Cargo Carrier

Jack

I don't have a cargo carrier but I'm considering one for my Roadtrek 190P. Quite a few RT owners have the StowAway box that comes in two sizes. A few weeks ago, I camped next to a Pleasureway owner who had a Rola. These cargo boxes can be equipped with a swing-away hitch so you have access to the rear door. If your class B carries the spare tire on the back, you will have to use a hitch extender to clear the tire. I think the Stowaway box can be ordered with a longer hitch. The web sites for both boxes is below.

StowAway

Rola cargo carriers

Jim D
2008 Roadtrek 190P

lI use a unit from an outfit called Letsgoaero. They will sell you a sliding rack that extends to permit the rear doors to open. It also has a rise to it to give better ground clearance. It fits a standard hitch. I mounted my own aluminum box on it that you can buy anywhere. It can be mounted to clear the spare if it is that is hanging on the rear door.

Dick

I am considering purchasing a Stowaway MAX with swingaway arm and 16 cu ft space for my 2006(2007 conversion) Pleasureway Plateau TS without a rear sparetire carrier.They ship to Canada too. They suggest just the base package as the LED taillight option is not recommended for my unit. Is this the best buy for me or can someone suggest a better unit. It comes in white too which suits our MH.Not cheap but looks to be sturdy with polymer composition. Thanks

Al
14Sept2012

Can you still carry bikes with the box on the back. We just purchased a PW Pleateau. Have lots of questions. Has anyone come up with a screen for the big door?

The LetsGoAero Gearspace 34 cargo carrier is designed so you can carry two bikes inside as well as storage items. I saw an extended model Winnebago ERA Sprinter carrying one on the Alaska Highway this past summer.

Thanks, I'll check it out. We were in Alaska this summer also.

After sizing the Stowaway MAX 16 cu ft and Gearspace 17 cu ft I ordered the Rola Gearspace 34 with 4 wheels and extendable legs to allow backing the unit off the hitch without lifting the unit onto the ground,empty or full--pretty heavy. I needed room for several foldup chairs, a Coleman gazebo,a Lexus Lite foldup 52lb scooter I used when leg injured but now great for RV parks transpo(beats the bikes and rental golf cars and is ok in Walmarts and on sidwalks). THe 34 is costly at 1362$ plus lots of extras,shipping to Canada and taxes but what an alternative to pulling a trailer or having a MH too big for cruising in the 'hood. We have Pleasureway Plateau TS which hasnt much storage room. With this unit we can park it and go shopping with having to carry the 34 everywhere.A good feature.
AL

Here is video Rola 34.It comes with stop/brake lights and license plate light,but no backup lights.May be a problem.

stan909 wrote:
Here is video Rola 34.It comes with stop/brake lights and license plate light,but no backup lights.May be a problem.

The Gearspace 34 isn't wide enough to obscure the backup light on the van. What it does need is a light for the license plate which it has.

I don't think it will block the light straight back but may cast a quite a shadow in the middle of the area where the van is backing up. My wife is used to yelling at me while maneuvering the Bounder so it should not be that big of a deal to do so for the van.Sure is huge but the bigger the better.The guy in the demo looks tiny by comparison.I think the landing gear would be a must have for me.Please don't forget to tell us all about it when you get it.