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    Posted: 28 May 2014 at 12:48pm
I had a cargo hitch installed last year on back of Rpod to haul wood.  Could me hauling wood cause this to happen to the front of the rpod?uploads/2701/photo_1.jpg

The fix isn't as simple as pushing it back together with a jack and screwing it.  It doesn't work.
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Posts: 1454 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 May 2014 at 1:29pm
I don't see how the two things would be related, but the receiver on the back of the pod is only engineered to hold a spare tire or a bike rack.  In any case, only 150 pounds.  It doesn't take a lot of firewood to get to 150 pounds.  Especially if you are bouncing that wood along down the road you might expect some kind of issues.

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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 May 2014 at 3:08pm
Agree with Tars.
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The hitch on the back has been upgraded.  I have a carrier hooked into it.  Underneath both sides of the carrier and bolted to the frame if black steel supports.  Shouldn't that make it ok to haul wood?
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Posts: 633 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2014 at 7:33am
Originally posted by ohiojj45

I had a cargo hitch installed last year on back of Rpod to haul wood.  Could me hauling wood cause this to happen to the front of the rpod?uploads/2701/photo_1.jpg

The fix isn't as simple as pushing it back together with a jack and screwing it.  It doesn't work.

Mine did this on the rear. In my case It was my mistake I damaged the fiberglass on the back and it let water in and froze springing the trim and pulling the screws. I fixed it by pushing it back in place and screwing it in a different place than it was originally. The old screw holes were stripped out. 
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2014 at 2:18pm
Originally posted by ohiojj45

The hitch on the back has been upgraded.  I have a carrier hooked into it.  Underneath both sides of the carrier and bolted to the frame if black steel supports.  Shouldn't that make it ok to haul wood?
 
Depending on the upgrades, that may be ok, but the frame of the pod isn't designed to hold much off the back no matter how much you bolt to it.
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Not only that but the frame ends about a foot before the end of the trailer!   At least the 179 is that way.  Not a good design.
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