Rear Bumper
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Topic: Rear Bumper
Posted By: jeffreypenhall
Subject: Rear Bumper
Date Posted: 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 ------------- R-POD is R-PAD Black Ford F350 Oregon License "HQRSE" |
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Posted By: ToolmanJohn
Date 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. ------------- 2017 ATC 7X20 Custom Toy Hauler 2013 R-Pod 177 (SOLD) 2013 VW Touareg TDI |
Posted By: techntrek
Date 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. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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