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oldschoolhdmike
Explorer
Jun 18, 2017

whats your bumper carrying? bikes, spare tires, options

my 5th wheel currently has a spare tire on the back bumper. i am in need of carrying 4 bikes back there with it. also, i have a second bath so was going to try and put pc of pipe to carry my other s...
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Ron3rd
Explorer III
Jun 21, 2017
Lwiddis wrote:
Not a good idea without the mods suggested by old guy.


X2, most bumpers are really thin sheet metal and can barely support a spare tire. The flex of the bike rack moving back and forth breaks them in no time. Kinda like bending a beer can back and forth.

What you want to do is possible, but the best way is to fabricate a frame mounted receiver like I did with my old trailer.

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