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    Posted: 08 May 2012 at 8:04am
Can anyone tell me what the weight capacity of the rear bumper is on a 2013 25'er? Can I mount anything on it besides the spare? Will mounting something on the bumper affect my warranty?
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Hello jgold.

Good question, and I don't have a definitive answer, but my past experience with the hollow square bumper was not good.

Several years ago, I had both a spare tire and bicycle rack mounted on my bumper.  The rack held four bicycles.  The subsequent bouncing of the bikes over only half a season of camping cracked the welds on both ends of the bumper.

As a result, I had a hitch receiver custom  made and the bumper re-welded to accommodate the bicycle rack.  

In short, I would be by careful with mounting any significant weight if it is a hollow bumper that accommodates your sewer hose.

Happy camping !
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Bad idea.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25124611/srt/pa/pging/1/page/1



Edited by Ridgerunner - 08 May 2012 at 9:37pm
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There are threads on here about this. The consensus is that it's not a great idea.
Here is one of them.

Edited by rv-rick - 28 Jul 2012 at 10:58pm
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