Reinforce your RV bumper! | A basic bumper upgrade
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2020
- Here's another straight forward bumper upgrade for a trailer. Most of the bumpers on the recreational vehicles out there are just thin-wall square tube. They are very under-suited to much of the things people are hanging on them these days....bikes, kayaks, firewood racks, coolers, spare tires, etc. There are many ways to sturdy these bumpers. This method is what I would consider mid or medium duty. A light duty job would be adding some angle iron at the bumper\mounting bracket joint. A heavy duty method would be rebuilding the entire bumper using more substantial materials. This is a pretty basic design and is a straight forward project for any weld shop to tackle.
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Thanks for that tip. About owner noticing the dent. You are totally right.
Nice job, I just did my bumper a little different way but it works.Ilike your idea.
Good morning Sir 🌞Great built 👍 Cheers 🌞
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Thank you for sharing. Was the reinforcing piece MIG welded or Flux core welded?
Nice job, Wish there was a modification that your average joe could do or a kit would be great!
Nice
I haven’t bought a camper yet but I’m in the market for one. I wonder if I would need to weld gussets down the whole frame to make it strong enough to pull my jeep behind the camper. My SeaArk is really heavy too. I would want to be able to pull either one of them behind my camper. I’m a pipe welder so welding it wouldn’t be an issue.
Nice upgrade. When you were welding it on the bumper, I had to say to myself, “I hope he removed the sewer hose”. I guess you would have smelled the plastic melting.
Yeah, some customers are pickier than others. I always assume they’re going to be picky. 👍
HAHA, yeh that wouldve been a horrible surprise. Thanks for watching Tony
I swear that happened to me and didn’t notice the hole in the hose until I dumped the next time. Man did I feel dumb!
I saw a guy welding on a cement truck frame and low and behold he melted the air lines.
A problem with this is the actual framework of the camper itself is almost as thin as that rear bumper but I guess at least it's spreading the weight out over a bigger footprint I would like to do this setup where would hold at least 80 or 90 lb but I'm not so sure if overtime is still may break because the frames are so light on these campers what are your thoughts on that? And thank you
I want that upgrade too. Where are you located? California plates on the rig give me hope, I'm in Sacramento.
just out of curiosity, how much weight do you think you add to the RV with your support / modification?? don't you think a couple gussets where the frame meets the bumper would have accomplished the same goal?
The bumpers are too thin to hold much weight, that’s why most people add thicker metal for a “separate” bumper in a sense for the hitch. I would guess that he didn’t add anymore than 100lbs
great job. If the ding bothered him he should have brought it up with the dealer.
Hi I don't see where you strengthen where the arms tie into the main trailer frames mine is just like the one you worked on all that was done was add additional weight how can u strengthen the frame ties..thanks
I agree, I have the same set up as well, he just welded on to the existing week bumper metal adding extra weight, it needed to be ran further under to the actual frame.
Looks good. Do you think that would be sturdy enough to pull a 5x8 trailer with a golf cart in it?
Wouldn't catch me doing anything much more than the bicycle rack. That's some thin metal there
I would think 1/4 in thick angle iron would be better if hauling heavy load
It's for hauling a bicycle rack. The rest of that framework closer to the frame is still thin factory crap.
Nobody ever says how the camper handles with that motorcycle on the back
I'm currently in the process of upgrading the supports on my trailer for my C 50 Boulevard motorcycle my trailer is an 84 camper it doesn't have the cheap Chinese Steel that's on the new models. But I'm still not going to fully trust it without a proper support
Looking at doing this same upgrade. Could you estimate what it might cost me
My current shop rate is just over $100 hr and this took 1.5 hrs. The steel -at the time- was $40. Customer supplied the hitch and made sure the bumper was cleared off and ready.
Where are you located I’m looking for the same thing for my travel trailer? How do I contact you
Why didn't u solid weld that? I think it would have been stronger. Just curious.
It was plenty strong for its intended purpose. additional welding would have added a lot of cost to the job overall and when you're working for profit you need to be consider that.
Also over welding on lighter material not good crystallizing and no flex
Any paint going on that?
*customer wanted to do it
Fair enough. I would think that you would have done a better job painting it tho. You would have got into the places that are now innacessable. Oh well the customer is always right!!
How is that reinforced you are just welding it to the existing bracket welded to the frame confused on this one
For under $200.00 you could just have welded the Ultra-Fab 35-946403 Trailer Hitch Receiver on to the frame.
Yeh, with $40 in angle iron and 1.5 hrs to build and install it was just about a wash.
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 This is much better that adding the receiver he was talking about. This strengthens the whole bumper and makes it worry-free. Nice job. I will be doing this to mine.
what do one of those weigh??
@@crusin73 100lbs at most I would guess
Do you think you could tow a 4000 lb boat with that configuration
That would be doubles you would need a class a license with a doubles endorsement
Thanks I don't think you need that but I do have it
Did you se Brian Workmans bumper hitch. My what a shame he didn't see your video.
high standard and stitch welding never belongs in the same sentence. doesnt matter what situation it is, stitching is just flat out ugly and highly prone to rust from water being trapped over time. its the lazy way to weld.
too heavy bruh
Where would you shave weight?