"ranch hand" style bumper
 

hopefully today, maybe tomorrow ill be aquiring some 6" steel pipe from Graniteguy, and when i do.. im gonna use the body lift rear bumper lift brackets, cut a notch in them, and weld the 6" pipe to it... and wah-bam i have a mean a$$ bumper :scool:


im kinda contimplating filling it w/ cement.. but that would b a bit excessive, on the other hand it would help w/ traction :shrug:


then when its on ill be getting 2 of those weld-on d-rings and putting them on the pipe directly behind where its mounted to the frame...


any insight on this before hand? :banana:
-Matt

one catch... idk if anyone has heated up cement before w/ a torch.. it pops/explodes so that could pose as a problem if i fill the pipe w/ cement then weld on it?

fill it with air.

:silly:

lol. Let me elaborate. use it as a storage tank for air. 6" diameter x 4-1/2 ft pipe is not shabby.

are we talking like, schedule 40 steel?

Fill it with Cream cheese! Then you never have to look for it at Bagel time!

i knew what you ment.............

prolly would be what almost 5 gallons of air....

Make a long skinny keg then its beer time any time!

a big rusty pipe at my father in laws ranch

I would make some stronger brackets, I haven't seen body lift brackets, but they can't be but like 3/16" thick... and the pipe is going to weigh alot as is. I dont think they will stand much of a chance in an accident, and isn't that a point of ranch hand bumpers?

prolly should take the stock brackets and use them since they bolt to the bottom of the frame instead of to the side like the body lift brackets...

I dunno, if he's using something as beefy as 6 inch pipe, he might as well make some heavy dudy brackets. It will only be a strong as the weakest link, which in this case are the brakets, even the stockers are wimpy compaired to what hes mounting to it.

maybe make a bracket that wrapped around the frame and bolted on all sides......with plenty of gussets in it....

i was gonna bolt the brackets to the frame. then weld them to it too.. and some cross braces..

i just dont have access to like place 1/4" steel.. the brackets have to be between 1/8 and 1/4.. they rnt thin.. hell they are thicker then the stock ones..
im also thinking about putting a cap on one end, or both and using it to store like chain, a crow bar, etc...

as for the air storage.. i kinda want it up in my frame not exposed.. its a cheap easy way.. but its also gonna be more likely to have the hose torn off or something?

keg is one idea, i wanted to make the bottom half of my tool box a keg at one time..

but cement would be ultimate! fkn thing would weigh like 200 lbs! :scool:
then if it does break bc i get hit.. it will f more up :owned:






hell one more idea..
everyone was giving wayne crazy ideas for his rear pipes.. what if i made mine like a quick detachment so i could like drop it goin 70 down the highway if im being chased by bad guys?

i got it on.. but my tac welds were too big? i gotta take a grinder w/ a cut off wheel to something so i can get the pipe back off... need to cut it a little ,finish welding it up, make sure it wont come off at 65 mph(could be hella bad), grind it, paint it, any touch up work


the thing must weigh 150+lbs as is.. forget the cement idea

get some pics up

Matt, is that the diameter you were envisioning? That thing was humongus.

hahahahha ITS HUGE, i just got it done.. well i need to go to a welding shop to get it DONE DONE.. but its on.. here r some pics

note:
* IT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS ME... :43[1]:
*lisence plate, temp position
*need to find a home for the tow hooks
*step?
*needs to get painted, mb bed liner?

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ill get some pics up tomorrow of it in the sun.. bad night shots..

thant things huge... not what i was expecting to see...

hahaha, i paid someone to weld it up today... he said that stuffs not cheap, and i believe him...and yea its a lil big.. but u cant argue w/ free..

I pitty the person who rear-ends you..lol

My best friend's brother did this to his F-250 a while back. I'm trying to get pics for you. FWIW, may I suggest only bolting the tube/bumper to the frame and not welding it on? I'll have to find a thread about this that Griggs posted. I replied with links from a full size bronco forum regarding custom bumpers and welding or just bolting them.

Frame Flex = bolt flex
Frame flex + welds + bolts = cracked welds + sheared bolts + no bumper.

Friend's bumper

http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/...y/media/463026

I personally don't that style bumper, but it is because of an accident I was in in '93 when a drunk pulled out in front of my familys brand new full size conversion van and we hit him. He had a bumper like that and it tore up the van(his rear tire bouncing up on the hood didn't help either), but it smashed up my moms ankle, 2 surgeries and 13 years later it still hurts her.

It will look aiight when it's finished, I would hate to see the car that rear ends you! I think my rear bumper would have a similar effect.

yea, it was funny as hell driving to the welding shop, bc i had tie down straps holding it on incase the welds broke.. u shoulda seen how far back people stayed! haha


but then on my way home, i had a few people almost hit me.. that woulda been game over for their car..