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http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/DSC00014.jpg heres mine I have to get some updated pics its done now
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KingFord72's Bumper
It looks like you just cut the ends off a stock bumper and welded some things to it. Am I correct? Also, you do have support for that reciever tied into your frame right? You can't just weld straight to your bumper and expect great support. Same with those loops you welded on, you can't expect them to hold without being tied into the frame. Your going to bend the crap out of that stock bumper if you try to recover something that way.
It looks like you just cut the ends off a stock bumper and welded some things to it. Am I correct? Also, you do have support for that reciever tied into your frame right? You can't just weld straight to your bumper and expect great support. Same with those loops you welded on, you can't expect them to hold without being tied into the frame. Your going to bend the crap out of that stock bumper if you try to recover something that way.
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you can't just assume that's a stock bumper with the ends cut off. How do you know it's not a heavy duy piece of rail that's heavily gusseted and supported and fastened to the frame with grade 8 bolts? just sayin.
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Thats what leads me to believe it is just a stock bumper, the bends and such look like one. I'm not trying to be a dick, i'm just saying that looks unsafe.
And thats pretty bad if you see ME saying something looks unsafe.
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its 1/4" plt that is bent to match the contour of the stock bumper, the clevis mounts are 1/4" that go through the bumper and bolt to the side of the frame (and still uses the stock bumper mounting holes), and then on the front is 3/4 pcs to make the rest of the thickness if you know what I mean, and the same for the receiver tube it goes the whole way through and is gusseted in the back, not in that pic are the turn backs that go 10" back to guard the lower fender all 1/4 plt and there is also a prerunner style hoop on it.
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