Fabbed this much of it up last night.

I have a 2" body lift so that made this easier to mount. I used 2x4 1/8th wall or in other words, .120 wall rec tube. $3.46/ft





























It's not finished, either tonight (probably tomorrow) I'll be adding 1 -3/4 tube along the side of the bed where I cut, thats why the bumper slightly extends out past the body on the ends.

I'll post some final pictures once its all done and painted =)

 

damn, that looks nice

 

them sure are some ugly bolts holdin on that purdy bumper... any hitch receiver plans? Well done! Looking forward to the next batch of pics!

 

Those are some sexy welds haha. The bumper looks great too!

 

Wow, i wish i could weld that well lol.

 

very nice!

 

Wow thanks guys =) This is my FIRST fab job EVER ! heh .. well besides the SAS but that was a kit, this I just thought up and decided to do it.

The bumper is 1/8th wall, I happened to have some 3/16" flat scrap just enough to cut two squares for the scab plates... for the D-rings. You cant see it but I cut two holes in the middle of the plates (rosettes) along with welded all around. And IIRC those are 12 thousand lb D-rings. Heh, shouldnt have any issues with those!

The bolts are ugly. ha, I had two OEM ones (from the original bumper) then found two more laying around the shop. The Bumper will be welded to the frame sorta.

I dont have a picture but where the mouts slide into the frame rails.. on the outside of the truck, I'm going to run one bead where they meet up. This way I can cut the weld with a grinder to remove the bumper down the road (plans for a flat bed) at which time I'll shorten the bed.

There will also be tube along the side of the bed, which will be supported by a tube that will go inward and weld to the frame there.

Should have it all done w/ pics tomorrow. I'm taking the night off and gonna R E L A X

=)

 

what did you use to cut the bed? sawzall?

 

man, that is great work. simple, effective. great welds as well. did you say you're going to add side of the qtr panel extensions or something like that?

 

sawzall? no

i used a 2" die grinder (air) and the 4.5" grinder, cut off wheels.

yea running 1.75 tube along the sides. Be on tomorrow, already got em bent. =)

 

Nice! Simple, clean and functional.

 

Rear disc brakes....cool. The bumper looks good so far. Nice job.

 

Nice work!!
Looks tough and sturdy and clean.
Nice truck too!

 

Looks good! You should run a bead from the mounting tube to the frame to keep it from moving around in addition to the bolts. Before I did that on my MC bumper it would move all over if I hit anything on it...

 

Already on it =) .. IT's actually tacked there right now with a short bead. Also the side tubes will have one support which will be welded as well.

 

Looks good. Surprised you didnt bob that thing up a bit first though

 

Bobbing the bed just isn't my thang. lol This is enough bob action for me =) Besides the butt is so high now it'll be interesting to see what I hit, if anything at all. I didn't hit much before... or drag to often =P

 

Nice work

 

I like the license plate light, lol nice work btw

 

You got skills then