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    Posted: 16 Aug 2018 at 7:32am
Originally posted by PilotPodder

So here is a reply from someone who has concerns with my using the back hitch receiver for bikes even though it is about 26 lbs more than the spare and 60+ lbs below the 150lb max. Your input is appreciated:

“150 lbs vertical over the bumper. that's standard. does not account for the rack that holds the bikes off the bumper and the torque created from bouncing. Trust me if you don't reinforce, those tack welds will fail eventually.”

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Has happened. Had a buddy come walking back out at rest stop, to notice their $4k tandem hanging at an odd angle... about 80 percent of the welds on the bumper had failed at that point.
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Originally posted by furpod

Has happened. Had a buddy come walking back out at rest stop, to notice their $4k tandem hanging at an odd angle... about 80 percent of the welds on the bumper had failed at that point.

You have a buddy with an rPod AND a tandem?! How rare is that?! Confused

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We did a lot of welding reinforcements and addition of frame member cross beams as well as using webbing cam straps and hitch tightners. I feel that our rig is secure with no bouncing or wobbling.

I would agree that simply using a bike rack in the original receiver is a recipe for failure. There is too much weight cantilievered and there is too much side to side and up/down movment. The pod bounces too much for this type of installation.

You can see our wbike rack mods in several places here on the forum
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I use this bike rack. It's a tongue mount bike bunk. I love it. Not sure if photo will work.

https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_/photo/AF1QipOsjz6ZgFikYcTrL-QUBbkEVYZ37xYk29MDUS_I
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Originally posted by fwunder

Originally posted by furpod

Has happened. Had a buddy come walking back out at rest stop, to notice their $4k tandem hanging at an odd angle... about 80 percent of the welds on the bumper had failed at that point.

You have a buddy with an rPod AND a tandem?! How rare is that?! Confused

fred


I think a couple who can Pod together, probably can tandem together. And vice versa. But we have been riding tandems for nearly 30 years, and have friends all over the country, well, and a couple other countries, from riding.. so when we got the Pod.. many were interested. However, the couple I am talking about that nearly lost their tandem off the back.. (and a very expensive rack too) Are in a Camplite now.. BTW.. they now carry their tandem on a sliding tray in the bed of their truck. Wink

And since I am posting in this thread again.. LOL.. here are a couple pictures of how we currently carry the tandems.. I just took a couple old pickup truck bed mount fork mounts, and bolted them to a square bar that I mount with turnbuckles to the factory tie down points, gets the seats and bars just low enough to clear the cap.. :) the road singles also go in fine, have not mounted a mt bike back there yet, may or may not clear the cap.. longer forks and full suspension..
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