A little paranoia can be a good thing.
Told by many, seen by many. So I installed a bike rack on the bumper of my 5er. Told, "no problem", the bumper can handle that little bit of weight. Got back from a 3 week tour of some of the best ...
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Helimech wrote:
Told by many, seen by many. So I installed a bike rack on the bumper of my 5er. Told, "no problem", the bumper can handle that little bit of weight. Got back from a 3 week tour of some of the best maintained roads in the US(sarc), and did my monthly inspection. There it was, two 3" cracks where the bumper is welded to the frame.
I immediately pulled off the spare tire.
All the horror stories. This could never happen to me. I guess maybe it could.
Well I sure don't see where you even got a hint of the "no problem, the bumper can handle that little bit of weight" here since I've never seen it here w/o a lot of skepticism.
Larry
