Nice looking bumper, push bar looks strong enough to keep a deer out of your grill which is the thing most likely to hit there by accident.

 

nice and simple.

got any pics of the mounting?

also of the inside snap of the hitch and tabs? From what I see, i think you just welded the shackle tabs to the bumper, not the frame, or mount to the frame? I did the same thing, and i'll be pulling from the bumper, rather then the frame. I did it different on my rear bumper...

 

The tabs for my shackles were just welded to the front of the C channel, near the frame rails. I have vowed to be pulled out and only pull out one truck at a time. If a 1/2" tab welded to the bumper is not strong enough, then I have no business pulling/being pulled by whatever it may be. I would much rather have to fix or rebuild my bumper than deal with a truck with a stretched frame and doors that won't line up as result.

Here's a picture of one of my mounts... I made an L bracket with the flanges with the holes on the current bracket, and the other side parallel and adjacent to the frame rail. Then I welded the width of the 3/8" bracket to the C channel.


This is a similar picture that shows my reciever a little better. I had the option to have the reciever stick out a good 6-8 inches so I could slide the pin through, or I could mount it close to flush and have to reach behind the bumper to utilize the pin holes. I chose the latter because the first option would just be fugly. It was welded all the way around on both the inside and outside of the bumper. I didn't leave much length after the pin hole (1 1/2" maybe) because I saw no need for it.

 

The only problem with that logic is that if your mount givs way under stress it is going to go through whatever is on the other end of the pull. That is a dangerous situation. Not that I am questioning your mounting skill the bumper looks sweet. Have seen a few orginized trail runs that will not allow welded tow points. Seems like they would be stronger but I guess it is hard to tell unless you saw the welding done, weather or not the tow point ios going to come off and kill someone.

 

I didn't think of that. I did not weld the shackle tabs on...a guy that works with my dad and has been welding for 20-30 years did so for me. But it doesn't matter too much because any very heavy pulling I will be doing I will probably use my Class III rear reciever with a shackle.

 

Looks great Skinsfan, I was in an accident a few weeks back and was thinking of doing something similar to replace my bumper, thanks for the ideas