Installing hitch/cargo carrier to back of 5er

I added one to our fifth wheel - bolt on - Curt 13703 ADJUSTABLE RV HITCH. (http://www.curtmfg.com/part/13703) Rated for 350/3500 lbs. Will use it to carry bikes for now. Lost some clearance in the back. Came with 2 inch carriage bolts - had to puchase 1 1/2 inch ones so they could fit in the box frame. Painted the exposed metal when done.
purchased from etrailer.com ($321.00)

I had to modify it slightly so I could bold it to the piece of box frame that the rear bumper is attached to.

Drilling the holes was the most difficult part.

Not sure how much weight I would put back there - leverage effect with the weight hanging off the rear of the trailer. Was thinking of getting a platform to carry a 150 lb generator. Put it in the back of my truck now. Just a pain lifting it up into the box of the truck.

You could also do this!

We welded receiver stock to each frame and built a rack to fit that is 2 feet deep and as wide as the frame. My genny and big cooler rides there

I removed stock bumper and fabbed up nice heavy bumper then bolted and welded to frame. 5 years now and zero problems.

I was thinking about do this too but when I looked at the back of my Montana, I couldn't see where a hitch and mounting hardware could be attached to a frame.

I wouldn't trust my bumper to carry much of anything. Cheap and thin metal. Maybe if I mounted a receive to the frame and that extended to the bumper is one thing (in fact, a "bike carrier" was an option for my fifth wheel when I ordered, but I'm already stupidly long at 42'- I didn't want to add more).

As for wood- I use Wood Fuel Bricks and can transport them willy-nilly.

California does have a "buy it where you burn it" campaign ongoing.

http://www.firewood.ca.gov/

We will probably have tight restrictions here upcoming.

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I installed a bolt-on receiver on my bumper. I then added a cargo carrier. I put some simple braces on the corners of the carrier to stop any twisting. I had this set-up on my previous TT for 5 years. Transferred it over to the 5er. It is very sturdy, I have stood on the tool box to wax the 5er and it is solid. Here is a pic.

our keystone outback came from the factory with a reciever hitch. I have a cargo carrier on it, but there is too much flex in the hitch tube (between the tt frame rails) and it fits into the reciever loose, even with clamps on it. It bounces around quite a bit. I plan to replace it with a custom built permanently mounted rack. I have found that small kids bikes do ok on it, but adult bikes do not. Firewood is fine as long as it is secured very well.

I was just going to suggest that some places / states don't let you 'import' firewood...

(and am somewhat sensitive to that having at least 150 trees die on my 1.1 acre lot since we've been here !!!)

but to your question, our first rv had a rack from the factory that had two arms going into the frame on each side to limit the twisting, but it had a low weight limit and I installed a camera to watch it - didn't want it dropping stuff on the cars behind me :)