my original bumper carries absolutely nothing. I cut it off. Then welded receiver tubing to the outside of the frame rails. Made a bumper from 4.5 inch 3/16 inch wall square tubing, welded long stingers on it to slide in and out of the frame receiver tube.
drilled 3 different cross holes to allow the bumper to slide in and out 3 positions. have two drop on expanded metal racks that sit on top of the stingers. the biggest one holds a cooler, two rubbermaid boxes for things we need first, put away last, a box for dumping, and a set of wooded ramps.
Then on the bumper I welded on a 2 inch reciever in the center and a 1.5 inch next to it for attaching a bike rack etc. and not needing to use a reducer.
Then on the left side another 2 inch reciever tube to attach my toylock if I need it. and a square tube to mount the spare tire to.
biggest tray adds 2 ft to overall length.
Now my trailer is very tongue heavy, water and fridge near the front, along with 4 GC batteries. Even with the bumper rack loaded up I'm still near 15 percent tongue weight. Don't try this if your already light on the tongue. could end up with way to light a tongue.
has worked out perfect.
