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Originally Posted by mamawildbear
I see what you mean. I'm guessing it's not the bumper or u-bolts that are that actual problem but that people are overloading them. I just searched for bolt on hitches on which to mount my bike rack and almost all of them say max weight 200lbs. I haven't weighed them but I'm darn sure my heavy bike rack plus our 4 adult sized bikes are well over 200lbs.
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The hitch is "rated for 200 pounds" when installed on an adequately strong bumper. The problem is that the bumpers on Keystone RV's is not adequately strong !!! Remember that "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link". You could install a hitch rated for 200 pounds on the bumper, the hitch would work "flawlessly", but if the bumper it's attached to bends or fails at 100 pounds, it's still going to lay your bikes on the pavement even if the hitch were rated at 1500 pounds.