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Gyro,
It is not my intent to take this thread down an undesired rabbit trail, but back in March, there was a fairly long thread about putting a hitch on the rear of Montanas.
In that thread, our Lippert frame guy pretty much stated what I have previously said. They will not get concerned if a 1 1/4" receiver were installed, mainly since that size receiver was not designed to carry/tow much weight. It's another story if a 2" receiver were installed because of the increased likelyhood that a significant weight might have been carried/towed. It has also been stated that "Keystone" will put a hitch on a Montana if the trailer is brought to their factory!
He made is clear that the issue was "not that a hitch was installed" but "how much was connected to that hitch". One way to limit weight is to limit size. Unfortunately, it's easy to purchase a 1 1/4" to 2" coversion - and many do just that. And by the way, the 1 1/4" receiver when properly mounted is rated as up to Class II hitch specs of 300# tongue weight and 3500# tow weight.
Even though I will not be placing much of a load on the hitch, I installed a 2" receiver since the whole thing was purcahsed as a kit that is easily installed on wide body frames such as 5th wheels and Motorhomes.
Enough said. I'll assure you what I have done is not a "Kluge" and is no different than is currently being installed on other Keystone brand trailers by Keystone, and onto trailers built by other manufacturers who in fact use frames that are built by Lippert!
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