REAR BUMPER

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   REAR BUMPER.  Once upon a time, a friend of mine owned a small camping trailer, which had no rear bumper.  One evening, after a rather long day, he backed THROUGH a parking pad and into a yellow 4 inch diameter, concrete filled vertical pipe designed to prevent trailers from backing through the pad.  It worked.  The damage to the fiberglass shell across the back of the trailer was serious.   
A 2X2" steel tubing with two perpendicular welded on pieces designed to slide into the two chassis frame members would prevent the above problem.  

Total cost for tubing, welding, paint and hardware was $65.00.

I understand FR discourages adding any weight to the rear of the Pod, but the total weight is 15 lbs.

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	REAR BUMPER. Once upon a time, a friend of mine owned a small camping trailer, which had no rear bumper. One evening, after a rather long day, he backed THROUGH a parking pad and into a yellow 4 inch diameter, concrete filled vertical pipe designed to prevent trailers from backing through the pad. It worked. The damage to the fiberglass shell across the back of the trailer was serious. A 2X2" steel tubing with two perpendicular welded on pieces designed to slide into the two chassis frame members would prevent the above problem. Total cost for tubing, welding, paint and hardware was $65.00. I understand FR discourages adding any weight to the rear of the Pod, but the total weight is 15 lbs.