Put together my hitch mount Cargo Carrier, yesterday I said we booked a house for vacation in Florida. This will be our first time taking the SUV on a trip. Before we've had trucks, either a Silverado or a Ridgeline, so we could really stack the stuff in. But with the SUV we have now, we don't have near the cargo room in the back.
So, the hitch mount cargo carrier will let me put a cooler out back.
The house we rented is on the ICW and I plan on spending the week fishing. Some of my nicer fishing poles are 1 piece, not 2. So I'm planning on putting a couple pieces of PVC pipe with slots cut in it that I can slide my rod and reels into and then zip tie them so they can't pop out. That way I can take my 7' 1-piece poles without having them poking into the back seat.