Cargo Carriers - Helpful Videos and How To Articles

Everthere Replacement Adapter Bar for a 1-1/4 Inch Hitch Review - Video

This converts the bar of the cargo carrier from a 2 inch receiver to a 1-1/4 receiver. To start our process, what we need to do is take off the old bar first. That necessitates taking off these four bolts, there are some block nut bolts on the bottom so we will undo those and then we can uncrank the bolts from the top. Like I said before, there are these four lock nuts that have to come off and they just double nut the bolt into place. Now we can take off these four bolts on the top. Once you have the shank uninstalled, were going to slide the new one underneath of it. We put our new bracket in which replaces the old one and put our new bolt in which goes directly in the center. Just thread it in place and hold it. Now we go to the other side. Now we tighten them up. There you have it for part # X12BAR. more

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Posted: 8/6/2008 12:07:28 PM

Folding Cargo Carrier Adapter for 2 Inch Trailer Hitches Review - Video

This is a folding basket adapter for two inch trailer hitch mounted cargo carriers. Specifically this will fit cargo carrier model 52018. As you can see we have the parts laid out here, we will install them on a cargo carrier and show you how it goes. But we will just cover the main points of it. Basically you see this bushing right here, what is going to happen is it is going to actually fit inside the tube of the cargo carrier itself, inside like this, so you will not see it. What happens is, as a bushing it reduces it down for this bolt, so when it sits inside down here, it eliminates all the slop. This pin here is just for when you fold it up or have it down, it is just a pin that keeps it in place, that is all it does. It has two positions: one for up and one for down position. We have a cargo carrier here, we will go ahead and install the adapter bar here, pretty simple. Again you want to put your bushing in first, and that stays there and then you slide your adapter bar over. Then you install the bolt and the washer on each side. more

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Posted: 8/6/2008 12:18:06 PM

Rola Bike Adapter for Enclosed Cargo Carriers Review - Video

Now we will install a bike on the adapter to show you how it works. Once you get your bike into position, make sure that this clamp is at a 90 degree angle with the bike frame. You then simply tighten it down. And then next what we will do are the wheel straps. The tire wheel straps just wrap around the rail and wheel. There you have it, with the bike installed on the rack, you can see it uses the bottom tube to hold the bike into place and that it will carry a variety of different bikes. This is part # 59114, the Rola two place bike carrier more

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Posted: 8/6/2008 5:00:14 PM

Rola Cargo Carrier Stretch Net Review - Video

This is a cargo carrier stretch net from Rola. As you can see we have it laying across a couple of boxes here to give you an overall idea of how it looks. We will go ahead and show you how it works and how good it is to go with a cargo carrier. We will start off with the hooks on the stretch net. As you can see they are made out of sturdy plastic and there are 20 of them. So if you have odd attachment points on your cargo carrier or what not, rest assured you will actually have one or two hooks left over so you can reach anywhere you need to. We will go ahead and hook up a few here to show how this stretch net can contain everything you have on your cargo carrier. You do not have to hook it up to the bar either, if you have a different kind of cargo carrier you may be able to just wrap it underneath and catch it, or just go straight down also. As you can see we tied down most of the hooks and you can see that the cargo is well secured and definitely not going to go anywhere. As you can see here, this stretch net is nice for a variety of applications. It is good for your average weekend warrior or larger industrial applications. And it is not limited to just cargo carriers, it can be used to secure things in the back of your truck be as well. That does it for part # 7330, the stretch net from Draw-Tite more

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Posted: 8/6/2008 5:17:35 PM

Tow Ready Cargo Carrier Light Kit Review - Video

This is a Light Kit for cargo carriers 63153 and 63155. Well show you how this light kit gets installed on a cargo carrier which is part # 63153. To begin with well install the grommets, they just snap into place. They will be a little bit loose, but when you install the light it will spread out a little further. Now we simply install our lights, again they pop into place. When you have them in make sure the grommet is snapped in on both sides. Again for the other side. What we need to do next is start our wire harness, you have a yellow and brown wire, which goes to the left hand side. The green and brown wire goes to the right side. You want to make sure before you begin you have the right wire going to the correct side. This is the left side of the vehicle so well go ahead and start our wiring. more

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Posted: 7/14/2008 8:21:08 AM

Bike Mounting Kit for Rola GearSpace 34 Review - Video

Today we are going to show you part number 59409 from Rola. This is the bike mounting kit for GearSpace 34 the enclosed cargo carrier. Each kit includes a steel, hard point channel track complete with the mounting hardware, quick release fork mount and bungee retainer. The channel track feature enables a user to slide the fork mount into any desired position along the track. The track itself is bolted onto the cargo carrier tray using existing holes. Now we will show you how it works. We are going to open up the cargo carrier and show you where the tracking mounts onto the body. This is the track itself that bolts to the floor of the body. As you can see it uses the existing holes on the floor. Basically your fork gets mounted to here and then your bike will just sit further back. Now we will go ahead and show you how it works. more

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Posted: 7/21/2008 6:17:14 PM