How much weight can my bumper support?
I am looking into mounting a toolbox to put batteries in on by back bumper. The bumper itself looks to be pretty solid and the weight will be distributed over 4' of the bumper. Anyone have anything he...
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The whole goal of the project is to remove tongue weight. Right now my 7k trailer has about 1100 lbs of tongue weight. If I can remove 300 lbs of weight and get closer to 12% tongue weight I would be much happier and so would my TV. My calculations are this:
Currently on Tongue
2 GC2 Batteries - 130lbs (62 each)
1 Group 24 Deep Cycle - 50 lbs
Total Weight - 180 Lbs
Planned on Bumper
4 GC2 Batteries - 250 Lbs
Battery Box (with cables, disconnect, etc) - 40 lbs
Total weight: 290 lbs
It is roughly 2.5 times as far from the hitch to the tires as it is from the bumper to the tires so if you cut that number in half you get about 115 lbs of tongue weight removed plus the 180 lbs of batteries you get 300 lbs off the tongue.
Currently on Tongue
2 GC2 Batteries - 130lbs (62 each)
1 Group 24 Deep Cycle - 50 lbs
Total Weight - 180 Lbs
Planned on Bumper
4 GC2 Batteries - 250 Lbs
Battery Box (with cables, disconnect, etc) - 40 lbs
Total weight: 290 lbs
It is roughly 2.5 times as far from the hitch to the tires as it is from the bumper to the tires so if you cut that number in half you get about 115 lbs of tongue weight removed plus the 180 lbs of batteries you get 300 lbs off the tongue.
