I was just wondering ... is there anyone here who has any interest in making a 4th gen. bumper? If so, please PM me ..

 

sure, what do you want?

 

i didn't know you had made a bumper before??

 

Nope, yours would be the first.

 

haha, i dont know if rocky likes being the guinea pig anymore....

 

yeah ... i really don't ...

 

btw, did you ever get that pin in?

 

no. i even sanded it down with a dremel and everything. the problem now seems to be the hitch receiver itself. for some reason the holes on the carrier insert don't line up with the receiver holes ... Steve and i are still discussing it ... he called me the other morning and we talked a bit, and said he'd call again. sooooo ... we'll see.

it's part of the reason i'd like to find a place or person to make a front and rear bumper with me. i have pictures of the different designs i like, and the most time consuming part would be cutting down whatever on the truck needed to be cut down or modified first.

Chris, it is not at all that i doubt your abilities, i had just figured that someone who had already made a lot of bumpers might be more comfortable with the project, and like garrett mentioned, part of me is just a little tired of struggling with the issues that come up - so i thought if it was someone who had made a bunch of bumpers before, it might be easier for everyone involved. that said, if i hadn't been frustrated out of my mind working on truck things recently, i would love to work with you on something. i just want to make sure it's made to work with the airbags and be as safe as possible ... and i don't know a thing about those types of specifications.

anyone heard of baertrax locally? or any other local shop that does custom fabrication?

 

no, but i'd also like to know some dallas area fab shops.

 

Yea, my fab skills are definatly novice at best, still would be fun though.

 

that would be fun ... maybe we can think of something smaller to start with? i'd love to learn how to fab stuff as well. i wouldn't want to start with a bumper though ... i wouldn't trust myself to know enough to make it safe ... but we could think of something smaller to try for your truck or mine or someone else's and just mess around with it. that'd be awesome to do sometime.

 

baertrax was great communicating with me ... i had emailed them a month or so back about welding my sliders ... they were out of town and let me know, and then out of the blue a couple weeks ago i received an email from them asking if i had gotten it taken care of, and if there was anything else they might be able to help me with. i asked if they made custom bumpers, and they said they did ...

my biggest issue is that i cannot talk to or go to these places alone due to every other experience i've had when i've done that before.

 

Justin Holt ROCKTECK 817 329 4297 located in Grapevine.

 

if you didnt live so far away i could do it foresure...

 

I know ... I saw the pictures of the bumper you made and if you lived ANY closer, I would come to you in a heartbeat.

 

how about some shackle hangers or skid plates

 

skid plate or shackle hangers =

we should!!

 

I am also waiting for a bumper!

 

I wish we could find someone to make some for us!

 

Well, come over and we will!