yeah really... and i can do the welding myself which is a plus... when i got done pricing out the one the way i wanted it for the front it came out about $890.... lot nicer than $2500...

Night Tim...

 

Was working and we went off to a supply place and I fell off there unlit and unmarked loading dock and ripped up some disks in my lower back.
They keep playing the "Oh We Can Fix You" game and so far they have not.

 

ouch Sean.... i thought you were just hurting from that violent accident... but geeze thats not any better there...

 

@onug RE: packing bearings - FIL does it every few years on his trailer, just has Schwab do it. We keep it on our radar to do before we get gaps of ~5 years, but we also don't stress it. You'll start hearing it if they get bad enough, then you know it's really time lol.
What brake controller do you run? I've had two different Prodigy units with my two Excursions and one was able to lock the trailer brakes up much stronger than the other, which I find odd. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the different units or the initial configuration they setup/calibrate to when you start using them. I've been toying around with swapping in the other Prodigy from my last truck because I have to run around with my current controller at about 9.8 out of 10 on the strength **** just to get the trailer to noticibly bite before the truck, which is how I like the braking to work personally - but then in heavy stop-n-go traffic I have to dial it down after things warm up because the brakes bite too hard at 5mph and start flinging everything around inside the trailer lol.

RE: Bumpers - It's Boondock or Bust for me. I saw the one I want and nothing else will make me happy =P

 

pretty much the same looks... their site doesnt list their prices though... but looking at the specs for the steel their using in their bumpers your looking at 3/16" (7ga) down to 9/64" (10ga) steel for thickness... only the brackets are made of 1/4" steel.... where the ones from Move bumpers the base option is 3/16" for the plating.. but their off road rugged option is made of 1/4" (3ga) all steel plate with 3/4" (gauge rating goes to just 0's at 5/16") plate for the clevis hook mounts...

granted that 3/16 plate steel will be lighter at 7.5lbs per sq-ft... and the 9/64 even lighter at 5.625lbs per sq-foot... so yeah youll save weight there... where the offroad rugged option from Move would be 10lbs per sq-ft with the 1/4" plating.. but i kinda like the idea that it would be that much stronger... but without knowing the grade of the steel being used that can be hard to tell... for instance AR235 plate steel has a tensile strength of 115,000 psi for 1/4" plate. where A36 plate steel can have a tensile strength varying between 58,000psi-80,000psi for the 1/4"

 

Sound like the move bumper is going to be a heavy one!

Good morning guys!

 

just about all the heavier duty aftermarket ones are really... your factory bumpers weigh in around 50-60 lbs...

this was off the FAQ section of Move's website...

How much do your bumpers weigh?
Our standard front bumper weighs about 110 lbs, the pre-runner weighs about 130 and the full grill weighs about 160 lbs. Our rear bumper weighs about 85 lbs. Our offroad front bumper is about 120 lbs, the offroad pre-runner about 155lbs, and the offroad full grille weighs about 195 lbs.


Some of the other aftermarket stronger bumpers ive looked at were about the same in the higher end weights listed there... but depended on what options people picked...

 

Neat info! You've pointed out lots of good things to consider that I would not have considered on my own.

 

no problem im good at overthinking things sometimes.... which has a tendency to come in handy.... the only thing with the Move bumpers is you either have to know how to weld, know someone that can do it for you on the friend rate, or pay a fab shop to put it together for you... i know how to weld and have a couple welders i could put it together myself... so wouldnt be a problem there... (plus i like building things myself)...

 

I got a buddy that's super handy with a welder and has like... 14 of them. He's my go-to whenever something comes up that requires welding, as I've never had time to try to learn any part of welding myself.

 

them kinda friends are always handy lol... i was kinda backwards... i bought a cheap welder first and actually ended up hating it very quickly... then when i got laid off and wasnt finding anything i figured "hey lets go back to school and see if i cant learn how to use it properly... " found out in the classes i was pretty good at it so took the rest and got my certificate of completion... but unfortunately im not a "certified" welder... wish they had done that for us... but ohh well... now i got alot better machines that work great...

 

I personally feel that there is noting more satisfying that dragging
out the tools and welding something useful. Then there is the just
welding something for fun. It's the building that that is fun.

 

agreed... i love welding things up.... going to build my little wood shed outta the rusty pipes from an old car port we had at the beach... need to get it off the ground and cut up....

 

I could have taken welding in college, but skipped it because it was an evening class that cut into my beer drinking. Stupid. Then I looked at the local Vo-tech a while ago, but they only had day classes for folks that wanted to learn to make a living. I just cannot win. Would love to have that skill.

 

check the community colleges... theyll sometimes have classes like that there... both days and nights... the one i was taking the welding classes at had one that ran 9am-1pm and the afternoon classes ran from 6 pm - 10pm.. weekends while i didnt take that time slot ran from 12pm-4pm