MaxxTow Roof Mounted Cargo Basket Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Adam: Hi, everyone. Adam with etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the MaxxTow roof cargo carrier on our 2015 Honda CRV.On our CRV we do have a fixed factory roof rails, so there are fixed, pre-drilled holes in this roof rails of our CRV. And we do need a minimum cross bar spread of 32 inches. With this factory roof rack system, it honestly was perfect. This roof cargo basket goes on there really easily, the spread's perfect, and we have no contact with our roof.So, regardless of what kind of rails you have on your CRV or even if you have naked roofs on your CRV, go on etrailer.com, put it into the fit guide, and you can see all the different varieties of rails that you can use this cargo basket with.And this cargo basket being made of a tubular steel construction, there's a lot of different places to tie down whatever goods you may have on your basket. more
9/9/2019 9:12:31 AM
Rola Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda CR-V- Video
So today on our 2016 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit on the Rola Atlas Roof Top Cargo Basket. So I've already got it in place to give you a good idea what it looks like on your CRV.Now, it measures about 56 inches long, 43 1/2 inches wide and it's about four inches deep. You can see here how it features a fairing in the front, what's unique to this basket because it features a fairing it's going to be a little bit quieter. It's going to help redirect that wind around it rather just blowing right through it like most baskets. So, it's going to be quieter on our roof.What's unique to this basic is it features a roof rack system within the inside. You can the crossbar here and then a crossbar in the back, so that way when it's using up your crossbars on your CRV you can still put your accessories like your bike racks or you kayak carriers on the inside while carrying your gear.Now it is a fixed system on the inside so that's going to be about 35 inches, center on center so you'll need to choose accessories that work with that crossbar spread. more
3/13/2019 6:07:12 PM
Thule Roof Basket Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2006 Honda CRV, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon XT Roof Mounted Cargo Basket. That's part number TH859XT. This basket's going to allow us to get our gear out of our CRV and put it up on our roof. It's perfect for off-roading or camping. It measures 49 inches long by 40 inches wide and it's 6 inches deep. You can even pick up an extension sold separately to add 20 inches. more
4/19/2017 9:07:36 AM
Yakima Roof Basket Review - 2016 honda cr-v- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda CR-V we're doing a test fit of the Yakima load warrior roof mounted cargo basket with extension kit. That part number is Y07070-74. Now this is going to be 62 inches long by 39 inches wide by 6.5 inches deep and has a weight capacity of 196 pounds, so you do want to double check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Now we've gone ahead and secured three of our four brackets. We have our fourth one here on our driver's or excuse me passenger side. At the rear we're going to install. We'll start by loosening up this thumb screw here just a bit. more
2/22/2017 8:47:35 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Basket Review - 2016 honda cr-v- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda CR-V, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack Roof-Mounted Cargo Basket. That part number is RMCB. Now, this is 47" long by 35" wide and has a 165 pound weight capacity. Though it does have that weight capacity, you do want to double-check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. We already have three of our four mounts secured down. We're going to show you how we do our back passenger's side here. We've got our middle bracket, this plastic one here, our metal bracket on top. more
2/22/2017 8:47:08 AM
Thule Roof Basket Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon XT Roof Mounted Cargo Basket. That part number is TH859XT. Now this is 49" long by 40" wide by 6" deep, and has a 150 pound weight capacity. Although it does have that weight capacity you do want to double check with your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Now we already have three of our four brackets in place and secured down. We're going to show you how to do the last one here on our passenger side. To adjust our brackets that are already installed we just loosen up those two bolts with our Thule tool or an Allen key that will fit that. more
2/2/2017 1:17:26 PM
Curt Roof Basket Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Curt Roof-Mounted Cargo Basket. This is 41-and-a-half inches long, by 37 inches wide and 4 inches deep. That part number is going to be: C18115. This has a 150 pound weight capacity. You do want to check your vehicle's owner manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. We all ready have three of our four mounts secured down. We've got all four of our spacers in place. more
2/2/2017 1:17:20 PM
Rhino Rack Roof Basket Review - 2015 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2015 Honda CRV we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack roof-mounted cargo basket. That part number is RMCB. Now this is 47" long by 35" wide and has a 165 pound weight capacity. You do want to check your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Now we already have three of our four mounts secured down. We're going to how we do our back passenger side here. We've got it adjusted into place so that we can jump up into our vehicle and secure everything down. more
