Broken Bumper, Common RV Mistake & Tips (RV Living Full Time)4K

What common mistake do campers make often? especially a full time Rver? Overload the bumper on the trailer. With a blue boy, a bike rack, canoe, kayak, and more. The bumper that often comes standard is not designed to carry heavy loads.
When we bought our used Grand Design Fifth Wheel, it came with a bumper mounted receiver hitch adapter to mount things like bike racks and cargo carriers. We used it to mount our old bike rack to haul our bikes and blue boy around for our first year. When we were preparing for our long trip back to Florida from Canada last summer, I noticed huge cracks in the welds between the bumper and the RV frame. The constant bouncing of the bike rack combined with too much weight created metal fatigue on the welds and they had finally failed. This is a common mistake.
If the bumper had completely broken off while on the highway, it could have been disaster.
We will go over what happened, how we solved the problem and a few bumper tips at the end including, sewer hose caps, and a bumper mounted vice. Look for links to the products below.
0:00 Intro
1:01 Bumper adapter
1:39 Bumper Failure
3:03 Diagram
4:10 The solution
5:13 Installation
6:06 The Cost
7:38 Bumper Tips
9:25 Vice
10:54 Conclusion
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