Bike rack on bumper failure
After reading so many posts arguing about the bike racks on the bumpers of TTs, I finally saw a failure today on the side of the road. They had a rack with two bikes on it, the bumper had torn around...
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I still firmly believe that there is not a good way to haul anything more on the back of a trailer than the bumper will safely carry already… and that is NOT MUCH THAT IS SECURLY ATTATCHED…
Adding a heavier bumper with bracing, or receiver hitch with the required bracing in addition to the bike rack to a cambered frame rail is no better or less destructive than a bumper rack itself…
The problem with the bike racks are the are cantilevering the weight which exaggerates their effect…
Adding a heavier bumper with bracing, or receiver hitch with the required bracing in addition to the bike rack to a cambered frame rail is no better or less destructive than a bumper rack itself…
The problem with the bike racks are the are cantilevering the weight which exaggerates their effect…
