Ok guys, The other day I had a crew cab dually come up behind me just outside of Flagstaff AZ. This thing had a brushguard / bumper combination that made me feel intimidated in my own dually. I wish I had a camera with me to show you guys but no luck. I've ran down every link on the internet looking for the manufacturer and I think I've finaly found the one. It is a company called Reunel out of California. Here is a picture from their website. After seeing it I have decided to go get one just as soon as I can scrape up the cash. Thought you guys might be interested in seeing one tough looking Super Duty.

http://www.reunel.com/images/02%20SD%20ss%202.jpg

 

That is on my wish list.. Annoyingly, I just replaced the bumper up front, and could have gotten one of them instead, for $500 more..

Theo

 

The bumper looks nice, but the grill guard ruins it. Looks like an "urban" guard; good only for fending off bugs and little old ladies jaywalking. I think if I were ready to get one today, I'd stick with the Ranch Hand products. As a matter of fact, I was all over their bullnose application for the sporty look of it until I found out its only for the Superdutys.

-David

 

Yes that's a lot of chrome. Looks good but does not look strong, as I have seen chrome bend too easily. Ranch Hand products are very strong and can be painted or coated with Rhino or TripleX. But the Ranch Hand products are very heavy.

 

Just to give you guys a heads up, That's all polished stainless steel! The company's primary customers are Fire, Forestry and Police departments.

 

Beautiful guard, kinda thinking like some of you that the vertical plates could be a bit beefier - like 1/2 inch or so - make it look like you COULD throw a chain on it and pull a Chebby or a Dog out of the mud - not that you'd ever want to, but could.

Its a purdy piece, maybe I'll get one to make Theologian jealous.

 

Check out Road Armour's line of front and rear bumpers.

Those are the beefest bumpers I have seen offered for the Superdutys.

 

Have you seen safarigaurd (sp?) . They are the beefiest bumpers i've seen, they cost $1500.

 

Ranch Hand bumpers can be custom made up to an 8" pipe for the front bumper. Or just about anything you want. Since the Ford Dealer installs them on brand new trucks, that makes them part of the truck when you buy it. Plus you can get tool boxes, rail guards, headache racks, etc....
They sell real well here because they are made here locally.

One modification we do on the bumper is weld an air fitting with a regulator and fill it with compressed air, for filling the tires or equipment tires.

 

That's hilarious! What a great idea. Any idea of the volume inside of a standard bullnose front bumper as compared to, say a typical 10 gallon air tank? Do you just pressurize it to the same ~150 psi capacity of your average compressor?

That extra air could really come in handy at the track, or middle of nowhere.

 

Get a ranch hand. if i could do it over again, I would have the ranch hand donkey killer and ranch hand toolbox. My weatherguard is good, but that ranch hand is awesome. You cannot beat the quality of their donkey killers.

 

Look at this bumper I built for a customer of mine(bottom of linked photo page). It is on a 2004 F350 4x4. Similar to Ranch hand style, but instead of 1/2" plate pushbars wrapped with a 2" strap cover, this one has boxed pushbars all out of 1/4" diamond plate, much much stronger.

Bowedup

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Nice job! ....................