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Originally Posted by spicercars
The rear bumpers on these campers are very thin and are not intended to hold any weight. It's the bouncing down the road that causes most of the damage. Also there isn't much holding the bumper to the frame if you look. Just a couple of small welds. I have seen a lot of rear bumpers tore off because of added weight so be very careful about adding anything with out beefing up the bumper.
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I think what causes a lot of the damage is the sewer hose being stored in the bumper and rusting it out over time. I have never seen a actual failure but have seen a couple of pictures of bumper failures and they primarily rusted out.
If course everything has it's limits. I did see a guy the other day with a motorcycle rack on the back of his 24 foot travel trailer with a 800lb motorcycle on it! I don't think I would want to follow him.
Beef it up stop the wobble and within reason you can carry a couple of bicycle back there..