Will the rear bumper of a 2014 Gateway 3650BH support a bolt-on (u-bracket) hitch receiver and a receiver mounted bike rack? Keeping in mind there is a spare tire bolted onto the rear bumper as well. My concerns is the weight of both the spare tire and the bike rack mounted onto the rear bumper, is that too much weight/torque for the bumper itself?
I tried a spare tire mounted bike rack, and after only about 30 miles with 2 bikes attached the spare tire rack/mount started to bend down towards the rear due to the weight of the tire and bikes combined. Too much torque on the tire mount I assume. The rear bumper is fine, it was the spare tire rack/mount that began to fail. So that's not an option.
Thank you.
I tried a spare tire mounted bike rack, and after only about 30 miles with 2 bikes attached the spare tire rack/mount started to bend down towards the rear due to the weight of the tire and bikes combined. Too much torque on the tire mount I assume. The rear bumper is fine, it was the spare tire rack/mount that began to fail. So that's not an option.
Thank you.