Keystone Sprinter Bumper

wheatfarmer wrote:
I have a 2013 32ft. Keystone Sprinter Copper Canyon 5th wheel. I
would like to pull a motorcycle trailer with bike behind it.
The total weight of trailer and bike would be about 1050 lbs. The
bumper looks pretty cheap on the unit. Has anyone ever pulled
anything with their sprinter without beefing up the bumper
and making it handle the pull and load? If you beefed it up
what did you do to accomplish this? Thanks

Do NOT attach anything to the stock rear bumper, not even a bike rack! They are basically heavy sheet metal and not meant to support much of anything. Best thing to do is to build/have built a sub-frame that will bolt, or be welded, to the main FW frame ahead of the bumper. There are any number of build projects on here showing what people have done for this. Usual build is about 4' from front to back, with a minimum of 3 cross-members; one in front, one in the rear and one supporting the front of the receiver tube. Some guys go with 4 cross-members, with an extra-long receiver tube and 3 members supporting the tube. Note, that if you touch your frame in this manner, any remaining frame warranty will be voided.

As an aside, be sure that where you live, and where you want to travel, double-towing is legal. Personally, I'd make sure that there was a hitch on the bike just in case you have to dismount it and tow the utility trailer separately. Hopefully, the DW will be able to drive the FW (or the bike) or you could face multiple cross-state trips, as you won't be allowed to continue. Research this thoroughly before starting on the process. Yes, you'll see any number of people posting that they double-tow all the time and are never bothered, blah, blah, blah. You =could= be the guy some p.o.'d LEO decides to pick on, that day, and you'll not be having fun.

Lyle