2/2/2017 1:17:06 PM
Curt Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Pilot we're doing a test fit of the CURT roof-mounted cargo basket. That part number is C18115. Now this is 41-1/2" long by 37" wide by 4" deep. It has a 150 pound weight capacity. You do with check with your vehicle's owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. Now we already have three of our four mounts secured down. more
12/13/2016 8:14:40 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Pilot we're doing a test fit of the Rhino-Rack roof-mounted cargo basket. That part number is RMCB. Now this is 47" long by 35" wide and has a 160 pound weight capacity. We already have three of our four mounts secured down. We're going to show you our last one at the back here. We're just going to grab all of our tools. more
12/13/2016 8:14:33 AM
Thule Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Pilot we're doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon XT roof cargo basket. That part number is TH859XT. Now this is 49" long by 40" wide by 6" deep, and has a 150 pound weight capacity. We already have three of our four mounts in place. We've got our brackets in place as well. We're going to show you how to secure the back bracket onto our crossbar. more
12/13/2016 8:14:25 AM
Curt Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Fit we're going to be doing a test on the Curt Roof Mounted Cargo Basket, that's part number C18115. I already have it loaded up on the Honda Fit just to give you a good idea of what it looks like. Anytime you load up anything on the roof of your vehicle, you always want to be sure you leave just enough room so you can still open up your rear hatch. As you can see here, we've got it in the right spot, we don't have to worry about that problem. We can still open up our rear hath all the way. A few things to know about this roof mounted basket, is it has a sturdy steel tubular construction design to it, it's a little bit boxier than your average roof mounted cargo basket but, that's okay. We're going to be able to carry a lot more cargo. more
11/14/2016 8:45:23 AM
Thule Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Fit, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Thule Canyon XT roof mounted cargo basket. That's part #TH859XT. I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like. A few things to know about this cargo basket, it measures 49in long by 40in wide and 6in deep, here, at the very center. Like putting on anything on the roof of your vehicle, you always want to be sure you leave just enough room so you can still open your rear hatch. Obviously, as you could see, we're not going to have that problem by the way we have it mounted. more
11/14/2016 8:45:15 AM
Rhino Rack Roof Basket Review - 2016 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Fit, we're going to be doing a test fit on the Rhino-Rack Roof-Mounted Cargo Basket, and that's part number RMCB. I've already got it loaded up, just to give you a good idea of what it's going to look like on the roof of our Honda Fit. It measures 47 inches long, by 35 inches wide, and it's about 5 1/2 inches deep. Now, like any time you're carrying something on your roof, or mounting something on your roof, you want to be sure you leave enough room so you can still open up your rear hatch. As you can see by the way we have it positioned, we're not going to have that problem. Now, it has 165-pound weight capacity, though you'll want to be sure and check with your Honda Fit to see if your roof can carry that much. You'll need to be sure, with whatever roof rack system you have on there, you have a crossbar spread between 21 and 30 inches. more
11/14/2016 8:45:07 AM
Curt Roof Basket Review - 2010 Honda Odyssey- Video
Today on our 2010 Honda Odyssey we're doing a test fit of the CURT roof mounted cargo basket. This is 41 and 1/2 inches long, by 37 inches wide, and 4 inches deep. The part number for that is C18115. Now, keep in mind that this has a 150 pound weight capacity. Although you do want to check your vehicles owner's manual to make sure it can withstand that much weight. We have our basket mounted up. It's going to fit crossbars up to 3 inches wide, and it will fit crossbars with 3 different crossbar spreads; either 15 inches, 22, or 29 inches. Keep that in mind whenever you're loading up your crossbars, that you do want to have one of those three different settings. We have 3 of our 4 mounts secured down. more
9/15/2016 1:46:09 PM
SportRack Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2016 Honda Pilot we'll be doing a test fit of the Sports Rack Vista Roof Mounting Cargo Basket, part number SR9035. The dimensions are 44 inches long by 39 1/8 inch wide. It can hold up to 110 pounds. You see I already have it on our vehicle. We have already mounted three of the universal holders on. I'll go on the other side and load the other one also. Now what we have here is a u-bolt, and we also have a metal plate that goes on top. more
11/2/2015 8:22:17 AM
Thule Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2016 Honda Pilot- Video
Today in our 2016 Honda Pilot, we'll be doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon cargo roof basket. Part number TH859. The dimensions are 49 by 40 by 6. They can hold up to 150 pounds. You see that we already have it loaded on our vehicle, on the factory roof racking system. There are four universal holds that hold down the basket. more
