Built me a bumper!
 

Well guys, I finally got around to building a bumper. It's pretty big, but it's a stout one.

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Sweet skull crusher fer those pesky proud drivers

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i was thinking about putting some bail spears on it so you can hit a deer and keep going. when you get to where you're going you'll have jerky. LOL

Haha that's a good fucking idea I tell what!:beer:

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wow a cow tipper:humm:

no body else is going to comment on it? i'd like to get others opinions on this thing!

Bet you could mount a hell of a winch too it

i really considered putting a winch in there but then if i know me, i would be very encouraged to do alot of stupid things.

nice bumper but you do know its only as strong as your supports that hold it to the frame

That thing looks mean :rocking:

i am confident that the frame will hold it. i have a piece of 1" X 3" flat that goes into the frame and bolts down to where the tow hooks were. then that is welded to a piece of 7" X 3/8" flat that goes across the frame. i'll put a picure of the mounts on here so you have a better idea.

looks like it belongs on the front of a locomotive. ain`t a bad thing ever try stopping a train!?

not kidding here guys, i work in the oil field and at the shop we had a water truck come in that needed some work on the pump. my bumper is bigger!! hell this thing is almost as big as the bumpers on the gin trucks.

Its fabed up really nice. you do good work. I just think it is a bit to long. But I bet it makes a hell of a work platform. It still looks way better than the stock crap.

looks good but i would probably want some thing to go around the head lights make i took more complete

psd blackcloud. thank you. well it wasn't entirely planned to stick out that far. when i was breaking out the plates between the frame and square tube i made them a little to long. but for being my first one i think it turned out very well. if i were to do it again i would change a few things. it looks alot bigger than it really is because of the space on the sides in front of the head lights. but this is more of a "oil field" style.

You weld on pipe line?

no. i work in the oil patch though. if you look at winch trucks they have this same style bumper. and i thinks it looks bad ass.

I didnt even think about that. But it is the same style.

that's what i based it off of. and this is very close to one of the gin trucks at the shop.

Holy hell man! You need a forklift just to mount it.

Not my style, but it looks well made and well thought out.:tu:

Thanks Joe! No forklift needed. Just the 5 ton overhead at the shop. LOL

That is a sweet bumper man!!!!:tu: The only things I would do is add more on to it. I want to make one simialer to yours when I buy my truck. If it was mine, I would make some headlight protectors to finish it out a little more, mount a 10k winch to it, and add some d ring shackles to make it all look like this:

Looks bulky but sturdy too.. cant you adjust it in such a way it could become compatible with headlights too.. it should be a little long running through the corners...

adjust which part? there really is no up/ down or side to side motion. i have 2 tabs on the bottom to put some fog lights on down the road.

looks great I personally think it needs headlight protectors a deer will still take out your headlights

well if i see the deer i'll swerve into them so i hit it head on not on the side. i did the other night. granit i was only doing about 45 but it made a good bounce.

Nice fab work! Did you use 3/16 plate? To me the best part of fabrication is building things exactly like we want them. Congrats.

Mike

i have all 3/8" plate for mounting. the main square on the front is 4' X 6" X 1/4" square tube. then the othere square tube is all 1/4" wall. the uprights are 3/8" plate with a 1/8" wrap for cosmetics. the top deck is 1/8" tread plate. and under the head lights is 1/16" tread plate. it's alot of iron in there.

great job:tu:

Nice Bumper :tu:

I like it.

Looking good

Nice job ... can u give us an approx. on the weight ?

I have no idea on that part, before the bumper, the pickup weighed 8,450. Now, well its probably close to 8,700- 8,800.