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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And still no one considers what the extreme dynamic load is doing to their tires, suspensions, spring hangers, bushings, frame rails and chassis welds (even with a frame mounted hitch)…
I won’t even mention what I think about strapping these loads to the non load bearing rear wall or how unimpressed I am with the idea… but I will say IMO to advocate it to others is a disservice to them, and I don’t care how well you think it is working… how engineering sound is that advise for others and their trailers that you know nothing about…
As for having done it with no problems doesn’t answer the question that these failures occur often enough and on a wide array of brands and models to doubt the virtue of doing it in the first place…
There is no good way to haul weight that is extended that far behind the trailer and the fulcrum… eliminating the bounce helps by reducing the shock by transferring the stress to another area…
In the end it is your nickel, your risk, and your decision to make… oh ya it is your negligence if a failure causes harm to someone else in your travels…
I won’t even mention what I think about strapping these loads to the non load bearing rear wall or how unimpressed I am with the idea… but I will say IMO to advocate it to others is a disservice to them, and I don’t care how well you think it is working… how engineering sound is that advise for others and their trailers that you know nothing about…
As for having done it with no problems doesn’t answer the question that these failures occur often enough and on a wide array of brands and models to doubt the virtue of doing it in the first place…
There is no good way to haul weight that is extended that far behind the trailer and the fulcrum… eliminating the bounce helps by reducing the shock by transferring the stress to another area…
In the end it is your nickel, your risk, and your decision to make… oh ya it is your negligence if a failure causes harm to someone else in your travels…
