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jeffreypenhall 
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Joined: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Pacific Northwe Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
 Topic: Rear BumperPosted: 02 Jul 2015 at 5:07pm |
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Trying to find if anyone has put a rear bumper on a 179.
Details and materials
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ToolmanJohn
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Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2015 at 5:15pm |
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If you get under the rear of the Pod, you can see that the frame rails actually are not near the tail of the camper. It would be a lot of welding work to install a true steel square bumper ( I assume for the purpose of installing a bike rack or other bumper mounted accessory). The frame isn't designed with enough material to mount a large bumper.
I investigated this on my 2013 177 . I gave up after about a half hour of pondering. I ended up transferring my spare tire to the tongue with a bolt on 2" hitch adapter for square bumpers, and I use my single bike rack (1up USA) in the Pods 1-1/4" receiver. I also tie off the bike rack to some D-Rings I through bolted into the rear of the R-Pod so the bike rack can't oscillate.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2015 at 9:38pm |
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marwayne would be the one to ask for this. He has a huge extension on the back of his pod supported by a frame extension he added.
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Rear Bumper