looks awesome!

 

Great Job man,becareful working on that bumper in that shooting range! haha...

 

you are sadistic...welding over racing fuel?...grinding in a shooting range? geez, i've heard of guys adding elements to make projects more challenging but this is ridiculous!

 

that looks pretty good. Im gonna have to make myself some bumpers for my truck this winter. Your giving me ideas lol

 

So when are you starting on mine?

 

WHEN DO YOU WANT ME TOO??? I WILL MAKE IT A BIT MORE LIGHT WEIGHT FOR YA TOO SAY 1/8 INSTEAD OF 1/4. NOW THAT I HAVE THE PATTERN AND CUTTING DOWN IT WILL BE EASY LOL

P.S. HOPE TO BE DONE SATURDAY EXCEPT FOR LINE X WILL SEND MORE UPDATED PICS JUST CAN'T REMOVE AND REPLACE MY BUMPER FAST ENOUGH THIS WEEK TO BE DONE ANY SOONER

 

I still think you should bridge that span over the top of the winch with some steel. That is the weak link in your design. If you don't believe me go ahead and install it and put a jack under the outside edge of the bumper and lift the wheel off the ground. I bet you a beer you have way more deflection of the bumper than you'll want. BTW I have 2 years experince doing FEA testing as a design engineer, plus I stayed in a Holiday Inn express once too.

 

WOW you stayed at holiday inn express last night i know your right for sure now.LOL

BUT SERIOUSILY I am thinking of doing the top piece but just got to figure out the design and how much to cover.

 

No not last night, it was a few years ago, doesn't that still count though.

 

Good ? What does it weigh so far?

 

any updates on the bumper?

 

Early in the morning tomorrow or afternoon I had to redesign it because the core support got in the way so I have been busy cutting , grinding and test fitting and it's a pain in the ass to do by myself(not complaining just the facts).

I got a new digital cam so I will be taking it with me tonight and gettting a few pics to go with the progress so you all can see where I am at with it, but remember I am doing this after 11 pm and working a full time job so it's been kind of slow , plus with our toy run and turkey shot's time has been limited.

With any luck I should be at a point to mount it by sunday then it's off to the LINE X guy to get coating so it stay's beautiful for long time. Thinking about maybe doing it in color but most likeily wil just run with the standered black.

So anyway theres a quick update got to get back to work dispatch is calling.

 

OK heres some updated pics from tonight with the redesign set up let me know what you think. Still figuring out this new cam so some of the pics are a bit blurry.

 

i think it looks really good. I cant wait to see it all mounted up and painted.

 

lookin good.

 

MORE UPDATE'S

JUST A COUPLE MORE PICTURE'S OF THE PROGRESS I ADDED THE D-RING MOUNT'S AND AN ANGLE FROM THE TOP OF THE BUMPER DOWN TO THE END OF THE WINCH BOX FOR A LITTLE EXTRA STRENGTH TODAY.

HOPE TO BE TEST FITTING AND ADDING THE MOUNTS AND FRONT RECIEVER TO THE TRUCK SUNDAY. IF ALL GO'S WELL THEN IT SHOULD BE GOING TO GET LINE XED THIS WEEK.

 

i want one

 

I WOULD LOVE TO BUILD YOU ONE BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE
FOR ONE?
Steel is expensive right now and materials plus labor are way more then I expected but then again I have figured out a few shortcut's that will help the build go faster on the next one. Maybe trying a rear next.

 

How about one without the winch box? Would that be easier? How much to make it worth your while? By the way that looks really good.

 

YOU MEAN JUST BUMPER STYLE ALL THE WAY ACCROSS FILLED IN NO OPENING FOR A WINCH???