Well,
I decided to finally download the photos from my expirement in bumper fabrication. rear cross member lost about 4" off the top. main stays are 2 x 3 3/16th wall tube attached to 1/4" plate the goes around the sides and below the frame rails. the space on the outer plate is gapped to clear the body mounts. The side wings are 1x1 1/8" wall tubing with 1/8" plate all around.
total time??? about 20 or so hours, a lot of scrap tubing from my old shop and a 4'x4' peice of 1/8th wall for the skin.
this will lift up onto the rails once you clear the exhaust pipe ( had to relocate the bracket anyways) attaches with 4 of the existing tow bar points and will have 4 more grade 8 1/2" bolts going through the rails.
its not pretty but it is effecitve.
Special thanks to Slee for the tire carrier spindle. also big thanks to Trivan Truck Body, my past empoloyer for letting me use the shops shear and brake and scrap steel to put this together.
Dave
trying to upload some photos of this now.
Well that isnt happenin, I will try to work up a link.
ok here goes.
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_002.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_003.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/004res.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/08_res.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/05res.JPG this is one of me my son took....
this last one is the best of all....
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_001.jpg
I decided to finally download the photos from my expirement in bumper fabrication. rear cross member lost about 4" off the top. main stays are 2 x 3 3/16th wall tube attached to 1/4" plate the goes around the sides and below the frame rails. the space on the outer plate is gapped to clear the body mounts. The side wings are 1x1 1/8" wall tubing with 1/8" plate all around.
total time??? about 20 or so hours, a lot of scrap tubing from my old shop and a 4'x4' peice of 1/8th wall for the skin.
this will lift up onto the rails once you clear the exhaust pipe ( had to relocate the bracket anyways) attaches with 4 of the existing tow bar points and will have 4 more grade 8 1/2" bolts going through the rails.
its not pretty but it is effecitve.
Special thanks to Slee for the tire carrier spindle. also big thanks to Trivan Truck Body, my past empoloyer for letting me use the shops shear and brake and scrap steel to put this together.
Dave
trying to upload some photos of this now.
Well that isnt happenin, I will try to work up a link.
ok here goes.
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_002.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_003.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/004res.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/08_res.JPG
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/05res.JPG this is one of me my son took....
this last one is the best of all....
http://home.comcast.net/~jdavidcallister/bumper_001.jpg
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