Transcend Xplore receiver hitch for bike rack

Pfundheller

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We are in the process of purchasing a Transcend 255FK.
Our bike rack is the 1 1/4" receiver style mount.
We would like to leave the spare tire rack on the rear bumper but believe that adding the bikes and rack would certainly over stress
the bumper. We are wondering what other Trancend owners have done to accommodate a bike rack. Commentary as well as pictures would be appreciated.
 
Generally bike racks that go on the back of a TT should be TT rated. Lots of bouncing around back there vs a MH or car/truck.
I wouldn't attach anything to that bumper. You will need to have someone weld a receiver that's connected to the frame rails and the bumper.
 
Generally bike racks that go on the back of a TT should be TT rated. Lots of bouncing around back there vs a MH or car/truck.
I wouldn't attach anything to that bumper. You will need to have someone weld a receiver that's connected to the frame rails and the bumper.

This ^^ - and get an RV-rated bike rack with 2" members and receiver insert. You don't want to be dragging everything down the road by one corner of the bumper.

Rob
 
When I went looking for a bike rack to put on the back of my TT, only two seemed to be rated for TT use with two heavy eBikes. A Swagman model and a 1UP model. Then, since my eBikes are cushy step through models for senior citizens, they have fenders. So, Only the Swagman would work as 1UP clamps down on the rubber wheels. I added taillights to mine as the bikes block the trailer lights pretty good.

https://www.amazon.com/Swagman-SPEC...agman+e+spec+e+bike+carrier+rv,aps,443&sr=8-3


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This is no substitute for a frame-mounted receiver. The bumper is still a very thin walled steel.

Rob

Ah yes. I was just referring to allow the bumper to support a little more weight and to reduce the stress of anything attached via the bumper. I wouldn't do a frame mounted receiver unless a heavier duty bumper were put in place.
 
I'm a little confused... the way this is shown on Amazon, it isn't welded to the frame? It just mounts around the bumper? It isn't frame mounted? I've been trying to read about this topic because I need to solve it correctly. I have a hitch-mounted bike carrier already, it is RV-rated. Now I need a hitch to mount it on. And it seems I've got to attach that to the frame, not them bumper.

Are you saying this model is OK, despite not being attached to the frame?

You should use the quote feature as I have done to indicate who you are replying to


2021 Imagine 2400 BH
2018 GMC Sierra 4x4 crew
 
We have used this model for seven years (full-time and tens of thousands of miles) without any issues at all:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YJK252/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rob

I'm a little confused... the way this is shown on Amazon, it isn't welded to the frame? It just mounts around the bumper? It isn't frame mounted? I've been trying to read about this topic because I need to solve it correctly. I have a hitch-mounted bike carrier already, it is RV-rated. Now I need a hitch to mount it on. And it seems I've got to attach that to the frame, not them bumper.

Are you saying this model is OK, despite not being attached to the frame?
 
I'm a little confused... the way this is shown on Amazon, it isn't welded to the frame? It just mounts around the bumper? It isn't frame mounted? I've been trying to read about this topic because I need to solve it correctly. I have a hitch-mounted bike carrier already, it is RV-rated. Now I need a hitch to mount it on. And it seems I've got to attach that to the frame, not them bumper.

Are you saying this model is OK, despite not being attached to the frame?

That is confusing - sorry. You throw the clamp-on mount away and use the rack in a 2" receiver welded to the frame. I forgot that it was illustrated that way.

Rob
 
We have an Imagine XLS, but I imagine the Transcend is about the same with a rear bumper that is rated to handle 150# maximum load. So we needed to relocate the spare tire to the truck bed to mount the rack and bike(s).
 
Copy at your own risk. We have 2 light regular bikes on a RV rated Swagman 2 bike rack on a bumper mount mounted on top of the bumper. We installed the safety strut and use the screw in safety pin the reduces a lot of the rack movement. I also ratchet strap the top of the vertical rack pole back diagonally to each side of the RV frame where the bumper is welding. This reduces back and forth and side to side stress on the bumper. The spare is still on the bumper. I also use a cable lock back to the RV. So if something was to let go, it would just drag behind the RV. We're going on 10,000 km with this setup without any issues and we've hit some rough roads. When we stop, verifying the bike rack is part of my checkup. YMMV and copy at your own risk.

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We are in the process of purchasing a Transcend 255FK.
Our bike rack is the 1 1/4" receiver style mount.
We would like to leave the spare tire rack on the rear bumper but believe that adding the bikes and rack would certainly over stress
the bumper. We are wondering what other Trancend owners have done to accommodate a bike rack. Commentary as well as pictures would be appreciated.

I bought one of these and installed it on my Solitude. The Solitude has a wider than normal frame but this hitch is adjustable for width and worked fine. To beef it up I welded the ends in once I had the width set right. It was a bear to drill the large bolt holes through the frame rails but I got it done. It's a 2" receiver that sits under the square bumper tube.

https://www.amazon.ca/Stromberg-Carlson-CC-300-Accessory-Adjustable/dp/B07F4N7CMY
 
We are in the process of purchasing a Transcend 255FK.
Our bike rack is the 1 1/4" receiver style mount.
We would like to leave the spare tire rack on the rear bumper but believe that adding the bikes and rack would certainly over stress
the bumper. We are wondering what other Trancend owners have done to accommodate a bike rack. Commentary as well as pictures would be appreciated.
Can you order the hitch receiver assembly from Grand Design. The new Imagine model has one already installed.
 
We are in the process of purchasing a Transcend 255FK.
Our bike rack is the 1 1/4" receiver style mount.
We would like to leave the spare tire rack on the rear bumper but believe that adding the bikes and rack would certainly over stress
the bumper. We are wondering what other Trancend owners have done to accommodate a bike rack. Commentary as well as pictures would be appreciated.
Have you thought of front bumper hitch for your truck instead of mounting a hitch on your trailer rear bumper. Just a thought.

v/r

Rick
 

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