rear bumper weight capacity

dardeau2 wrote:
I have a 2002 Tioga 26Q. I want to bring a motorcycle on a bumper carrier. In addition to the standard 2" hitch receiver, a welder attached additional 2" receivers to the frame at each side of the bumper. So, I have three receivers, each attached to the frame of the Tioga. QUESTION: What is the maximum weight I can carry? Carrier and motorcycle. Is there a maximum or should I only be concerned with the rear axle maximum? Thanks in advance for any help.

First thing is to go on the scales and get your weights now as is. Compare that with the weight specs on your door info.

Now you and only you can decide what you think you can get away with. For sure you will be going over a rating. Maybe two. So are you one of the many who pooh-pooh ratings, or do you take them seriously?

BTW, our Class C seems to have been built already overweight at the back by the company that put the RV part onto Ford's "incomplete truck" that could have been an ambulance or whatever. So we have no allowance to add anything. But of course you have to, so it all comes down to "how much can we get away with?" I guess you know that when you end up in the ditch. Now you know! :(