10/29/2015 7:06:06 PM
Thule Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2006 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2006 Honda CRV we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon Rooftop Mounted Cargo Basket. As you can see we have it already mostly in place up on top of our Thule Arrow Blade Edge roof rack. This cargo basket is going to be a sturdy steel construction with a hundred and fifty pound weight capacity measuring forty nine inches long, forty inches wide and have a depth of six inches. We're going to show you how to place on this last foot since they all go in the same way and one thing to note before you get it up here on your vehicle, is measure your center to center crossbar spread and adjust your brackets before you put it up on the vehicle. That will make it a lot easier when it comes to installation. Once you have it up and in place, you're then going to take your u shaped bolt with your two washers and two wing nuts. Place one washer on each side, bring it up underneath of your cross bar and lay one washer and one nut on each side of the bracket. more
6/12/2015 10:51:06 AM
SportRack Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2003 Honda Pilot, we're going to be doing a test fit of the SportRack Vista, rooftop mounted cargo basket, part number SR9035. This cargo basket is going to be 44 inches long, 39 1/8 inches wide, 6 inches deep and with its sturdy steel construction, it's going to have a 110 pound weight capacity. Note that there is a 22 inch extension available and that's going to be part number SR9036. If you'd like the whole rack with the extension included, that's going to be part number SR9035-9036. All right. As you can see up here on top of our aero type bars that we already have three of the feet installed. We're going to show you how to place on this last foot since they all install the same way. more
5/29/2015 4:01:55 PM
Thule Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2003 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2003 Honda Pilot, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon Rooftop-Mounted Cargo Basket. This cargo basket is going to be 49 inches long, 40 inches wide, have a 6 inch depth, and a sturdy steel construction with 150 pound weight capacity. It's going to be part number TH859. It does also have the option of putting in an extension, which would be part number TH8591. If you look on the basket, you can see that we already have our feet in place and three of them installed. With these feet and spacers, the key to that is to space them out before you put the rack on your vehicle. First things first, get a tape measure and get the measurement from center to center, so your center to center of your crossbars, and then space out those beforehand. more
5/29/2015 4:01:32 PM
SportRack Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2011 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2011 Honda Pilot, we're going to be doing a test fit of the Sport Rack, Rooftop Mounted, Cargo Basket. This basket is going to be 44 inches long, 39 1/8 inches wide. Have a depth of 6 1/4 inches, and with it's sturdy steel construction, can carry up to 110 pounds of weight. If you look at it here, you'll also notice that it does have the gap in the middle to where you can place your 22 inch extension and, if you wanted to get that part, it would be SR9036. If you decided to get the whole rack with the extension already included, that would be SR9035. As you can see, we've already got it up here with three of our feet installed on our factory crossbars. We're going to show you how that last one goes on. Because they're all going to go on the same way. One of the first things you're going to want to do is place it up on your roof crossbars and place down your spacers, like this one here. more
5/27/2015 11:16:29 AM
Thule Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2011 Honda Pilot- Video
Today on our 2011 Honda Pilot we're going to be doing a test fit of the Thule Canyon rooftop-mounted cargo basket. This basket is going to be 49; long, 40" wide, have a depth of 6", and be of sturdy steel construction with a 150 lb. weight capacity. It's going to be part number TH859. As you can see, we've already got 3 of our feet up here with it installed and in place. The 1 thing you're going to need to keep in mind is with the feet that are going to be fixed, you're going to need to adjust those before you get it up on your rack by getting your center-to-center crossbar spread. In this instance, this one's 26". more
5/27/2015 11:11:29 AM
Thule Roof Cargo Carrier Review - 2008 Honda Fit- Video
Today on our 2008 Honda Fit we're going to be test fitting the Thule Moab. That's M-o-a-b for mother of all baskets. This is a rooftop cargo box that offers plenty of options as far as attaching bike racks and stuff like that go. Its part number is TH690XT. Now we've got the Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already assembled on the fit so we're going to begin our test fit with one of the wing nuts and carriage bolts removed from each clamp. I like to do the same one on all four of our clamps. We'll then place the basket right up onto our load bars. more
8/21/2014 3:21:49 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2011 Honda CR-V- Video
