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etrailer Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2020 Subaru Forester

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Zach: Hey guys, Zach here at etrailer.com, and today we're going to be taking a look at the etrailer aluminum cargo carrier on our 2020 Subaru Forester. Right away the best part about this is that it's lightweight. Not only is it going to be lightweight, but it's going to have a really good capacity on it. And when it comes to putting a cargo carrier into your vehicle, putting a big heavy steel one in there can be kind of awkward. This one is really easy to handle, you don't have to awkwardly walk up to the car, you just slide it right in. It comes with the hitch pin and clip, just get it lined up.



Fit Check: 24x60 Reese Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2020 Subaru Forester

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Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today, on our 2020 Subaru Forester, we're going to be taking a look at the Reese Explore hitch mounted cargo carrier. The cargo carrier is really going to come in handy whenever you're taking your Forester on an adventure, that way you can free up some space for more passengers on the inside, but still be able to maintain your roof, being able to carry your bikes or any other accessories that you might have up there too. So this is going to be one of the larger cargo carriers available, and it's really going to give us a lot of room to work with. It's going to be 24 inches long by 60 inches wide and five and a half inches deep.Even though it is one of the larger carriers available, in my opinion, it's going to look pretty good on the back of the Forester. It's not really going to look funny or out of place.



Fit Check - Flint Hill Goods 22" x 49" Cargo Carrier on a 2019 Subaru Forester

Play video Fit Check - Flint Hill Goods 22" x 49" Cargo Carrier on a 2019 Subaru Forester

What's up everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna be checking out this aluminum cargo carrier from Flint Hill Goods on our 2019 Subaru Forester. This aluminum cargo carrier is a great addition to your Forester. Helps you carry more gear when you're going on the road. Makes more leg space on the inside. If you just wanna move stuff out here or if you're taking sports equipment or muddy gear you can set it up in the cargo carrier and not take that mess inside the Forester.



etrailer Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2019 Subaru Forester

Play video etrailer Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2019 Subaru Forester

Zach: Hey guys, Zach here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the etrailer aluminum cargo carrier on our 2019 Subaru Forester. This is going to be a really good cargo carrier if you're looking to free up some room in the back, carry some extra gear, but also you don't want something that's going to weigh a ton, and it's going to be easy to kind of maneuver whenever we're not using it. Now, it's made of aluminum and it's lightweight, so you may think that you're not going to have good capacity.But, this actually has a 500 pound capacity, which is just as high as most of the other steel options that we have, but it's going to save a ton of weight whenever we don't have to use this, and we're tryingq to put it back up in the garage. It has a 60 by 22 outer dimension, but I'm going to give you some dimensions on the inside for the usable space. That's going to measure at 20.5 by 58, just a little over 58.



How Does the 24x60 etrailer Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fit on a 2019 Subaru Forester?

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Zach: Hey guys, Zach 00:00:01 here at etrailer.com, and today we're going to be taking a look at the etrailer Folding and Tilting Cargo Carrier on our 2019 Subaru Forester. This is going to be one of the larger-sized cargo carriers that we offer. It's 24 by 60, and I can give you quick measurements there on what this is going to do on the capacity on the internal dimensions, which, in my opinion, is the most important, and that is going to be . It was right at 60.So this is going to give us that true 60 by 24, not the outer dimensions. The inside ones are going to be five and a half, so that gives us really good capacity there. 500 pounds is what we can carry on this safely.



Curt Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2019 Subaru Forester

Play video Curt Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2019 Subaru Forester

Randy: Hey guys, it's Randy here at etrailer.com. We've got in one of the new 2019 Subaru Foresters, so we wanted to test-fit the folding cargo carrier that we've got from Curt. So this one's been designed for your mobility chairs, different wheeled items, because it does have that ramp. It allows you to pull things up and on rather than having to get a couple people and try to lift it up and on. Essentially what we've got is about 30 and a half inches of usable space inside here, can have about 50 inches of usable space there and a 500 pound weight capacity. It's going to get us right up there where we need to be.



Fit Check: 24x60 Reese Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2017 Subaru Forester

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Speaker 1: Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester, we're gonna be taking a look at the Reese 24x60 cargo carrier, part number 63153. Now these are gonna be great to get that cargo and gear out of your car and make more room for passengers and pets. But it is gonna add a little bit of distance to the back, so I'd like to give you a few measurements. From the back of our bumper, it's gonna add roughly right about 36 and a half inches at the very back of our carrier. At the closest point, it's gonna be right about 11 inches to the back of our bumper, right here at the front. Now, ground clearance is gonna be an issue as well, the cargo carrier is gonna come in right about 16 and a half inches at the lowest point, at the back here.Now, the design of our carrier's gonna have an open wall design.



