generator on rear cargo
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Topic: generator on rear cargo
Posted By: Goldenbrewster
Subject: generator on rear cargo
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 8:45am
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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 8:53am
Don't.
 ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 11:14am
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Hello Goldenbrewster, I agree with Offgrid. Unless you want to see your generator bouncing down the highway after you hit a bump or you are willing to risk significant damage to the rear of your RPod or bending of the frame at the axle, DON'T! The RPod is not made to carry that kind of weight back there. Something very light might be okay, but generators large enough to be of use to run the AC are not light. You don't mention what model RPod but I believe the principle is the same no matter which one. Mounting one on a Stromberg-Carlsen Trailer Tray on the A frame or carrying it in the back of your tow vehicle is a much better option. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 11:36am
Let me know when you do this. I will follow behind at a distance, hopefully picking up what is left of the generator after skidding along the highway at 60+ mph. ------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 1:20pm
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In preparation for a trip across the country, I got a tray type bike carrier to mount to a bolt on receiver mounted to the bumper. It had a short bar that went into the receiver, so I figured it'd minimize the leverage working against the bumper and amplifying the bumps. Wrong! It was too short and the inside bike couldn't clear the spare tire, but the bikes were still going to bounce around like a bobble head doll. I sent it back to Amazon for a refund. So when we headed out for the opposite coast I put the generator in the back of the truck and managed to fit the bikes inside the space behind the front seats in our crew cab. Passing over I-80 in Indiana would have knocked the bikes off for sure. What a disaster of a road and with a $20 toll. It was a miracle that the spare tire didn't fall off.
------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 2:26pm
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We've been on a lot of, lets just say, less than optimal roads. In fact, some of them were terrible. I think that contributed to the bent axle I experienced. Now that I have the reinforcement on the axle, I feel better about the travel. I know we will encounter more such roads. I tried a rack on the back, but it held lightweight items. The heaviest was a propane cylinder. When we got the Frontier, the rack went to our younger daughter to use with her car and the spare went to the back of the RPod again. After that experience, I definitely do not recommend putting a rack on the back of any of the RPod models. ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2021 at 2:59pm
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Same s--t, different day. NO. Next.... ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |