We use a bike rack made for the front (A frame) of our trailer. A MUCH better place to carry bikes. Rear bumpers are not made to support that much weight and the G forces on the back of a bouncing trailer are SEVERE. The best line of your video was, "It worked.... until it didn't." Failure of the rear rack carrying bikes is imminent. I see so many people saying, "We do it and haven't had any problems." Right. It works until it doesn't. Metal fatigue is cummulative and may take time. Good video.
I have a back flip bed cover. I fold it up and lock in place. Then I have a tail gate pad on my tailgate and I put two bikes in the bed of the truck. The pop up has a Yakima bike rack on the roof where the other two bikes go. Once I’m at the campsite all the bikes get locked up on the ground and I can close my bed cover for safe storage.
I welded and bolted a receiver to the frame on the back of my popup. I've never put anything really heavy back there except 2 ice chests, so maybe 60 lbs? So far, so good.
This is exactly where I am at, but we have two kid bikes and two adult bikes, pop up just like yours and towing behind a closed vehicle. What did you end up with for a solution?
I have a truck, so we just pile it all in the bed, but in your shoes I would go with a strap style rack for a hatchback (done that before) or roof rack
@@LakeHubTV it says top pop on the railing other than that I don’t have any other info my buddy also had one that the back tires went on the roof and a rack came up from the front where your propane tanks are and holster he bike up
Could you mount a bike rack on the tongue of the trailer? Dont know if it's safe or not but could be an option to look into. I'm thinking of doing something similar with a camping box trailer.
Yes, absolutely. On a bigger trailer with a frame-mount hitch and full-size bumper, I would feel comfortable with the weight in the back. On a little 1500 pound pop up camper, it was Fishtail City, USA! -Simon
If you are taking two bikes on the back its ok. Now before anyone reads this and run off and do it. Read to the end. You needed to reinforce the bumper , on a pop up or a dual axle trailer. You will need for 3" bumper a 1/4 " flat bar to run the entire length of the bumper in side . Make it 4 to 6 inch longer. Depends on space. Bend it at the ends equally. So the extra is 90 degrees. Weld . Take it to weld shop for this. Because you will also need a 3" angle iron to run the length of your bumper
If you know metal work, that could be a great fit! I think the most important thing is to make sure there isn't any flex or bounce in the bumper with weight on it, that's what I think really made me fishtail. -Simon
Your video was and still is very informative. I know what I know from watching videos like yours and my knowledge of working in the automotive industry. But I really appreciate videos creators like yourself Thanks again
Second "DO NOT USE THE REAR BUMPER ON A SMALL POPUP> may I add, I did this and much more. Had the 1 1/2" receiver welded to rear bumper. Then added 2 straps from the rear bumper and bolted thru the back side of the camper. Long trip, 2 bikes, that back wall failed allowing the bumper bike rack assembly to lower down enough that the bikes drug on the road, no friendly trucker showed up, discovered it after stopping. peddles ground to nothing. funny part of the story, apparently we dragged the bike over some chickens? and there was dead chicken pieces all in the bike spokes and peddles. New direction going to be either roof mount or a mount on the front tongue. Just another RV "adventure"
Facebook groups warned against this. Sorry you found out the hard way. It’s so hard to transport kayaks and bikes safely with a pop-up. I can’t believe they weren’t built with adventure in mind. Might have to look into reinforcing the bumper. For now I’m going to get a hitch splitter for my truck but then I have to worry about trailer turn radius.
@@LakeHubTV I'll have my kayaks up there. Looks like it's going to be in the bed or I'll have to take my rooftop tent off my truck bed rack. At least it's ultra light.
front of the truck .. good consideration! I did think about just throwing them on top of the bed cover and strapping down, it has a 300 lb distributed weight rating. I do want something scalable for bigger and more bikes with age -Simon
A bigger camper you need a RV rated bike rack....the main post cannot be one of the racks that fold down so that you can open your tailgate if it is on your truck etc....
Throw them in the truck! We actually put them on the camper roof forward of the axle for the rest of the trip. Several thousand miles without trouble. -Simon
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I was contemplating one of those bolt on receivers, but your video changed my mind. Thanks for the info!
you bet, stay safe!
We use a bike rack made for the front (A frame) of our trailer. A MUCH better place to carry bikes. Rear bumpers are not made to support that much weight and the G forces on the back of a bouncing trailer are SEVERE. The best line of your video was, "It worked.... until it didn't." Failure of the rear rack carrying bikes is imminent. I see so many people saying, "We do it and haven't had any problems." Right. It works until it doesn't. Metal fatigue is cummulative and may take time. Good video.
Thanks! Great idea and much better weight distribution
I was also thinking about installing a cargo rack in the back. I'll take a different route. Thanks for the video!
