Originally Posted by WNCGoater

OP said he had that Yakima rack. He wasn't asking advice on buying a rack.

Nothing wrong with that Yakima rack. If you have it use it. It is a well made and secure bike rack.

Tray-type may be more more convenient to load bikes on but a real PITA when needing to access the rear hatch on an SUV. That Yakima rack swings out of the way and is pretty much why I bought one. I have one and have driven bikes several thousand miles on it. Carefully loading making sure there is no contact between bikes and you're good. Only issues I've had is getting a little kids bike on it. Even then it will work, just more of a pain to mount it on. Everything has trade-offs.