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Building a "Ranch Hand" bumper for my 04 ranger

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Building a "Ranch Hand" bumper for my 04 ranger



So after my little wreck i noticed my stock bumper was bend and mangled so I tossed it in the dump and called my buddy who works at a welding fab shop and asked him if he could help me build some sort of bumper for my truck. He said yes obviously and started getting ideas. I had thought about doing some kind of tube bumper before but I always thought my truck would be too little for a bumper like a ranch hand because of the weight of the steel required to build it. As you can see my truck does sag a little with it on but I plan on putting bigger tires and new steel wheels on the truck soon. Also I was considering putting those rubber things in the coil springs to reduce the sag in the front end. Also I want to point out that this is the bumper unfinished it's completely built and tack welded together at this point. It still needs to go back to the welding shop and get the finishing welds and all the necessary grinding before it goes to the paint shop to get powder coated! This is my first thread ever on here so let me know what you think and also anyone with any ideas on how big of a tire I can put on my truck I have 235/70/r15 on it now and I was thinking maybe a 265/75/15 or something. The new bumper adds a lot of extra space for the tires in the front.
 

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