Started to fab. my rear bumper
#1
Started to fab. my rear bumper
Well my bumper project is well under way. My friend cut up and welded all the materials I'm using. We are using 1" thick plate steel for shackle tabs, class 3 receiver and 1/4" thick channel as the bumper. I have the tabs, receiver and ends for the channel all welded in and it looks sweet. I just have to bend it with a machine at my friends shop to get the radius I want and make up mounting tabs with angle iron. My cam died before I could get any good shot of it welded up but here are the some of the parts we made up:
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_21_full.jpg
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#4
OK, here it is finished. It took a lot of mock up and welding but here it is. I still have to chip guard it like the rest of the truck and find a good way to light the license plate but it's all but done.
Can one of you guys repost these pics so you can see them instead of links?
here is the back of it. You can see I welded the tabs right to the brackets that go to the frame rail for support and how the tabs were tapered through a smaller hole, pushed through the back and welded on both sides so its very very strong.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_24_full.jpg
Here it is mocked up
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_23_full.jpg
here its getting extra gussets to support the receiver
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_25_full.jpg
Painted
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_27_full.jpg
All done!
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_28_full.jpg
Can one of you guys repost these pics so you can see them instead of links?
here is the back of it. You can see I welded the tabs right to the brackets that go to the frame rail for support and how the tabs were tapered through a smaller hole, pushed through the back and welded on both sides so its very very strong.
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_24_full.jpg
Here it is mocked up
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_23_full.jpg
here its getting extra gussets to support the receiver
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_25_full.jpg
Painted
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_27_full.jpg
All done!
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_28_full.jpg
Last edited by ScottG; 12-30-2006 at 08:37 PM.
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#10
I dropped the boom on the receiver itself while the bumper was supported by 2 4" square stock. I was trying to give it a slight radius like the truck but it stayed straight. The boom had a set of jaws on it so big they cut through I beam for demo work. I think it's really called an excavator but to me it looks like a crane. I'll probably never tow anything anyway But I'll consider it. Thanks.
#21
I made my own bracket out of 1/4" angle iron that bolts directly to the frame rails with 3, 1/2" zink plated bolts on each side with lock nuts. The brackets are welded right to the bumper as you can see in one of the pics. Here is one from the back mounted. You can see how heavy duty it is...
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_29_full.jpg
http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...25_29_full.jpg
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