I redesigned the lugs, I have the shape back tacked together, As mentioned before I was going to use the tube radius to put back on, here's a pic to get you an idea. Should be working steady on it this set of days off so i'll keep everyone posted

 

Looking good so far!

 

More progress from today, I now have the tube radius welded on the bottoms, I have cut my receiver tube hole, and welded stiffeners inside where i'm going to mount my 3/4'' lugs. I'm not quite sure if i'm going to leave the receiver tube where it is, or push it further back, it does stick out quite a bit there, but I don't have alot a room on the backside of the bumper between the truck to put the pin in my receiver tube (well that's a lie, i haven't really looked at it yet. Only had a propane torch to cut with lol

New lug pattern:



stiffeners for the reciever tube in the centre:



Holes cut with a propane/oxy torch:



receiver tacked in:



Just a quick MS Paint rendering of how my Stinger's gonna look:


I did alot of this today :(

 

More progress today, I am changing a few things with my design (lugs and stinger) and I finished pretty much all of the welding/cleaning today, was trying to mount it as well but just didn't have a really good idea of how. Probably going to end up chopping my existing ears, and plate it directly to the frame. I dunno here's how she sits until monday.

How it started today








Trying to mount it, needed more steel :P The driver's side needs to come up about a 1/4''

 

looks great exactly how i want mine to look

 

Looks great man..ready to see it painted

 

Pretty sick.

 

Im going to paint it just temporarily (black). I have plans of sending my headache rack, front bumper and rear bumper (when I build it) into Line-X

 

SWEET

 

Lookin good. Anymore progress?

 

Not really I cleaned it up a little nicer, trimmed the excess on a radius to finish the look just from the tire, and Tomorrow or saturday I have to build the stinger and mount it, and I already know its going to be a pain in the *** to mount lol

 

looking beefy.

 

So it's still not quite done yet, (stinger and I have to shim it so it sits level on the truck) it was late last night. I am thinking i'm going to have to get my stinger mandrel bent, as i was unsuccessful on bending it myself (did not have a bender that was assembled...it was in pieces) AND I kinked my first piece of pipe, ---- suckers. Anyways heres how it went about mounting it and what have you, I have to shim it 1/4'' so the outside corners are following the body line and not the crossmember line (where it's attached) It's mounted with 6x4x1/2'' angle that I coped down to 1.5''-2''x 4''.

The steel pile:






Drilling my lugs :) that was a sharp bit!










Painted and mounted:

 

Looks good! Any plans for skid plates?

 

Sick A$$

 

Nice work!

 

plan on taking my current skidplate plate off, and forming my own out of 1/8'' with a logo cut into it. it will be removable, so that way i can take the bumper off without taking the skidplate off

 

TThat's really badass dude. Wanna make me one? lol

 

Seriously, interested in building another?

 

Awesome man, that is really great!

Wish I had that set of tools but at last check a grinder doesn't often help a carpenter.. and you can't build a bumper with a nail gun... LOL