Rear Cargo Area

A buddy made a permanent rack for the back of his fiver.

He put a full set of lights on it. Not a hard thing to do.

You can tow with a cargo carrier but adding lights to it may be required. Even if not required it would be a very good idea.

Make sure not of the lights are obstructed and they are clearly in view from several angles.

Add some reflective tape for night/ high contrast for day.

BTPO1 wrote:
My Brother always has his down and loaded with his generator and supplies on his TT. He has never had a problem with it. I occasionally use a cargo carrier on the back of my MH and have never had a problem.

I am not sure of the laws in Canada though. You might want to check locally to see what they are. JMO

Thanks. That's exactly what I thought; I just like to be proven right when arguing with my wife. It happens so rarely!

square dancers wrote:
It would seem to me you have your needs improperly itemized. You are using a van and pulling a bumper pull. Does your van have the tow package feature? Do you have a stabilizer hitch? Is your cargo hauler properly welded to your RV? Is your RV frame strong enough to support the added cargo hauler and the weight on it? Keep in mind that under normal pulling conditions if your RV has a blow out you could experience a severe fish tailing effect, when you add the cargo hauler to that equation your fish tailing effects may increase to an uncontrollable driving situation. You are all ready pulling a 30 to 32 foot RV with a van which has a single rear axle so it seems to me you should error on the side of caution. Some RV'ers would attach the Cargo Hauler feature to the front of your pull vehicle which could help counter balance the weight of your RV on you hitch.

Thanks, but there are all sorts of conversation on here about tow vehicles. I'm well educated on the changes I'm going to make in that regard. The Excursion Diesel I'm buying will be plenty enough vehicle.

THIS post is about the cargo rack on the back, and if there are any laws against driving with it down.

My Brother always has his down and loaded with his generator and supplies on his TT. He has never had a problem with it. I occasionally use a cargo carrier on the back of my MH and have never had a problem.

I am not sure of the laws in Canada though. You might want to check locally to see what they are. JMO

Run with .. add reflectors if that makes you feel safer..

It would seem to me you have your needs improperly itemized. You are using a van and pulling a bumper pull. Does your van have the tow package feature? Do you have a stabilizer hitch? Is your cargo hauler properly welded to your RV? Is your RV frame strong enough to support the added cargo hauler and the weight on it? Keep in mind that under normal pulling conditions if your RV has a blow out you could experience a severe fish tailing effect, when you add the cargo hauler to that equation your fish tailing effects may increase to an uncontrollable driving situation. You are all ready pulling a 30 to 32 foot RV with a van which has a single rear axle so it seems to me you should error on the side of caution. Some RV'ers would attach the Cargo Hauler feature to the front of your pull vehicle which could help counter balance the weight of your RV on you hitch.

You might want to add some reflectors or reflective tape, just to be safe.

I have only once towed with ours UP! I don't know the law but why would the rack be there if you could not use it? As long as your project does not exceed the weight limit on that rack OR impair the visibility of the lights I would not worry about it.