I was just looking at some heavy duty bumpers and was a little shocked at the price. 1700- without shipping. Anyone make good quality bumpers on here so I can save money when I upgrade? Or point me in the right direction of a manufacturer.

 

Broncoair and Hefty both make some nice ones Red. If you want quality, nothing is cheap.

Take your pick.

1980-96 Ford Truck/bronco - Bumpers - Winch Plate Steel

 

Damn, not quite the answer I was hoping for. Guess its time I sell some of my collector baseballs or something to pay for it.

 

Check the local junkyards or put an ad on cl. Check eBay for close ones. I wouldn't pay what they want for new ones. I wouldn't put a 2k bumper on a 3 or 4k truck.

 

I didn't make it, but this is the one on my truck. Definitely more rugged than a stock bumper! It's just a piece of snowmaking pipe with some channel iron welded to it. And a 2" receiver on the bottom.
I think if someone rear-ends me I'll likely win
Unless it's a trailer truck...

 

Maybe i'll just powdercoat the stockers. In the meantime i'll search around cl and ebay.

 

You'll win.

 

I personally like the piece of well casing (6" pipe ) for a rear bumper on our trucks.
I usually use 5/8 plate on the frame rails and use about 5-6 bolts to hold it on. Then cut the radius on the end of the plate at a length you want away from the tailgate. I like about 8-9" and then you can add a top plate to it all the way to the body (kinda like stock)
Then I use a piece of angle iron (I think 4") on the bottom approx 20" long with holes in the end, weld that to the bottom to give the Reese hitch more flat area to hook to and the holes are for safety chains.
Then with the pipe cut at a little angle, you can add 1/4 plate all the way to the wheel well for rear body guard (if you go off road much)

 

I'm a huge fan of the stockers. But, if your capable of making your own that's a different story.

 

Broncograveyard.com has some pretty good HD bumpers, front and back. Here's a shortcut for ya.

Rear:RockSolid Rear Bumper, NO RACKS!

Front:Plate Steel Winch Bumper With Push Bar, Style #2

They have other variants of these bumpers. With/without gas tank holding brackets, with/without guards, etc. Works for both Broncos and Pickups. Cheaper than what you were lookin at too.

Jake

 

i think you would win mater

 

I just make my own. the first one I made was out of C channel, mimicking the Warn Enforcer bumper, which I'm a huge fan of but they don't make them anymore. I don't have any pictures of that one though. I do however have a picture of the pipe bumper on my truck currently. Some people like pipe bumpers, some people don't, I don't know. I think it turned out pretty good. Of course looking back I would've done it a little differently, but It'll do for now.





Since these pictures were taken, it has since been finish welded, sand blasted and powder-coated black.
It's pretty much just all scrap pipe I had laying around from previous projects. A couple chunks of roll cage pipe for the middle and headlight surrounds. The center plate in the bottom is actually from a Warn Enforcer bumper. It's the winch plate from behind the chrome. The guy that had the bumper decided to put a chain through the hole where you can put lights and bent it up beyond repair. The center big pipe is oil piping. It's just under a 1/2 inch thick. The uprights I made. It's raked out so if I hit a deer it goes under the truck instead of into the hood. Again, some like it, some don't. It weighs just under 450lbs. But the thing you have to think about when you buy a bumper is the time it takes to make and all. I've had 4 buddies ask me to make them one but I can't really charge any less than 500 bucks for pipe, plate steel, welding rods, ect. It's just food for thought I suppose, but for the cost of materials, I think it was worth it.

 

Didn't think about bronco graveyard. Yeah making stuff ain't my fortay. Wish I could though have plenty of ideas.

 

Here is what bronco graveyard has:
1980-96 Ford Truck/bronco - Bumpers - Winch Plate Steel

You could try and build one. Steve83 over at super motors has a nice one on his bronco:


Here is the design of it. Just an idea:

 

I bet you could find someone that would build you one though. A lot of people are looking for a little side work to make some cash. And I'm sure someone in your area could build one for you if you drew out what you wanted.