Best Video for NOT putting bikes on a bumper
Came across this video on YouTube. I did not watch the whole thing, as at the end, the person just showed how they made the bumper stronger. YouTube Video - Start at 1:14 Mark
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kep5niner wrote:
Have to agree with the above statements. That's a whole lot of time and effort put into the weak 1/16" thick metal bumper, that still has points of failure after the fabrication. For half the time and cost, he could have gone with 3/16" thick bumper, with further buttressing at the frame.
That's the method I chose, and I do have thousands of dollars in bikes hanging from the rack, and safely logged thousands of miles with that set-up. My wing(wo)man has confirmed there's no movement en route.
I have to agree as well. Lousy job and all that effort would have been better used replacing the entire bumper - shiech isn't expensive.
Funny story; My bumper failed in the same way so I went to my supplier to buy a new piece of 4" square steel.
I intended to ask for 3/16 but lost my concentratin and got 3/8"!!
I din't realize my mistake until I got it home.
so now I have a bumper you could hang the entire trailer from and it doesn't flex on bit with a bike carrier on it.
