I've seen a few photos of trucks on here that has a chrome or stainless bull bar up front that uses the two front bumper bolt mounts to mount it.

Who makes this and where can i get one?

I have been searching online for the past few days and cant find anything for the 1980 - 86 F150 trucks.

 

Are you talking about these?


Or one like the big grill grill guard I have on my truck:
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The one in your second photo. I like that style but looking for all bull bar options that uses the one bumper to frame mount.

 

Why not do it the custom way, and have a good welder fab it?

 

I might have to. I had hoped I could get a set already made ready to go, would be cheaper in the long run. if I had some made I would most likely go with either polished stainless or plain steel and have it chromed. I really like the style shown in the photo and if thats all that is commercially available I would go with thoses.

 

I'm going to play with a brush guard design. I am a machinist and welder for the Army, so I at least have a place to weld.

 

I have some I'll sell...PM me.

 

Im going to revive this to ask a question I have.

Does anyone have the dimensions of one of these bars? If not what about just the dimensions of the two horizontal tubes?

I will be making patterns soon to take to a welder I know to fabricate one for mine but not sure what size the tubing was used.

 

I still have my old one I took off my 86:




My guess is, you're looking for measurements related to these sort of dimensions?

 

I can take measurements this weekend. I've been meaning to for RL250, but I forgot about it.


You want thickness of the tube, as well as width and height measurements?

 

Correct. I will use it as a starting point then make changes. I'm thinking about the mounting tab for them to put a floor on the bottom of it for strength as well as for mounting a pair of those two bolt tow hooks.

 

Just a FYI. The design you are looking at is called PUSH bar. A BULL bar is one piece of pipe that comes up, across and back down. And typically has "skid plate" mounted too. Like this
Raptor Series bull bar

 

You guys are funny that's a nudge bar,

This is a bullbar

http://www.tuffbullbars.com/uploads/...0_RANGE_01.pdf

 

Tell ya what. Google bull bar and see how may times your image comes up and see how many mine comes up.... I win

 

I would call that a cattle guard.