United Kingdom

Thule EasyFold XT - The fully foldable, compact, and easy-to-use towbar-mounted bike rack for all types of bikes.

www.thule.com

We bought one for our ebikes and it’s great.

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[TheMachMan]

Does anyone make anything that doesn’t fit a toe ball? Used to use one a few years ago on our car and it made me nervous, so unstable despite the extra straps. Seen some that use the door hinges which seems more sensible.

 

[royandsharont]

Altera Strada DL3 is the one that will allow the doors to open but you may need to have a 1” spacer on the towball & use the outer 2 slots. That’s what I used

 

[carolyn]

We had an Atera Strada DL3 with a 1 inch spacer. Whilst it did the job I’d have to say it does “waggle” quite a bit. Never felt quite as safe as the Thule but of course we couldn’t open the doors.

Taken the first step towards up plating our new PVC by Nick doing his medical for his C1 licence. We have decided to get a swing out one. There’s no way we’d get away with that on the new 9 speed Auto unfortunately. They’re too heavy.

 

[Dall]

We had an Atera Strada DL3 with a 1 inch spacer. Whilst it did the job I’d have to say it does “waggle” quite a bit. Never felt quite as safe as the Thule but of course we couldn’t open the doors.

Taken the first step towards up plating our new PVC by Nick doing his medical for his C1 licence. We have decided to get a swing out one. There’s no way we’d get away with that on the new 9 speed Auto unfortunately. They’re too heavy.

Hello Carolyn.
I weighed my 6.4m AT9 last week with the bikes (on a swing out) loaded and the van in touring trim, only 50 litres of water, but the fuel and gas tanks were full. It came in at 3550kg, with both axles fine,. The weigh including Trude and me.
I recently uplated to 4000kg, but would have been okay staying at 3500.

 

[Blisteringblue]

Atera have an improved Strada model, I thought the DL3 "wobbled" a bit too much, and my new ebike got a bit too long wheelbase wise, DL3 was max 1200mm.

New model is the Atera Strada Evo RV. Has a much improved slide system and rock solid on the tow ball. The RV model is designed so the barn doors open.

Atera Strada Evo RV

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[royandsharont]

I know people have mentioned the wobble but personally I had not felt any movement whilst driving about 4k+ miles. Mine was new July 2022