A method for utilizing a cargo carrier assembly on a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a mount-and-rotation tube assembly having a main tubular portion, an end tubular portion, a circular end cap, and a spring pin assembly having first and second pins;
- the main tubular portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, a first end of the end tubular portion being coupled to the second end portion of the main tubular portion, a second end of the end tubular portion being coupled to the circular end cap, the main tubular portion having a rectangular cross-sectional shape with first and second walls disposed parallel to one another, the first and second walls of the main tubular portion having first and second clevis pin holes, respectively, extending therethrough at the first end portion;
- the first and second walls of the main tubular portion having third and fourth clevis pin holes, respectively, extending therethrough at the second end portion;
- the end tubular portion having a circular cross-sectional shape with first and second pin apertures extending therethrough;
- the spring pin assembly being disposed in the end tubular portion such that the first and second pins extend through the first and second pin apertures, respectively and outwardly from the end tubular portion;
- providing the cargo carrier assembly having a rectangular-shaped frame, a receiver tube, and first and second wheels, the first and second wheels being rotatably coupled to the rectangular-shaped frame;
- the receiver tube being coupled to and extending transversely across the rectangular-shaped frame and extending outwardly from the rectangular-shaped frame, the receiver tube having a rectangular cross-sectional shape with first and second walls disposed parallel to one another and defining an interior region, the first and second walls of the receiver tube having first and second receiver holes, respectively, extending therethrough;
- the receiver tube being sized and shaped to receive the end tubular portion in the interior region thereof;
- raising a second end portion of the rectangular-shaped frame of the cargo carrier assembly while the first and second wheels are contacting a ground surface, and the receiver tube being disposed on the end tubular portion such that the end tubular portion is received in the interior region of the receiver tube and the first and second pins are moved longitudinally past the first and second receiver holes;
- rotating the receiver tube on the end tubular portion such that the first and second walls of the receiver tube are parallel to the first and second walls, respectively, of the main tubular portion of the mount-and-rotation tube assembly and the first and second pins are compressed by the first and second walls, respectively, of the receiver tube;
- moving the receiver tube further longitudinally toward the main tubular portion of the mount-and-rotation tube assembly such that the first and second receiver holes, respectively, of the receiver tube are aligned with the third and fourth clevis pin holes of the main tubular portion;
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- inserting a clevis pin through the first and second receiver holes and the third and fourth clevis pin holes to couple the receiver tube to the mount-and-rotation tube assembly.