Mount-n-Lock Heavy-Haulr Replacement RV Bumper Installation - 2020 Dutchmen Coleman Lantern Travel T

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Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today, we're taking a look at and we're gonna show you how to install the Mount-n-Lock HEAVY-HAUL'R Four-Inch RV Bumper on our 2020 Dutchmen Coleman travel trailer. Upgrading your RV's bumper to this bumper is gonna allow you to safely haul accessories on the back of your RV. This bumper actually is gonna have a weight capacity of 500 pounds. Standard RV bumpers, most of them don't even have a weight capacity because they're not tested to have accessories mounted to them. You may not have seen it, but we've seen it many a times, an accessory like a hitch like we have here or a bike rack or something is inserted in a hitch, and the bumper has either ripped off or twisted because the wall of the bumper, so the thickness of the tube itself, is too thin and it's not rated to tow.

And people use it like that. Because they make accessories for it, they think it's okay. And most of them are not. If you do not have an extra support behind your standard RV bumper, the one that comes with your factory, then your bumper is not designed to use for towing. Some of them will have a cross beam.

I know on my fifth wheel, I have a cross beam that's welded to an I-beam that is welded underneath my RV bumper, and I have a hitch on mine and I can tow with it. This bumper is gonna be rated for 500 pounds and it's designed to replace that factory bumper that you otherwise shouldn't be doing much with. Now, if you're not looking to upgrade your entire RV bumper because it is quite an extensive installation, we do have brackets that are designed to mount underneath also made by Mount-n-Lock. They mount underneath and then they bolt to either side of your frame rail. And that's the whole point is that we want to get this secured to the frame rail, rather than having a small bead weld of the frame just welded to the backside of our bumper.

Those welds pull off all the time because they're welded really quick just essentially to get the bumper to hold on and for you to slide one of your sewer hoses in the end of it. If you want to be able to get a higher capacity out of it, I would definitely recommend upgrading the entire bumper assembly. Now, you might be thinking, and it's the same as me, you don't like the look of a natural aluminum-colored bumper on the back of your RV that has no other brush aluminum accessories on it. We do have some black powder-coated bumpers from Mount-n-Lock on our website if you want it to match your old one and other accessories on your RV. Well, another thing I really like about this kit is that I see on forums all the time and on different social media sites that somebody saw another sewer hose laying on the side of the road.

The RV, this RV, when it came in, was missing the end caps to its rear bumper. Whether they we're there or not, we don't know. But there's a lot of people that what happens is you have a sewer hose stored in there, which is perfectly fine. That's what it's intended for. And the sewer hose will slide from side to side when you're traveling down the road because it fits loosely inside that bumper. What'll happen is you go make a turn, your tail swing gets a little fast, and then that hose will slide, pop that cap out, and then there goes your sewer hose. What Mount-n-Lock did is they made it so that it's kinda like a trap-door design. You'll have a little bolt here that keeps this from coming out. And then when this is down, you don't ever have to worry about your sewer hose sliding out. It also will have some vent holes, so that your sewer hose can naturally dry. Now, as far as the installation goes on this bumper it will come with all of the hardware included to get it installed, but it will require quite a bit of work to get the old bumper off. If you are fortunate enough to where your bumper is bolted on, that's great. Hopefully, you can reuse some of the holes drilled in the frame, but you will have to drill four holes on each side of the frame rail, and you'll have to cut off the old bumper. But other than that, I would just say definitely have patience when installing this kit because what'll happen is you might get some of your brackets installed and they do not like to move, which is really nice because they'll bi