Fit Test: 24x60 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches with 2017 Subaru Forester

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Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Curt 24 by 60 Cargo Carrier. This part number is C18152. Now it works with two inch hitches only and has a 500 pound weight capacity. We going to start with a few measurements here. Ground clearance is going to be about 14 3/4 inches. Overall to our vehicle we've got about 31 1/2 inches and our closest point is about six inches.



Fit Verified: 20 x 59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2017 Subaru Forester

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Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the CURT 20 by 60 cargo carrier. That part number is C18150. Now this is designed to work with 2" hitches and has a weight capacity of 500 pounds. First thing we're going to be is take a few measurements here. Starting off with our ground clearance we're going to have about 14". Overall to our vehicle we've got about 28".



Test Fit: 19x47 Curt Cargo Carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches on a 2017 Subaru Forester

Play video Test Fit: 19x47 Curt Cargo Carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches on a 2017 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the CURT 24 by 48 cargo carrier. That part number is C18110. Now this is designed to work with both 1-1/4" and 2" hitches and has a weight capacity of 300 pounds. Although it does have a pretty high weight capacity, it is lightweight so it's easy to insert and take out of your hitch. The first thing we're going to do is take a few measurements here. Ground clearance being first, we're going to have about 14-1/2" of clearance.



Compatible? Yes! The 20x59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fits a 2017 Subaru Forester

Play video Compatible? Yes! The 20x59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fits a 2017 Subaru Forester

Today in our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Curt Folding 20 x 60 Cargo Carrier. That part number is C18151. Now this is designed to work with 2" hitches and has a weight capacity of 500lbs. The first thing we're going to do is take a few measurements. Starting off with our ground clearance, we're going to have about 11 3/4". Overall to our vehicle, we've got about 33 1/2", and our closest point's going to be about 12 1/2" away.



How Does the 23x59 Stromberg Carlson Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fit on a 2017 Subaru Forester?

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Today on our 2017 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the Stromberg-Carlson 23 by 60 cargo carrier. That part number is CC-100. Now this is designed to work with 2" hitches only and has a weight capacity of 500 pounds. Although it does have a pretty high weight capacity, it is lightweight so it's easy to insert and take out of your hitch. The first thing we're going to do is take a few measurements. Starting off with our ground clearance, we're going to have about 10".



Does it Fit? Testing the 23x47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2016 Subaru Forester

Play video Does it Fit? Testing the 23x47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2016 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at the Car Pod 23 by 47 walled cargo carrier for two inch hitches, part number M2205. To mount this cargo carrier, as you can see it's got these walls that are nice and high all the way around the cargo carrier and that's going to help make sure containing your cargo is made easy and you don't have to worry about the straps that go all the way down and go all the way up over. That way you can strap over the top and make sure that everything is secured nicely inside. Now, with this here, let's take a few measurements. First let's get our ground clearance at the back of the cargo carrier. That's right about nineteen inches. Then our overall distance added to the length of the vehicle, it's going be about thirty-three and a half inches. Then closest point is going to be here at the top of the shank, that's right about five inches. With this cargo carrier, you've got these walls but you're also able to fold this cargo carrier up against the rear of the vehicle and in order to do that, you'll need to lower these walls.



Fit Verified: 23x59 Stromberg Carlson Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2016 Subaru Forester

Play video Fit Verified: 23x59 Stromberg Carlson Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2016 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at the Stromberg-Carlson 23 by 60 cargo carrier for 2" hitches, part number CC-100. This cargo carrier has this nice edge that goes all the way around the inside with some pre-drilled holes in order to tie your cargo down. It features this mesh flooring to help make sure that any dirt and debris falls through, so that way it doesn't collect and get onto the bottom of your cargo. Then it's got these support braces that go across to help give it a 500 pound capacity. Now let's take a few measurements. First one we'll get is ground clearance here at the rear. That looks to be about 11-1/4".



Will the 20x59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fit Your 2016 Subaru Forester?

Play video Will the 20x59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Fit Your 2016 Subaru Forester?

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at the 20 by 60 CURT folding cargo carrier, part number C18151. Now with this cargo carrier you can see you've got this nice edge all the way around to where you can tie down just about any place that you want for your cargo. Also we've got the mesh floor here that's going to help make sure that any dirt and debris falls through and doesn't collect here to where it may get onto the bottom of your luggage. Then we've also got these nice braces that come across here to help give it a 500 pound weight capacity. Now with it in this position let's take some measurements. First we'll get ground clearance, which is about 13-1/4" here at the back. Then closest point to the vehicle is also going to be about 13-1/4".



How Does the 19x47 Curt Cargo Carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" Hitches Fit on a 2016 Subaru Forester?

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Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at the 20 by 48 CURT cargo carrier for 1-1/4" and 2" hitches, part number C18110. This cargo carrier features a 300 pound weight capacity. Here on the lip that's all the way around the edge, it features numerous tie down points that are pre-drilled in that edge. It has a mesh floor to help let any dirt and debris fall through so it doesn't collect here and then get onto the bottom of your luggage. Now let's take some measurements. Here at the rear of the cargo carrier, the very bottom of that bolt, looking right about 16". Then closest point to the vehicle is about 7-1/4".



