How to Select a Trailer Hitch
Match hitch class to the door sticker and the live card before you shop a heavier trailer than the vehicle can honestly tow.
Watch on YouTubeHitch Cargo Net Tips (Canada)
Looking for practical hitch cargo-net tips in Canada? Start by confirming whether the load sits in a hitch cargo basket, an enclosed carrier, or a roof basket, then compare CURT 18202 and CURT 18200. Those nets help keep soft bags and odd-shaped gear from shifting when the live card still matches your carrier size. This page is about choosing and using the net, not a redo of cargo-basket versus enclosed-carrier shopping or loading tips. Confirm ratings and sizing on the live product cards. Canada orders often ship free on qualifying baskets, so confirm the cart note before you check out.
Parts-counter shortcut.
A cargo net does not invent a higher hitch or roof rating. Read the carrier card, the vehicle sticker, and the net card. For basket versus enclosed-carrier shopping, open the existing
cargo basket versus enclosed carrier
guide. For packing habits, open
cargo carrier loading tips
instead of duplicating that essay here.
Broader Canada help also lives in our
buying guide
and
receiver size guide.
Prefer the full index?
Open the towing guides hub.
Watch these CURT videos first
All four videos are from the official CURT YouTube channel (@curtmfg). Use them for class selection, install habits, wiring basics, and ball-mount height before you dig into the product cards below.
If an embed does not load, use the YouTube link under the card. Cargo-net shoppers usually compare live CURT 18202 for hitch-basket and carrier decks against CURT 18200 for roof-basket nets before they load soft bags for a Canada trip.
Trailer Hitch Installation Techniques
Confirm the live card still lists your year and configuration. Shared sheets are easy to mix up when sibling badges sit nearby.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Connect a Trailer Wiring Harness
Plan lights after the hitch. A four-flat or seven-way still needs a clean ground before the first night tow.
Watch on YouTubeHow to Choose a Ball Mount and Trailer Ball
Match shank size to the live tube, then level the trailer with rise versus drop once the hitch is on.
Watch on YouTubeWhat these cargo nets actually do
CURT 18202 is a forty three by twenty four inch cargo net sized for cargo carriers about sixty inches wide on the live card. It uses elastic netting and attachment hooks so soft bags and loose gear stay put on a hitch basket or open carrier deck when the hooks still reach the frame. CURT 18200 is a forty four by thirty eight inch roof-rack cargo net that the live card pairs with the CURT roof-mounted cargo basket path. Both nets are about containment, not about raising the hitch class or inventing a legal load cutoff.
Pick the net that matches the platform. Hitch-mounted baskets and open carriers usually want the 18202 size when the live width note still agrees. Roof baskets want 18200 when that is the net the live roof-basket card still names. Do not stretch a roof net across a hitch carrier just because both products say cargo net on the title.
Hitch carrier netCURT 18202Forty three by twenty four inch cargo net for carriers about sixty inches wide on the live card.
Roof basket netCURT 18200Forty four by thirty eight inch roof-rack cargo net for the live roof-basket path.
How to use a net without fooling yourself
Step 1Confirm the platform
Hitch basket or open carrier points to 18202. Roof basket points to 18200 when the live card still agrees.
Step 2Stay inside capacity
Lowest rating in the stack still wins. The net cannot raise the hitch, carrier, or roof limit.
Step 3Hook every corner
Seat hooks in solid frame holes, pull the net snug, and recheck after the first few kilometres.
Step 4Keep soft loads honest
Bag soft items so wind cannot lift a corner. Hard cases still need straps when the live carrier tips say so.
Hitch path
18202
Open hitch baskets and wide carriers when the live width note matches.
- Forty three by twenty four inch net on the live card
- Sized for carriers about sixty inches wide
- Better containment than a single bungee across the top
Roof path
18200
Roof-mounted cargo baskets when the live roof-basket card names this net.
- Forty four by thirty eight inch roof-rack net on the live card
- Confirm the roof-basket fitment before you cart
- Do not treat it as a hitch-carrier substitute
Capacity honesty
No invented cutoff
A net does not invent a legal cargo limit.
- Door sticker, hitch, carrier, and roof rack all count
- Do not invent provincial cutoffs from a parts page
- Open loading and basket-versus-enclosed guides for packing choices
Related guides worth opening
Basket versus enclosed carrierChoose the platform before you shop a net
Cargo carrier loading tipsPacking habits without duplicating this net page
Receiver size guideConfirm the hitch tube before you hang a carrier
Towing guides hubFull Canada index of hitch guides and tips
Parts-counter summary: cargo-net shoppers confirm hitch basket versus roof basket first, open live CURT 18202 for hitch-carrier decks about sixty inches wide, open live CURT 18200 for the roof-basket path, stay inside the lowest rating in the stack, and open the basket-versus-enclosed and loading tips pages when the question is platform choice or packing rather than net selection.
