I am going to build a front bumper out of ½" plate for my truck, unfortunantly most pre-made bumpers wont work with a snowplow setup

 

all some perty good ideas here....whatever i do its gotta stop a deer...too many hit round here every year

 

I need one that's going to stop a moose!

 

Good luck!! I've seen ones that have taken on a bull elk, but a moose..... I don't think so.

 

find a company that builds steel ones anywhere near as nice as the Ali's and ill buy one, all the steel ones look like something some yank neck hillbilly made in his garage.....the one like Duluth's for a 1st gen was less than 1500 plus the ride......plus HERD dosent even offer one for a 93 and older....


and you do realize i live in florida right.....as in the deer are the size of a medium dog......you hit anything good sized and its going to take out ALOT of stuff on that truck, especially after it rolls over the hood or down the side......a bumper wouldnt of helped my 2001 F150 when i hit a deer in the head and it rolled down the bedside ruining everything from the headlight to the tail light.....

 

UTE LTD bumper bull bar

 

High quality for you. Notice they don't weld the inside corners on the uprights. The pipe is not welded all the way around either. They obviously throw all the pieces in one jig and weld what they can get to and call it good, instead of welding the uprights first then welding in the pipes.

Also take a look at the custom paint job i had to do after the first time I turned on the headlights. The bar needs to be an inch higher.

Yep, high quality engineering here

 

if you go to my profile you'll see mine i can't get a really good one to upload as my computer is not wanting to coperate. I built mine in about five hours start to finish not counting paint or mounting. hit three deer and some trees with it so far and have just had to touch up the paint

 

Look at the bends in the flat front piece of the uprights. Looks like someone bent them over their knee. That particularly bugs me as I have a sheet metal shop and know how easy and quick that would have been to do right.

The other pic just shows the weird angles on the bottom skirt coming up to the bumper. Just not well thought out in my opinion, and looks redneck built to me.

Like I said the bumper is better than nothing, but there are much better options out there. I was thinking about getting one for my Fodge just because of price, but I am going a different way now.

 

For a guy that goes by "notalent" that looks pretty darn good. Nice job