Curt 18085 hitch mount rack problem....

I just got the Curt 18085 hitch mount bike rack for my 2016 Tacoma TRD Sport, and am really disappointed that the top post hits tailgate handle when I try to open the tailgate all the way flat.
That means that I would have to unthread the hitchtube bolt and and lock nut every time I want to put something in the bed (which is usually once a weak for yard waste, grass clippings, etc)
Not a happy camper! What am I missing here? Do any other racks allow the tailgate to come down FULLY? Or should I just resign myself to loosening the hitch bolt and pulling the entire rack off once or twice a week??

 

Why don’t you pull the pin to tilt it?

 

You can re enginerd that thing a little make a longer mount tube or if you only need a little bit pull the tube out and redrill a new hole for the lock pin.

 

What I like better for only two bikes is the swagman pickup bike rack from Amazon. Only thing is I have to drop RTT and bedbars. Don’t want to haul that shit around all the time anyway.

 

Thanks for all the tips, guys. Sorry- I don't think I made this clear- with this Curt 18085 rack, the top of the tube on what they call the "Hitch Mounting Shank"- the part that goes DIRECTLY into the hitch tube- hits the tailgate handle when the tailgate is all the way down. It isn't by much- but I naturally don't want to put any weight on the tailgate like that or I'll have a pushed in tailgate lock, obviously and creased sheet metal! I did find a solution- it was NOT a cheap one- but it will work-
A Yakima - BackSwing Bike Rack Hitch Extension. The price of this extension, along with the price of the Curt rack itself brings me back up in the $500 range, which I initially refused to pay. But at least I now have the best of both worlds- a Curt rack that has no straps, but simply rests in trays, and then clamps down with a ratcheting arm. Easy Peasy.
AND, once I attach the BackSwing Yakima Hitch extension- I'll be able to simply swing the rack out by 90 degrees, so I can lower the tailgate fully, even WITH bikes still on the rack. My mistake was not fully understanding that any of the racks that said they could tilt down were really for accessing hatch backs and the like.
To fully lower a tailgate was a different matter.
Thanks to all for at least pointing me in the right direction- I still LOVE the STRAPLESS and solidly built Curt 18085 rack.