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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 12:20 AM
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It sure looks pretty stout.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 06:57 AM
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The one you have looks very nice - why not just adapt the factory side braces to your bumper?
 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 07:22 AM
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I know the old bumpers aren't very stout but I like how clean it looks....

 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 08:55 AM
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That is called a "contour bumper". They were fairly popular on the 70s trucks before the factory had a "step bumper".
 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 08:57 AM
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Ty, I just talked to my son who has a 1995 F150. He'd be willing to trade his factory bumper to you if you can come up with another Ranch Hand type rear bumper like you traded me for my '91.

 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jas88
Ty, I just talked to my son who has a 1995 F150. He'd be willing to trade his factory bumper to you if you can come up with another Ranch Hand type rear bumper like you traded me for my '91.
That's cool. I might consider that depending on what I find. I actually did look for all types of rear bumpers last night and was almost thinking about going back to the trusty old Ranch Hand again. I'm 50/50 on them. Really love the clean looks of original style but gotta like the strength of the black bumpers.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jas88
The one you have looks very nice - why not just adapt the factory side braces to your bumper?
I agree that it does look nice. I thought about that, but not sure it would be very strong even then. If you step on the corner the bumper moves.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2020 | 05:44 PM
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No replies to any known supplier for rhose Hercules Bumpers?
 
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Hercules are discontinued and I believe the company went out of business. I did recently see this post on Craigslist, but it is argent and not chrome. Fantastic bumpers though.

https://austin.craigslist.org/pts/d/...049651746.html






 
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I felt I needed to jump in here and relate my experience with Westin/Fey bumpers. I bought one and installed it. It looked great...for about 1 year before it started rusting—and I live in S.Cal where it rains maybe 3x per year. I called and they replaced it, but I could see rust forming on the under side of the new bumper, so I prepped it and painted with Por-15.

Over-all, the bumper is half the weight, half as thick metal, as the one I removed. Their mounting brackets are terrible as well and require spacers on one or both sides. I added Westin/Fey to my list of once quality companies that have started manufacturing you know where and are now producing 2nd rate cheap crap.
 
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