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12-20-2021, 08:28 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Caledonia
Posts: 2
M.O.C. #30250
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Rear bumper
Hello all , new to the forum and Montana .
We have a Montana 305RL and want to mount a scooter carrier on back . The scooter is a 350 lb Yamaha but would like it to carry 500 lbs . I realize it would have to be reinforced but can it be done safely ?
Thanks for any help .
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12-20-2021, 12:25 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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In my opinion there is no way the bumper will take that. I'm even afraid to stand on one. Have a real hitch welded to the frame and be safe.
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Dick, Joyce, Diego, Picatso and Gustav
2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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12-20-2021, 02:58 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sebring
Posts: 3,659
M.O.C. #9969
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Agree with Dick, only if you have a REAL hitch mounted to the frame and reinforced.
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Michelle & Ann
2018 Chevy 3500HD High Country DRW 4X4 Crew Cab w/Duramax/Allison, Formally 2010 Montana 2955RL, Now Loaded 2016 SOB, Mor/ryde IS, Disc Brakes & Pin Box, Comfort Ride Hitch, Sailun 17.5 Tires.
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12-20-2021, 05:41 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Caledonia
Posts: 2
M.O.C. #30250
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Bumper hitch
Quote:
Originally Posted by DQDick
In my opinion there is no way the bumper will take that. I'm even afraid to stand on one. Have a real hitch welded to the frame and be safe.
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Totally agree , wouldn’t put a bicycle rack on that bumper . Looking more for someone that has re enforced their trailer to take this amount of weight .
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12-20-2021, 06:49 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Haysville
Posts: 4,261
M.O.C. #3085
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X4 ... there is nothing structural about these bumpers. Have something adequate made.
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12-20-2021, 06:55 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Livermore
Posts: 5,146
M.O.C. #1920
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Contact Lippert and they will tell you your options, as one option. Just a suggestion.
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Ron and Terrie Ames - MOC #1920/KF0NTA
2021Montana 3230CK Super Solar Legacy Package
2021 Ram 3500 Laramie Longhorn, BIM Charging
4x4, SRW, LB, Crew Cab, Pullrite 3900 Hitch
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12-30-2021, 02:03 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Northville, NY
Posts: 807
M.O.C. #21158
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I've always heard how flimsy these bumpers are, but here's my tale:
First trip with this fiver to our winter site, I went to pull thru down a slope to leave. I had gone this way with our SOB before but that one didn't have the spare tire under the rear which I then proceeded to get hung up on. Long story short the ground was still spring wet and I couldn't move forward or back. Ended up calling roadside. The guy tried to winch it out but couldn't get a good angle with the cable, so he ended up hooking up his tow bar on the rear bumper. He ended up lifting all the weight off the spare and reeling it back up the slope pulling my tv along with it. I stood there grimacing as he got me out and the bumper never moved a bit.
Since then I've backed out of that spot the way I go in. It's the one in my signature.
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Jim B
2017 Lariat F-350 FX4, CC, SB, 6.7 PSD 4WD
2018 MONTY 3731FL, at our private winter site in GA
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