Lance's new bumper
Too bad it's only available on there new 1052 model. ClickClick
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The 149 lb added weight to the rear isn't squat or even including the weight a reasonable TC'er would carry in the storage areas. Our 11'4" Lance has a 2' X 7' rear porch behind the OEM Lance bumper and on the 189 lb bare carpeted 1/2" walmanized topped welded steel porch structure (as weighed) with a side entry flip up step on the passenger side.
There's a bolted on large steel reinforced lockable storage box with a hinged cover covered with sun-proof formica on the driver's side and it's filled with 2 extra 30 amp black RV cords, our Coleman gas grill, four 2" X 8" X 24" leveling wedges tapered from 1" to 3" in thickness, 2 hoses, 100' cable TV roll, two 6' long coiled security cables with master locks, and a folding shovel.
Next to the storage box is a screwed down wood rim where the Honda EU2000 generator is security cabled into thru welded on eyebolts to the porch frame for when we use it behind a TC without a built in generator and an offset from center door. I like versatility and interchangability and that's how I make things.
I know there's from 400-500 lbs of porch and it gone over 70K so far without any problems and often with either our 2150 lb boat on the ball at the rear of the porch or our 6' X 12' X 6' high 3500 lb vee nosed trailer attached. 250-400 lbs of tongue weight added on the back of the porch! This is carried on our 2004.5 Chevy 2500 CC LB 4X4 with 265 Michelin tires at 80 psi having airbags at 60-70 psi in them all over the USA from Michigan to the Keys and thru Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, etc and to Maine and the East Coast areas. Never one issue or handling problem! "silversand" and a lot of others on this forum have personally seen the rig or have many pics of the rig setup. This works on a GM pickup but you are on your own trying it on a different brand pickup! As a long time automotive engineer working with the Big 3 now retired, I know what various pickup chassis are capable of!
149 lbs or 300 lbs bumper weight isn't squat!!!
There's a bolted on large steel reinforced lockable storage box with a hinged cover covered with sun-proof formica on the driver's side and it's filled with 2 extra 30 amp black RV cords, our Coleman gas grill, four 2" X 8" X 24" leveling wedges tapered from 1" to 3" in thickness, 2 hoses, 100' cable TV roll, two 6' long coiled security cables with master locks, and a folding shovel.
Next to the storage box is a screwed down wood rim where the Honda EU2000 generator is security cabled into thru welded on eyebolts to the porch frame for when we use it behind a TC without a built in generator and an offset from center door. I like versatility and interchangability and that's how I make things.
I know there's from 400-500 lbs of porch and it gone over 70K so far without any problems and often with either our 2150 lb boat on the ball at the rear of the porch or our 6' X 12' X 6' high 3500 lb vee nosed trailer attached. 250-400 lbs of tongue weight added on the back of the porch! This is carried on our 2004.5 Chevy 2500 CC LB 4X4 with 265 Michelin tires at 80 psi having airbags at 60-70 psi in them all over the USA from Michigan to the Keys and thru Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, etc and to Maine and the East Coast areas. Never one issue or handling problem! "silversand" and a lot of others on this forum have personally seen the rig or have many pics of the rig setup. This works on a GM pickup but you are on your own trying it on a different brand pickup! As a long time automotive engineer working with the Big 3 now retired, I know what various pickup chassis are capable of!
149 lbs or 300 lbs bumper weight isn't squat!!!
