DON'T DESTROY YOUR BUMPER! - RV Bumper Support Bracket Install
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2022
- Adding a cargo carrier or hitch to the bumper of your RV, travel trailer, or fifth wheel can severely damage it. Watch how to properly install support brackets so you don't destroy your bumper!
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After watching ur video awhile back I installed them on my rear bumper but I doubled mine. 1 on each side of the I-beam. I wished I had put 1 underneath the bumper and 1 over the top to support either direction. Have a BLESSED day 🙏
I have those exact same brackets and have gone cross country without a problem. Had them welded on.
Nice!
Great video! Me & my wife recently purchased 2 Lectric bikes at the big tent in Quartzite. We told them we learned about them through you. They treated us great & spoke very highly of you. We also have a Springdale mini & have been in a similar situation since.
Awesome! You'll love the next video I'm releasing then which shows the installation of the cargo carrier. It is so clean a must-do for traveling with Lectric ebikes
Just ordered these bracket! Thank you so much for this video! Also just subscribed to your channel!
Awesome! Thank you so much Christine and happy RVing 😄
Great video! Thanks for the info!👍
nice! I've thought about those for a while. Your info was helpful!
Great video! Never heard of these things. I’m torn between this and some $300 thing camping world has that mounts bikes over your propane hitch A frame area. Good seeing some new content!! Take care!
Great we did a soft start when they weren't known yet by watching you. And nature head composting toliet. You are ahead of the time and now other rv er are doing what you did.
Can you show the rack install. We have the baskets and it's to hard to fold down in the truck since we have 75 gal water tank thank to you.
Great video, friend!
Thanks,happy camper!
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately my set had no instructions and not enough bolts. So it was very helpful
Good job
Nice feature, seems easy to install, my only concern is about adding weight at rear end of the trailer, I would prefer trailer tongue bike rack option to keep that extra weight centralized, just my opinion 😊👍
Squirting some WD40 or maybe even dipping your drill bit in vegetable oil while drilling through thicker metal will help save your drill bit.
Yep! Very true
I definitely could use some of those, because my bumper does flex a little when I carry my pedal bikes on there.
Thank you for the video, I never knew those brackets existed. It is a perfect solution to getting the bikes out of the back of the truck. So where did you end up putting the spare tire? My husband and I get so many ideas from you and we appreciate everything you do.
We just put the spare tire in the bed of the truck. It takes up barely any room back there as opposed to these two bikes dominating the space.
As one previously mentioned I was wondering if there is anything that precludes using even longer bolts and brackets on the inside as well. It should substantially increase the weight carrying capacity for electric bikes and mounts,
Thank you❤
I don’t think I would use these with e-bikes as the bouncing around on a bike rack behind a camper is quite extreme, and E bikes way twice as much as regular bicycles at minimum. I’ve been using these brackets for about three years with no trouble hauling to mountain bikes on a Kuat transfer 2.0 RV rated bike rack. I don’t know how sure how long my bumper would survive doubling the weight using two much heavier, E Bikes, as the thin wall tubing of the bumper will likely deform, or crimp, or tear, if you use the typical bolt on receiver hitch, which tend to crush the tube a bit when tightening it up and after a few seasons of hard use. I actually use two kits of these braces, placing one on each frame member on each side . After three seasons, I can see a little bit of denting in the light to bumper from the receiver hitch so the metal of the bumper is still the weakest link in the system. I will be getting e-Bikes in a year or so, and I will be welding on, an actual hitch receiver and reinforcing the bumper the old-fashioned way by welding more metal, or going with a much thicker 3/16 thick square bumper tube.
I'm wondering now that you have used them for a year now if the are still working. I'm wanting to install a 100 lb generator on mine . Thanks
can you purchase the fold up basket brackets seperate you installed in your other video?
David, you’re very brave trying/trusting those brackets will properly support the platform and your electric bikes! I wouldn’t do that myself so I’m looking forward to your test. Hope it goes well for you. BTW, I understand that you can double up on the brackets for extra assurance.
Do you have an observation camera so you can keep an eye on that setup as you bounce down the road? Did you talk to the manufacturer of the brackets and mention to them that you take your trailer off road?
I think you should of used a shim instead of washers.
Before you store the e-bikes on a trailer rack be sure to invest in appropriate security measures. The Liz Amazing and Mortons on the Move channels had bikes stolen off the back of their RV and address security measures. From Liz - ALWAYS keep your bikes locked - they had bikes stolen while in a campground. Also invest in appropriate bike covers. Nomadic Fanatic had a bike ruined apparently due to rain. Can’t wait to see the camper shell vids!
We've got the bikes covered by waterproof grill covers and we ran THICK chains through the frames of each bike. That's about the best we can do. They're safer there than in the back of our truck. I show all that in the next vid. That's unfortunate other channels have had things stolen.
@@FateUnbound The Mortons on the Move channel has a motion activated alarm. You might want to consider a similar alarm.
Hope you did get grade #8 bolts
I could properly beef up my trailers bumper and mount my hitch mount tray style bike rack. but is it a good idea? would my high end specialized E-MTB's be getting shit kicked back there?
Hope it works out, I put a hitch in my camper and going to put one on my newer one I’m buying. I don’t trust the bumpers.
Does it matter if you put the brackets on the inside I beam our on the outside meaning toward the end of the bumber. Meaning eather side of the I beam.
