TT Rear Bumpers
Ok...so being a bit new to things and only having our Outdoors RV Timber Ridge, I have a question. I see threads all over the place about not putting your bike rack on the bumper because the bumper w...
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gcloss wrote:
***The only use of the square light gauge steel bumper is to store the cheap sewer drain hose you get with a new RV.***
Wrong.
Spare tires are quite often mounted successfully with "official approved" spare tire mounts and do reasonably well.
That being said, I will testify:
1) I made a home-made bike rack and took a somewhat scary trip where the bike rack slowly sagged backwards and the thin metal bent(bike racks generate more "torque" forces than a spare tire mounting.)
2) I then purchased a 5" square genuine steel 'tube' (I think it's 3/16" steel) and bolted it to the frame (retired the official bumper)....It now holds the bike rack beautifully (and still stores the sewer hose).
