My wife backed into a rock. My KUAT Sherpa is destroyed. Looking on their website, it would be $560 worth of parts for a $690 rack, that I got on sale for $500. I’m super bummed but I need to move on.

I currently have 2 Yakima roof racks. I only use them when towing a trailer. I’m wondering if there is a rack that I can mount those racks on perpendicularly. Or remove them and mount ski racks on, or remove that and mount a cargo basket.

I would want it to be easy to remove, since I switch between two cars. An anti wobble mechanism is important, I didn’t realize how important until I had one. And of course it would need to fold up for non bike driving and down for tailgate access. 2” native, no adapters.

2 bike capacity but my kids are growing, we’re a few years away from putting theirs back there too, so expandable is nice. Not a deal breaker but seems nice. Assuming another rock doesn’t end the new rack first.

I don’t care about locks since I use a kryptonite chain.

It seems like it should exist but I don’t know the right search terms.

I just found this.

https://sloggn.com/products/roof-2-hitch-rack

Something like this but better built. 2” with anti rattle connection.

Any other brands making the same thing?

You could do something like mounting crossbars on one of those hitch-mounted cargo trays and then mount the bike carriers to them.
Some of those universal crossbar kits look like they would work, though you might have to cut them down to length.

I had a similar home-built setup; using 1” sch. 40 pipe. It was sturdy, but not pretty. And heavy; I stopped using it because I was getting a lot of wear on the rear tires, and I got tired of doing the cotter-pin-linchpin-fold-it-down routine every time I wanted to open the tailgate.

Yeah, I’m only interested if there’s a smooth version. My now ruined KUAT snapped into each position very easily. It was secure and positive, but also smooth.

That one I posted above seems like a prototype version, I’m just wondering if there is a refined version.

Thanks for reminding me that Rocky Mounts exists. It’s so easy to forget about a brand when shopping.

Looking at their website, something like the West Slope or West Slope 3 is what I’m thinking, except with just the bare bars, and I’d add my own accessories.

Im kinda giving up on this idea and will probably get something like that or the KUAT Transfer.

Still, it seems like my thought process isn’t flawed. A hitch mounted modular system that allows the accessories of a roof rack, just without a step ladder. And also made to the quality of the actual bike rack companies, not some weird rack from Amazon.