Rear load carrier

The rear carrier has a support frame, and a ball neck receptacle held at the support frame, where the receptacle is fit on an end section (46) of a ball neck (22) of a tow coupling (20). The end section has a coupling ball (26) and a fixing device held at the ball neck receptacle. The fixing device has a retaining finger, which is designed in such a way that it engages into an opening at the ball neck in a fixing position.