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Originally Posted by kayakterp
The 2 pipes going down,
The ones I 'shook & wiggled' at the dealership before buying was also 2 pipes!
Wondering about using the bike space idea? That may "kill 2 birds with one stone" as I don't have a re-inforced bumper yet
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This isn't my idea but the full process might kill 3 or 4 birds with one stone. But that may depend a bit on your setup.
Here is some photos and info on what I am looking at doing.
http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...els-44515.html
This solves the table up or down issue.
It solves where to put the bikes issue. I don't like the idea of the bumper mount without beefing it up as you pointed out plus between the spare tire and bumper mount grill there isn't much room anyhow on our camper.
The third issue for us is that we access storage under the benches by removing the pad and life the plywood. The plywood is pretty thin, maybe 1/4". This will have to be beefed up which we want to do anyhow. The guy in the article mentioned he went up to 3/4". I would do at least 1/2". Then I will set it up so I can flip the plywood with the fork mounts down for using the dinette for seating or up for bike transport. Now I don't have to store a bike rack somewhere.
The fourth issue is the common one I have seen here where the seat back on the bench isn't really fastened by much on one side. The side closest to the back of the camper is against the wall of the bath so that is strong but the one toward the front has the couch behind it and there is a small 1" tall piece of aluminum angle with one screw. Since I am doing the other changes I will beef this up as others have done.
I still need to take some measurements but it should be fine. The biggest problem is the kid's bikes don't have a front wheel with the quick release but they are about ready for new bikes again anyhow so that can be corrected next time around.
Those fork mount brackets are available here on Amazon and are pretty cheap. Well compared to what a bike rack costs.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QJC5F8/
The only real draw back is having to haul the bikes in the camper if they are dirty. However now we have an outside shower. So we could rinse them off the night before heading home then pack up in the next morning.