Is the 20 x 59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Compatible with the 2016 Subaru Forester?

Play video Is the 20 x 59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Compatible with the 2016 Subaru Forester?

Today on our 2016 Subaru Forester we're going to be taking a look at the 20 by 60 CURT cargo carrier for 2" hitches with a 500 pound capacity, part number C18150. Now in this cargo carrier it's got this nice rail all the way around that's going to allow you to tie down just about anywhere that you need to. It's got this nice mesh floor that's going to make sure that actually dirt and debris falls through and it's not going to collect up here where all your luggage is going to sit. It's got these nice crossmembers that are going to help provide a good amount of support to give you that 500 pound capacity. Let's take a few measurements. Here at the back going to have about 15-1/2" of ground clearance. Then closest point to the vehicle is right about 7".



MaxxTow Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Play video MaxxTow  Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Max Tow 21 by 48 cargo carrier. Max capacity on this is 500 pounds. Part number is MT70422. Let's take some measurements. The overall length we add is about 26 inches to this reflector right here. Closest we come to the ground is about 11 inches and that's your ground clearance right there. Closest point to our bumper is about 4 inches right here. This vehicle does have one exhaust and it's pretty much in line with your platform here.



Is the 20x59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches Compatible with the 2015 Subaru Forester?

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Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit of the CURT folding 20 by 60 cargo carrier. It has a 500 pound weight capacity. They part number for that is C18151. The first thing we'll do is take a few measurements here. Our ground clearance first is going to be about 12". Overall to the back of the vehicle we're adding about 34-1/2".



Fit Test: 20 x 59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches with 2015 Subaru Forester

Play video Fit Test: 20 x 59 Curt Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches with 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our CURT 20 by 60 cargo carrier, part number C18150. Now this has a capacity of 500 pounds. Let's take a look at our measurements here. We have rail system that goes all the way around the top, a great place for hooking straps too. Sits about 5 and a half inches from the base of our bottom. Now, it sticks out from the back of our bumper about 26 and a half inches. It sits about 14 inches off the ground, so you have that much clearance.



Does it Fit? Testing the 23x47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2015 Subaru Forester

Play video Does it Fit? Testing the 23x47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches on a 2015 Subaru Forester

Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we have our Carpod 23 x 47 walled cargo carrier. This has a capacity of 450 pounds. Part number M2205. This carrier adds about 32-1/2 inches to the length of our vehicle. It also gives you about 17 inches ground clearance to the lowest point back here, and our closest point to our bumper is about 3-1/2 inches to right here. This vehicle only has one exhaust. It sits a couple inches below the back corner.



Fit Test: 23x59 Stromberg Carlson Cargo Carrier for 2" Hitches with 2015 Subaru Forester

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Today, on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we have our Stromberg Carlson 23x60 Cargo Carrier, part number CC-100. Now, this one holds 500 pounds, and it has a nice little lip here. Great places to hook your straps to when you're putting your cargo down. Let's take some measurements. Now, we add right about 26" to the back of our vehicle. Our height off the ground, down to the bottom of this bolt here looks like 9 1/2" right there. Our closest point to our bumper looks to be about 3".



Lets Go Aero Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

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Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're doing a test fit on the Let's Go Aero GearCage. This is a 32 by 48 cargo carrier. It's been designed for use with 2" hitches. The part number on it is HCR222. This carrier offers a 300 pound weight capacity. We've loaded it down with 150 pounds just to give you an idea of how it's going to work and fit on the back of the car.



Hollywood Racks Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

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Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we are going to be doing a test fit on the Hollywood Racks 151/2x50 cargo carrier. They've designed this for use in two inch hitches and it has a 220 pound weight capacity. Part number on it is HR1485. Now this can also easily be added to the rear of the Hollywood racks sport rider SE or SE2 models. When using it in conjunction with your bike rack, you will be limited to a 90 pound capacity, just keep that in mind. Now to begin our test fit, we'll slide the shank of the carrier right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do this, we'll line up the pin hole with our hitch pin hole, easier said that done I suppose.



Rola Dart Hitch Cargo Carrier Review - 2015 Subaru Forester

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Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20573Order #TC0622248399 Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester, we are going to do a test fit on the 23 by 56 Rola Dart. This folding cargo carrier has been designed for use with two inch hitches and it offers a 450 weight capacity. Part number on it is 59550. To begin our test fit, we are going to slide the shank of the carrier right into the receiver tube of our hitch. As we do we want to keep an eye on our threaded hole to see when that lines up with our hitch pinhole. We'll then take our anti rattle bolt and thread that in. With that threaded in, you can see we still got some play in the connection point.





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