23x47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier w/ Lid - 2" Hitches - Steel - 450 lbs

Video Transcript for Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Carpod 23 x 47 walled cargo carrier. It's been designed for use in 2 inch hitches. It's part number is M2200. This cargo carrier is designed with nice, heavy weight steel construction. It's got a black powder coat finish. This thick tall sides are going to help hold our gear in place, and with the main thick shank it's going to give us some extra strength and support.

We can tote up to 450 pounds with our carrier. As you can see we've got the nice tall walls that come up all the way around our carrier. They've got the mesh front on them. This is going to help hold all of our cargo in place as we go down the road. These are designed to fold down easily for storage. You simply go around and start pulling our pins that are located one at each of the 4 corners.

We'll fold down our side doors first. Then our front and then our rear. As you can see this is going to make it very handy for storing in the garage. This also is going to allow us access into our rear cargo area. Now a feature as soon as the door closes which I'll show you that I really like is the concern I had since this is actually my vehicle is that when we open the front door I was worried that it was going to extend too far and hit the back of the suburban, but there's actually a little tab here that as you can see prevents that from happening, so it's really a nice feature that they've got built right in. Cargo carriers like this really allow you to get any of the things inside of your car out that might be able to free up some room for some extra passengers or pets.

As you can see it's got the expanded steel floor in it. When we get our muddy, dirty items that we don't want getting all over the interior of our car, we can just place them right here, allow those to drip dry, allow the dirt and stuff to fall off of them, and all we have to do is hose it down. As you can see, nothing's really going to rest on top of this and cause excessive corrosion. The powder coat finish, of course, is really going to help with that corrosion resistance as well. As you can see, putting it back up is as easy as just unfolding in, and we just slide our 4 pins back in.

Again we got 1 of those at each corner. That really firms it up for us. Now that we've gone over some of the key features of the cargo carrier, we'll show you how to install it into your vehicle. Basically we just slide the shank of the carrier right into the receiver tube of our hitch. We need it to go in far enough to where we line up our hitch pin hole and the hole that's in the shank of the carrier. We'll then take a standard 5/8 pin and slide it through. The pin and clip are sold separately. We sell the combo on our website. The part number on it is PC3. We just slide our pin through and then we secure it here on the other side using our clip. Just like that the carrier's installed onto the vehicle. Now we're going to load it up with some gear. Let's just see how that works. Now we'll just get our gear loaded up here. See those walled sides are really nice about containment, and it's really snug and really secure. With our gear in place there we can simply pull her back up, slide our pins in. As you can see, they're also going to supply you with a strap. The strap's made to fit around the outside rails and hold your gear in place. I don't think it's quite necessary with the load that we've got today. I don't think we have to be worried about it flying out, but if you do need it, they do send you a nice strap to come along with it. Now we're going to be ready to take you out on our test course and let you see what it looks like in action. We'll start by going through the slalom, so you can see the side to side action of the rack as if you're cornering or doing evasive maneuvering. As we go around the corner into our alternating speed bumps, you'll see that torquing maybe if you're hitting a speed bump or a pot hole or a curb, something along those lines. Then we get into the solid speed bumps. You'll be able to see that up and down action like if you we're going into a parking lot or in a driveway, something along those lines. Now you'll be able to customize your Carpod however you like it. We have a lockable lid available for it. That part number is M2201. We also have a weather resistant cargo bag available that has 13-3/4 cubic foot capacity. Its part number is M2202. If you've already decided you'll be going with the lid or the bag or any combination, we do have the Carpod and lid available as part number M2200-2201. We also have the Carpod, the lid, and the bag available at a combo, part number M2200-01-02. That will complete today's look at the 23 x 47 Carpod Walled Cargo Carrier designed for 2 inch hitches offering the 450 pound weight capacity, Part number M2200. .