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A preferred embodiment of the present invention generally comprises a hauling vehicle equipped with a conventional receiving style hitch assembly having a tubular cross member extended along the width of the hauling vehicle and attached to the frame thereof. The tubular cross member includes opposin

A preferred embodiment of the present invention generally comprises a hauling vehicle equipped with a conventional receiving style hitch assembly having a tubular cross member extended along the width of the hauling vehicle and attached to the frame thereof. The tubular cross member includes opposing ends and a centrally located extension tube each having an opening for receiving the mounting hardware of the carrier rack. The carrier rack further comprises a sturdily constructed carrying platform, ramp means for loading the carrying platform, and retractable casters for supporting the carrier rack when not mounted on a hauling vehicle. In addition, the carrier rack preferably has one or more rear safety lights which are communicatively connected to the electrical system of the vehicle via a wiring harness. For the driver to easily locate the rear of the carrier rack via a rear view mirror, a removable tailgate may also be installed.

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A preferred embodiment of the present invention generally comprises a hauling vehicle equipped with a conventional receiving style hitch assembly having a tubular cross member extended along the width of the hauling vehicle and attached to the frame thereof. The tubular cross member includes opposin

A preferred embodiment of the present invention generally comprises a hauling vehicle equipped with a conventional receiving style hitch assembly having a tubular cross member extended along the width of the hauling vehicle and attached to the frame thereof. The tubular cross member includes opposing ends and a centrally located extension tube each having an opening for receiving the mounting hardware of the carrier rack. The carrier rack further comprises a sturdily constructed carrying platform, ramp means for loading the carrying platform, and retractable casters for supporting the carrier rack when not mounted on a hauling vehicle. In addition, the carrier rack preferably has one or more rear safety lights which are communicatively connected to the electrical system of the vehicle via a wiring harness. For the driver to easily locate the rear of the carrier rack via a rear view mirror, a removable tailgate may also be installed. one edge and said tensioning frame sections each being connected to the main frame section in a linearly displaceable fashion and disposed one at each side of the load-bearing frame. 4. A vehicle-mounted load carrier as recited in claim 1, wherein the tensioning section includes a spring-loading means acting in the direction of insertion. 5. A vehicle-mounted load carrier as recited in claim 1, wherein the shaft of the operating means is arranged to pass transversely through the outer telescopic tube via elongated holes disposed along the length of the tube and thereby permitting movement of the shaft along the tube; a drag link disposed inside the tube between the shaft and the inner telescopic tube, and the fulcrum being disposed on the outer tube and the eccentric surface disposed on the operating means in such a manner that the turning of the operating means from its unfastened to its fastened position, by the interaction between the eccentric surface of the operating means and the fulcrum, causes the shaft, the drag link, and hence the inner tube to slide telescopically into the outer tube. 6. A vehicle-mounted load carrier as recited in claim 5, wherein the drag link has a connection to the shaft which is adjustable longitudinally along the drag link. 7. A vehicle-mounted load carrier as recited in claim 6, wherein the drag link is elongate and the shaft passes through a hole in the drag link, the hole in the drag link is elongate and disposed longitudinally along the drag link and is formed with a slip side, which is straight, and a locking side having a row, parallel to the slip side, of mutually adjacent notches having the shape of circular segments; the shaft is of a cross-section having the form of the major segment of a circle with a removed part in the form of a minor segment, the diameter of the circle being substantially equal to the perpendicular distance between the slip side and the bottom of one of the circular-segment shaped notches, and a smallest thickness of the shaft at the removed segment being substantially equal to the perpendicular distance between the slip side and the peaks separating the notches; and the shaft being rigidly united with the operating means in such a manner that when the operating means is in its unfastened position the shaft has its smallest thickness perpendicular to the slip side and is moveable in relation to the hole in the drag link so that when the operating means is in its fastened position part of the shaft is located in one of the circular segment shaped notches, thus blocking transverse movement of the drag link in relation to the shaft. 8. A load carrier comprising: a rear-mount vehicular load carrier frame having an upper frame portion and a lower frame portion, said upper and lower frame portions each coupled to a securement arrangement for releasably securing the load carrier to a carrying vehicle; a telescoping arrangement between said upper and lower frame portions for transitioning said load carrier between vehicle-secured and vehicle-released configurations; and said telescoping arrangement further comprising a component adapted with an elongate aperture, said elongate aperture having a varying width along a length thereof. 9. The load carrier as recited in claim 8, further comprising: said upper frame portion being formed as a substantially U-shaped member constructed from substantially rigid material, said U-shaped member having a bight portion connecting to arm portions that project thereawayfrom; and said lower frame portion being formed from substantially rigid material and configured as two elongate legs, each elongate leg connected to a respective arm portion of said U-shaped member by a telescopic connection. 10. The load carries as recited in claim 8, further comprising: said securement arrangement configured to hook about opposed edge portions of a component of a carrying vehicle. 11. The load carrier as recited in claim 8,