Super Duty bumper building help needed
Elder User
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From: USA
Heres a better video.
Since this video I have fixed the carrier problem and it works great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqgVq...eature=channel
Since this video I have fixed the carrier problem and it works great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqgVq...eature=channel
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Fallon,NV & Bainbridge OH
Rudedoggii,
It looks good, great job working out of a little garage, the American way. Only thing I can suggest is take a little more time welding on longer pieces of metal where there is a greater chance of warping, tack all sides, weld one, let it cool, come back weld another side, etc....
I love the eye roll after the dog comment on the video!
It looks good, great job working out of a little garage, the American way. Only thing I can suggest is take a little more time welding on longer pieces of metal where there is a greater chance of warping, tack all sides, weld one, let it cool, come back weld another side, etc....
I love the eye roll after the dog comment on the video!
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From: Stephensville WI
rudedogii, nice bumper man. Would love to see it again when you have the gas cans added.
Also, you might want to consider a simple lock on the latch mechanism to keep a low life scum thief from swinging the carrier out and accessing the rear (if you don't already have it and I missed that in the video).
Also, you might want to consider a simple lock on the latch mechanism to keep a low life scum thief from swinging the carrier out and accessing the rear (if you don't already have it and I missed that in the video).
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From: LONG ISLAND N.Y.
nice set up. i have a idea that might help. yor trailer hitch lock can be put in through the back side and weld it in place this way you can lock it from the other side with just one hand. now make a jig and start selling them.
You Keep What You Kill
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From: Huntersville, NC
So AntiBling, are you interested in fabricating a bumper in the design that I proposed? If so, can you estimate a cost for front and rear bumpers?
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(I had the same feelings about the amazingly expensive and still "not what I'm looking for" bumpers available... and I like the idea of making something myself. I'm biased though, since I've already got experience with building more complex shapes.)
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It may be a year or so before I have my shop equipment available again (it's currently in storage on the other coast), but when it's back up and running, I'll likely start working on something similar to what you're interested in. I'll keep you posted when it gets closer to that time.
(I had the same feelings about the amazingly expensive and still "not what I'm looking for" bumpers available... and I like the idea of making something myself. I'm biased though, since I've already got experience with building more complex shapes.)
(I had the same feelings about the amazingly expensive and still "not what I'm looking for" bumpers available... and I like the idea of making something myself. I'm biased though, since I've already got experience with building more complex shapes.)
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If you like his we can figure out what to charge for it and build the third one we got plates for if you want to buy it.
As far as the ARB style bumpers, we don't have a press big enough to bend plate, not to mention it'd be more time consuming for us to cut it out or more expensive to get it lasered. The plates we had lasered out were pretty straight forward that when had them cut that's what we needed straight from the laser. If we had to figure out what shapes we needed for those bumpers, then had them bent, I'm sure we'd have figured wrong. We don't have the money to be wrong.
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