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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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rear pipe bumper

I'm making a rear bumper for my truck. It's 4 1/2"pipe -3/8 thick, should i make it as wide as the body is or a little narrower ?. I will be welding the receiver hitch to it and a lit licence plate holder . The ends will be caped and i am going to tap out a hole for a air chuck as i will be using it for compressed air storage.
Any thoughts
I used the stock bumper mounting plates cut to fit the pipe
Should i make some extra supports to the frame ?.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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I'd make it as wide as the truck to give a little side impact protection. There's a bumper thread (in 4x4 section?), search for it for some ideas
 
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