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Naio
Explorer II
Nov 13, 2019

Do you think a front cargo rack is too dangerous?

I've had a basket type one on my van for a while, but it has seen very, very little freeway speed driving. Mostly slow roads. An engineer friend saw it yesterday and said he thought it was extreme...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Nov 14, 2019
Hi Naio,

I had a generator cage built for the front of my RV. It obstructed the air flow and the engine ran 20 F hotter. The cage is now on the back of the RV.

Is your "basket" going into a proper receiver? My generator was on a single point receiver on the rear for some years and weighed in at 200 lbs. It never got to wobble.

I like the idea of adding some stabilizers of some kind. Or using dual receivers, which is what I have now for the generator.

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