11/7/2013 4:37:23 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2009 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2009 Honda Civic well be test fitting the Thule mother of all baskets rooftop cargo carrier, part number th690xt. With a Thule Rapid Traverse roof rack system already assembled on our vehicle well begin our test fit by placing the cargo basket up on top of our bars. We can remove one wing nut from one end of the bracket to swing the bracket around the underside of the crossbars. Well insert the silver bolt up through the holes on the other side of the bracket and rethread on our wing nut. Well then tighten it down. Well then repeat these steps for all three of the other brackets. more
8/27/2013 12:14:36 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2013 Honda CR-V- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda CR-V, we'll be test fitting the Thule MOAB also known as the Mother of All Baskets Rooftop Cargo Carrier, part number TH690XT. To begin our test fit, we'll take notice that our crossbars are separated at 32 inches. Now, we're ready to load our carrier on top of our crossbars. Once we have our carrier on top of our crossbars, we can tighten each clamp by twisting the gray knob to secure the clamps. Once we have each clamp secured, we can then go ahead and put our covers back over each clamp. With that, our basket is installed and we're ready to hit the road. more
4/10/2013 3:02:43 PM
Yakima LoadWarrior Roof Cargo Basket Review - 2012 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Sedan, well be test fitting the Yakima LoadWarrior Roof Rack Cargo Basket, part number Y07070. Now with the roof rack system already assembled and onto our vehicle, well begin our test fit by placing the cargo basket onto the vehicles crossbars. Well then bring the brackets around the underside of the crossbars, hook the T-bolt into the bottom of the bracket and turn the black knobs to tighten down the brackets to secure the cargo basket to the vehicles crossbars. Once all four of the brackets are tightened down, the cargo basket is secured to the vehicle. That completes todays test fit for the Yakima LoadWarrior Roof Rack Cargo Basket, part number Y07070 on our 2012 Honda Civic Sedan. . more
3/26/2013 2:02:41 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2013 Honda Ridgeline- Video
Today on our 2013 Honda Ridgeline well be test fitting the Thule Mother of All Baskets top cargo carrier, part number TH690. To begin our test fit well sit the carrier onto the crossbars and get it perpendicular from the crossbars. Once we have established where the basket needs to be well go ahead and swing the brackets underneath the crossbars and tighten up the brackets using the wing nut. Well tighten up the brackets on all four sides. That concludes our test fit of the Thule Mother of All Baskets top cargo carrier, part number TH690, on our 2013 Honda Ridgeline. more
11/15/2012 3:38:27 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2012 Honda Accord- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Accord, well be test fitting the Thule M.O.A.B. Roof Top Cargo Carrier, part #TH690. Now, weve already preset our basket to accommodate our crossbar spread, so were ready to fit it to the vehicle. Well place the basket on top of the crossbar, making sure that the mounting plates are directly over the top of both crossbars. Well then use the included hardware that comes with the M.O.A.B. to clamp it to both crossbars. more
8/30/2012 11:13:30 AM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2012 Honda Fit- Video
Today, on our 2012 Honda Fit, were going to be test fitting the Thule Moab roof-mounted cargo basket, part number TH690. Weve already got our basket assembled, so were ready to mount it up on our vehicle. Well lift it up and place it on top of our load bars. Well make sure that its centered from left to right and then well fit our clamps around the bars and tighten them down with the included wing nuts. Once weve done that at all four clamps, we can go back and install the covers over the top. With the covers installed, our baskets mounted up and were ready to load up. more
8/6/2012 4:29:47 PM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2007 Honda Civic- Video
Today we have with us a 2007 Honda Civic Sedan and were going to be test fitting the Thule Moab Basket, part number TH690. Weve already got our basket assembled and set up to fit on our crossbars. Once we have the basket up on top of our bars we want to make sure that its sitting even from left to right and fit the clamps around the bars and use the hardware included to tighten it all down. With all of our clamps tightened down were ready to load up our basket and hit the road. Thats it for our test fit of the Thule Moab Basket, part number TH690 on our 2007 Honda Civic Sedan. more
7/26/2012 11:54:11 AM
Thule MOAB Roof Top Cargo Basket Review - 2012 Honda Civic- Video
Today on our 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid, we'll be test fitting the Thule Moab Roof Top Cargo Carrier, part number TH690. To begin our test fit, we'll simply place the basket on top of the crossbars and clamp it down using the hardware included with the basket. Now, you'll notice because of our crossbar spread, we did have to change the mounting locations of our basket, and as you can see, that is very easily done. Also, before we clamp our basket to the crossbars, we want to make sure that it is centered on the vehicle and then we can clamp it down. With the clamp down, we'll simply install the hardware covers. And with that, that will complete our test fit of the Thule Moab Roof Top Cargo Carrier, part number TH690, on our 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid.. more
3/9/2012 3:34:07 PM
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