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Thanks DavidM & Gerry for the quick informative replies. Much appreciated! . Think I will go with an internally hard wired Progressive unit with monitor as soon as I can afford it.

Does anyone have experience using electrical surge protection for their CL? I have read that some camp ground hook ups can supply "dirty power" which may cause serious damage to electrical devices in our campers. There are a number of devices on the market with a wide range of pricing. Being new to camping, we don't want to "overkill" protecting against or ignore dirty power potential damage. Is there really a high potential for encountering power issues at camp grounds? Anyone use / recommend certain surge, under voltage / over voltage etc. protection? Is the potential for theft of portable devices at the power outlet pole a real problem?

Thanks!

Very nice installation! I like that some of the weight will be directly above bumper with force downward. A word of caution though, any significant weight outboard (away from camper back) will exert some twisting torsion on the bumper and with bouncing up and down & normal moving vibrations may "work" the weldments of bumper / frame connections. Watch welds closely for cracking.

Others have suggested placing a second piece of 2"x4" aluminum rectangular stock inboard of factory bumper and welding it to frame extensions and factory bumper thus doubling toughness and lowering risk of weld cracks to factory welds.

I don't have any direct experience (YET!) with this sort of modification as our 21 RBS is currently being built, but after receiving it will be doing the double bumper thing and perhaps copying your top mount idea!  Best of luck with your modification. I will be watching for any experience follow up you post.

Take Care / God Bless!

Hi All,  we are / or will soon be Newbies as order was placed for CL21RBS today! We will be following this thread with great interest. This will be our first camper, so we are true rookies and excited to get started! We were glad to hear that some tow without load leveling or stability control. That's how we plan on starting. Towing with an '02 Tundra. Any contrary viewpoints? Anyone set up rear bumper with a hitch receiver to carry about 100 lb carrier / bikes? If so, what's the setup and your experience with it? Thanks, look forward to hearing from you!