Big RV's might be ok.. but not a small pop-up like ours! -Simon
I have a back flip bed cover. I fold it up and lock in place. Then I have a tail gate pad on my tailgate and I put two bikes in the bed of the truck. The pop up has a Yakima bike rack on the roof where the other two bikes go. Once I’m at the campsite all the bikes get locked up on the ground and I can close my bed cover for safe storage.
Nice!
I welded and bolted a receiver to the frame on the back of my popup. I've never put anything really heavy back there except 2 ice chests, so maybe 60 lbs? So far, so good.
nice!
Was thinking of welding a second reciever on-top of my hitch.
Interesting idea!
This is exactly where I am at, but we have two kid bikes and two adult bikes, pop up just like yours and towing behind a closed vehicle. What did you end up with for a solution?
I have a truck, so we just pile it all in the bed, but in your shoes I would go with a strap style rack for a hatchback (done that before) or roof rack
My pop up has a bike rack mounted up top it’s in the metal sides the guy I got it from had it done when he bought it brand new
That's awesome - is there a brand name on the rack?
@@LakeHubTV it says top pop on the railing other than that I don’t have any other info my buddy also had one that the back tires went on the roof and a rack came up from the front where your propane tanks are and holster he bike up
Could you mount a bike rack on the tongue of the trailer? Dont know if it's safe or not but could be an option to look into. I'm thinking of doing something similar with a camping box trailer.
Yes, absolutely. On a bigger trailer with a frame-mount hitch and full-size bumper, I would feel comfortable with the weight in the back. On a little 1500 pound pop up camper, it was Fishtail City, USA!
-Simon
I have the same question as you. We have an SUV instead of a truck and I’m trying to figure out how we get the bikes there too!
If you have a roof rack, start there!
If you are taking two bikes on the back its ok. Now before anyone reads this and run off and do it. Read to the end. You needed to reinforce the bumper , on a pop up or a dual axle trailer. You will need for 3" bumper a 1/4 " flat bar to run the entire length of the bumper in side . Make it 4 to 6 inch longer. Depends on space. Bend it at the ends equally. So the extra is 90 degrees. Weld . Take it to weld shop for this. Because you will also need a 3" angle iron to run the length of your bumper
If you know metal work, that could be a great fit! I think the most important thing is to make sure there isn't any flex or bounce in the bumper with weight on it, that's what I think really made me fishtail.
-Simon
Your video was and still is very informative. I know what I know from watching videos like yours and my knowledge of working in the automotive industry.
But I really appreciate videos creators like yourself
Thanks again
Second "DO NOT USE THE REAR BUMPER ON A SMALL POPUP> may I add, I did this and much more. Had the 1 1/2" receiver welded to rear bumper. Then added 2 straps from the rear bumper and bolted thru the back side of the camper. Long trip, 2 bikes, that back wall failed allowing the bumper bike rack assembly to lower down enough that the bikes drug on the road, no friendly trucker showed up, discovered it after stopping. peddles ground to nothing. funny part of the story, apparently we dragged the bike over some chickens? and there was dead chicken pieces all in the bike spokes and peddles. New direction going to be either roof mount or a mount on the front tongue. Just another RV "adventure"
whoa!! thats wild. I have since seen an exoskeleton style roof rack that I like, need to track one down
Facebook groups warned against this. Sorry you found out the hard way. It’s so hard to transport kayaks and bikes safely with a pop-up. I can’t believe they weren’t built with adventure in mind. Might have to look into reinforcing the bumper. For now I’m going to get a hitch splitter for my truck but then I have to worry about trailer turn radius.
on the roof works ok, not perfect but gets the job done!
@@LakeHubTV I'll have my kayaks up there. Looks like it's going to be in the bed or I'll have to take my rooftop tent off my truck bed rack. At least it's ultra light.
Good info thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
You could mount something on the front of your truck for the bikes or maybe a rack over the bed cover 🤔 .
front of the truck .. good consideration! I did think about just throwing them on top of the bed cover and strapping down, it has a 300 lb distributed weight rating. I do want something scalable for bigger and more bikes with age
-Simon
@@LakeHubTV I like the idea of the front bumper rack
A bigger camper you need a RV rated bike rack....the main post cannot be one of the racks that fold down so that you can open your tailgate if it is on your truck etc....
Great tip!
im in the same boat, have you found a solution to this debacle?
Throw them in the truck! We actually put them on the camper roof forward of the axle for the rest of the trip. Several thousand miles without trouble. -Simon
Use an engineered hitch adapter
With the bumper flex, Ill stick to rooftop! A great idea for a camper with a real bumper 🤙
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how about a RTT rack for the truck?
Never thought about that, there's some good real estate up there. As long as it doesn't damage the truck I'm down to try!
-Simon
Of course it sagged using wood
live and learn!