Replacement Front Bumper
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Replacement Front Bumper
Looking for a replacement front bumper to add front end protection (deer strikes) to my 2008 F450. Reason I'm considering full front end protection for the F450 is the fact Ford designed the front end of the super duties with no protection for the radiators. I can't afford to be disabled with a 14,000 pd 5th wheel in the middle of nowhere due to a deer strike. So - I ordered a Ranch Hand with winch mount however it came damaged to the point I had to send it back to Ranch Hand. I tried a second time and received the second one with damage as well. Ranch Hand does not do a very good job at packaging their product thus both times damaged was experienced during shipping. To top it off, Ranch Hand has terrible customer service. Couldn't get the salesman or store manager to call me back on multiple occasions. Additionally the product looked like a high school welding experiment gone bad - the welds were horrible looking, worst I've seen in years. Thus I had it refunded (mind you it was ordered March 2015 and finally just had it refunded two weeks back). I'm not looking for a long winded debate on whether front end protection should even be considered - simply looking for a good product at a reasonable price that offers full front end protection. If you have any suggestions please provide them.
Thanks,
Chris
Thanks,
Chris
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The 3/16" material is plenty thick and is also pretty typical for anything outside the frame rails/winch mount on these types of bumpers. I had an ARB on my old truck and it was extremely well made with beautiful welds and carefully considered design. It had 1/4" steel between the frame rails for the winch mount capable of holding a 16.5k winch and 3/16" steel outside the frame rails. I also liked the large, relatively heavy wall tubing that the grill guard was made of and how it was integrated with the rest of the bumper. I think that I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $1600-$1800 for the ARB about 6 years ago. I haven't priced one recently.
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The 3/16" material is plenty thick and is also pretty typical for anything outside the frame rails/winch mount on these types of bumpers. I had an ARB on my old truck and it was extremely well made with beautiful welds and carefully considered design. It had 1/4" steel between the frame rails for the winch mount capable of holding a 16.5k winch and 3/16" steel outside the frame rails. I also liked the large, relatively heavy wall tubing that the grill guard was made of and how it was integrated with the rest of the bumper. I think that I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $1600-$1800 for the ARB about 6 years ago. I haven't priced one recently.
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