Bumper strength
Hello, We have a 2013 Jaco Whitehawk. We'd like to install a receiver and a bike rack. I understand some RV bumpers are not strong enough to hold a bike rack. Any help would be appreciated. The ...
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rbpru wrote:
Look at how many TTs you see with spare tires hung on them?
My last TT purchased new in 2000 had the spare mounted on the bumper. It was fine for 6-7 years.
Then one day I was backing into camp. and DW was back there guiding me.... I saw a shocked look on her face in the mirror, and she came up and said I needed to see this.... You guessed it. No spare tire. I never did find it, and can only imagine the mayhem it may have caused... So I lost a never on the ground 16" Michelin XPS Rib, and its new rim. It was an expensive lesson, but it could have been much more so. If that tire had went thru a windshield of someone and caused a fatality, I hate to think of the consequences. And not just financially.
