new bumper

[Lars]

Very nice work.

A little bulky for my taste but I'm impressed with the fab.

 

[semlin]

very nice work and welcome

 

[YngTLCOwner]

wish i had the skills to be able to fab up my own bumper like that. it looks great!

Welcome again!

 

[PKP80]

BrookLyn,
That is a sick bumper. I'm definitely a fan. How is it mounted to the frame? and do you have more details on how it was made possible start to finish pics as someone else had asked. If you decide to make another one consider me first on the list, I'm in NY quite often.

-Sam-

Welcome

 

[TOY350]

Impressive bumper, you did a great job.

Welcome aboard.

 

[reffug]

Pretty nice, looks like it would provide a nice approach angle as well.

Welcome

 

[lt403]

very nice

 

[BRKLYN1]

Do you have any durring construction pictures, cause that is one of the sweeter looking bumpers I've seen - made by an individual or company.

I will round up the drawings and pictures I have and lay them out in some understandable way.

 

[LCL]

Bumper need hoop ....



Anyone with mad chopping skillz care to indulge me ?




TY

tough angle shots to work with. do you have a picture of a hoop?

 

[BRKLYN1]

is this a helpfull angle?

 

[Junk]

Are there a lot of gusset points behind the bumper? Don't get me wrong, it looks great, but I'm thinking a strong winch pull could deform it without some lateral strengthening. Hey, I ain't no design guy, so what do I know.

 

[T Y L E R]

is this a helpfull angle?

BRKLYN1, I was thinking of more of a head on shot. Then someone could work with that to transplant a rounded hoop onto it , kinda like what Slee has .. or even Chris Geiger's, whose hoop angles forward slightly.



TY

 

[davegonz]

Ok..I used Corel draw to sketch it in...

Picture with hoop

 

[T Y L E R]

Appreciate the effort .. can you fatten that out a bit more .. and round the corners, so it looks like tubing that is bent? Rather than square tubing.


Thanx

 

[macneill]

Looks great and welcome. Where do you live in Brooklyn?

You should join GCLC, so we have more people to wheel with!

 

[T Y L E R]

Look under Macneill's poser pics album for a look at the type of tube I was thinking of .. it's on his 100.



TY

 

[davegonz]

Here you go TY....has the rounded tubing...quick and dirty.

With tubing...

 

[BRKLYN1]

Are there a lot of gusset points behind the bumper? Don't get me wrong, it looks great, but I'm thinking a strong winch pull could deform it without some lateral strengthening. Hey, I ain't no design guy, so what do I know.

the winch is on its own independant mounting plate so only the force of the rollers is on the bumper. a plus to this desingn is that you can remove the bumper without removing the winch. as for thr guset points the front 3/16" plate is welded to the 1/4" mounting plate that contours the shape of the bumper. that combined with the strenght created by the folds it should be good. I will run tests in my finite element Analyses super computer that is in my glove box and see.(did i type that out loud)

 

[Junk]

I will run tests in my finite element Analyses super computer that is in my glove box and see.(did i type that out loud)

Yes, you did. lol.

You should go to Paragon (www.paragonap.com) with us sometime to wheel.

They have 15,000 acres with tons of trails from stock to guaranteed breakage.

 

[BRKLYN1]

I would like to go very much. I went on a weeked group ride there once and was stuck in bumper to bumper slow moving Jeeps(and two slow H2s). I think going at Cruiser pace with you will be far better, but will you take mercy on some one with no skid plates or rocksliders( not yet any way) ?