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[QUOTE="critterfxr, post: 5028073, member: 8772"]
I have a 2 bike Kuat tray type rack and love it.   Prior to that my husband had a Thule hanging rack that was probably at least a decade old.   The last time I used it I was driving from upstate NY to Michigan and back, and my bike kept bouncing out of one of the rubber holder thingies and sliding around on the bars.   I suspect maybe the rubber was just more stretched out than we knew, but it was one of the reasons I opted for a tray rack when I got my own.

Two things that might make a difference for you, or not.   One, I am very short (5'2") and while I am reasonably strong, I am also 50.   I find it much easier to mount my Kuat rack onto the hitch by myself than the Thule one, both from a weight standpoint and from a length standpoint (most of them list their weight in the specs, but I didn't really think to look at that until someone else pointed it out).    I also find it easier to mount the bikes on the tray rack instead of having to lift them up near to head height so I can slide them onto a hanging rack.   Seems easier to me to mount both of our bikes on the tray racks than the hanging racks - less tangling happening.
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