hello all. Was just wondering what companies make a stainless steel drop bumper (rear) for a 76 f150 4x4 . With 20'' of lift and 44's (soon) i will need one that drops quite a bit . THANKS

 

12" is the biggest drop I've seen. I think Luverne in Wyoming makes them. I don't have a web address but if you do a search you'll find them. I think they run around $300. They're also available from time to time on ebay.

 

your seriously gonna tow with that thing?! i wouldn't do it.

 

you really do NOT want to pull with a bumper hitch/ball that drops that much! the leverage would pry the bolts so easily that i would be scared to put much more than an ATV trailer on it

BUT if you wanna do it try RanchHand they have a website or go to your local welding shop, they can whip something up for ya pretty quick

-cutts-

 

Wouldn't be to hard make brackets to drop it down the right amount, then just use waht ever bumper you want.

 

Look into a ranch hand, they are made right here in texas are tougher than hell. They make them in 12 inch drop, but thats about as much drop as you'll find anywhere. Seriously though, what are you gonna tow with this beast?

 

Hopefully he only wants the drop bumper for legality issues. I can't imagine that he's going to tow anything with this...seeing as his lift is from mongo coils.

 

Thanks for the info .And yes pro is right its not for towing its for legallity.Here in the lovely state of PA we mest be 30'' from the ground to be legall. Oh and by the way all these sites are of bumpers (black or chrome) I would like stainless steel THANKS

 

> Here in the lovely state of PA we mest be 30'' from the ground to be legall.

My weak springed stock 1971 F-100 4x4 is 31" from the frame to the ground in the rear, before the air springs ... glad I live in GA!

Too bad you can't get a bumper that rises up and down on hydraulics.

On some trucks (mostly flat beds or class 8) that have to have submarine bars, but, still need to go off road, the rear bars/bumpers telescope up and down and secure with bolts or hitch pins. Someone on this site designed one for his flatbed a while ago out of 1/4 steel.

I installed my trailer wiring and socket behind my trailer hitch so it would not be taken off by things off-road or by the people like the moron that hit my 10" drop hitch while I was stopped at a light. Being a good 18"-20" off the ground I imagine it did some damage to his ricer.

 

whoa, wait...you live in GA? what part? i never knew this!

yea i have seen some folks that have a bar that is removable by way of a couple of trailer hitch pins

-cutts-

 

> whoa, wait...you live in GA? what part? i never knew this!

Joking? Atlanta, right off I-285s.

>removable by way of a couple of trailer hitch pins

What is really cool is having it on lift gate springs so you have to step down on it to extend it so it retracts automatically. Hardly ever see that, but, its a nice touch. Hydraulics would be better, maybe so you can crush something

 

however, if you read the fine print; if you have a drop bumper, they measure it from the ground to the frame.

let me know if you can get away with it though

 

So is it a frame height restriction or a bumper height restiction? In Washington we're limited to 30" in the back and 28" in the front. Drop bumpers are just fine so long as your bumper falls within the required measurements. I'm planning to build brackets for my bumpers that will allow me to pull 2 pins, slide the whole bumper out, and reposition it higher for an "on road/off road" bumper height. So far the local cops don't hassle me so I'm not going to worry about it until they do. My rear is 40" right now and front is 37".

 

no i am dead serious, i live [basically] in Peachtree City....you outta come down sometime and play with Ho and I behind my house! it's great fun.\

i think here in Ga there are lift laws but they really only hassle you if your headlights are higher than they like (42" I wanna say!)

-cutts-

 

I think the national headlight limit is 54" though that doesn't mean individual states can't set their limits lower.