Nice video on the install. I have these same brackets installed for a couple of years and no issues yet. Since you will be putting your e-bikes on your bumper, I did want to point out that the weight rating is in ft/lbs not lbs. Depending how far out your your carrier goes, you could be pushing the rated spec of the brackets. Your bumper may have a weight rating attached to it as well, so maybe the bracket spec is less important for your application - some bumpers (like mine) are rated for nothing. Anyway, I enjoy your videos - happy camping!
Ohhhh very interesting! It makes a lot more sense that the rating would be in units of torque and not units of force since the load on the bumper with this cargo carrier is mainly torque. Eyeballing where the center of gravity is though with the ebikes on the carrier we are still definitely under 500 ft-lbs
Well done, I've been worried about carrying my generator back there. Not any more...
Yep we had absolutely no problems with these supports. They work excellent and we've had zero bending of the bumper.
With the amount of rust that's already forming on that Frame you should really think about getting por-15 and coating the frame to preserve it.
Off topic question: Due to the effort to be more ecofriendly the auto industry has gone to replacing the electrical wiring with the rubber coating to that of coating material that the rodent love to eat! A lot of auto and truck damage out there and if you are in the middle of the woods and a porcupine gets in and eats away you could be in serious trouble. There are no tow trucks or repair shops for hundreds of miles! There are videos about this and what people are doing to protect their vehicles.
Question: For new buyers out there have you found that you need to ask the manufacturers about the coatings on the wiring that is distributed throughout the engine compartment and living area? Once the mice, squirrels or porcupines etc. get in much damage could happen and trying to get rid of the small rodents is extremely difficult. If you are in the middle of nowhere (e.g., Alaska) there are no tow trucks or repair shops for perhaps hundreds of miles!
Careful mounting weight behind the trailer because that tends to reduce hitch weight and increase the chance of trailer sway.
Yep! Our hitch weight measured correctly still after this 👍
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Good to hear! There are those following your channel that don't understand that moving the Center of gravity of the trailer can have devastating results, so it's always a good reminder that most trailers are designed to transfer 10% of the trailers GVWR to the tow vehicle (e.g. for a 7000lb trailer, you should expect 700lb hitch weight) and the more of that weight transferred behind the trailer axle, the more unstable the rig is to tow.
Where did you put your spare tire?
Those should work. I’d love to weld them on but bolts should hold too.
Can you post an update to see how it's holding up?
Hey David, after having installed these brackets on your rv bumper, how have they been holding up? I'm curious, because I am planning on putting my 150 inverter generator on it while traveling and I really don't want to lose a $????? piece of equipment! Any info is much appreciated!
Have you done your install and how has it held up?
I just got 2 xpremiums for my wife and I.
fit better to just buy a square tubing for metal yard and weld on a thicker bumper, still a very thin weak bumper if your plaing on loading full of bikes and gear and have tire out back.
Angle iron and a weld shop for me.
Ease to instaall
The process starts at 3:15.
You're welcome.
I like the idea but would worry about not being able to see the bikes in my rear view mirror while driving. Anyone ever use the bike bunk? Seems it has mixed reviews.
agreed, I see bikes riding on the back of trailers jerking around kind of hard. I would be ok putting kids and entry level bikes back there, but not my proper expensive E-MTB's bikes.
I don't have a bumper on my 5th wheel. Now what?
I would recommend not buying these bumper support brackets then haha.
@@FateUnbound you're probably right. 😉
figure out a way to get a hitch mount
@@ShadowMischief I do have a 3k lb hitch
@@RamblinRoadies your all set then
How ironic, I just bought these & a bolt-on 2" receiver a couple of days ago. I would suggest spraying the freshly drilled holes in the frame with some paint or primer to lessen the possibility of rust. Thanks for the video. Oh, was surprised that the hardware was metric & not SAE. Wish all were like that!
What's wrong with sae
Sure do miss when you guys were putting out videos a a couple... Are you guy losing interest in making videos for fulltime living?
A couple videos back he addresses this. Essentially, his wife is now working a full time job (remotely), so most videos will be just him for the foreseeable future. Weekends will be spent exploring as a couple off video.
@Mark Lustila is right, I made a video recently that talks all about what is going on, if you're curious you should give it a watch. But yes, Roe has stepped away from the channel because she does not enjoy TH-cam and really enjoys here new job. I however will continue to make travel, exploration, and RVing videos for as long as I can.
Rule #1 of any DIY, demo, tour, cooking, or wildlife video is.... DO NOT ADD MUSIC!
It adds NOTHING, and SUBTRACTS everything good from it. Do not blast our ears with another layer of sound, especially when you are talking thru the whole video. TOO MUCH NOISE CHASES AWAY SUBSCRIBERS. DO NOT ADD MUSIC!!!!!!
Sorry not the same content as I got used to on your channel 🙁🙁
I AGREE!!! We all have watched their videos and ads and then when they gained enough members they decide to change the whole dynamic. In the past they stated that thanks to us they can completely support themselves with their "youtube business". Now they decide they that rather than having the David and Jen...er...Roe show it will be the David show with many videos on mods, repair and maintainence, with the occasional walk or bike ride.
Most of us don't RV full time and your adventures give us ideas on places to consider to visit using a van or tent. Now all we get is blah, blah, blah with no Roe or parts other than Sweety giving a classic goodbye.
It's not good enough!
We have always done install vidoes, quite literally many of the first videos we've ever done were install videos. Composting toilet, maxxair fan, bedlift kit, solar install series. We have always done this exact same type of video.
Some people will complain about a free lunch...
Keep doing what you do, and what makes y'all happy, and we'll keep watching. If others don't care for it, there's a zillion other channels on TH-cam. Love you guys. - Rich & Kim
@@richlp Ditto Rich & Kim.