Bump It Up! Put that s#$t down.

[RedRooster]

Apparently i've been told that I'm v. ambituous.
Whatever.

So tinkering with CAD and wondering how to lower my winch without loosing approach angle.
I decided to visit my girlfriend sally at Russel and get her to cut up some more bits and peices for me.

This is what i started with. Any one that has wheeled with me has seen this mega booty fab bumper. And snickered silentley.
It was a quick fix and stayed on my rig much much to long.
No more.
Its on the ground,



So, the start of my new and latest booty fab creation.
Fit up and ready to weld. Yes those are peices of bed frame. fawk off. I use what i have.



I designed the bumper so that major connections were corner to corner to accomodate full pen welding. Maximum strength!!!



Core of the bumper is 1/4" plate all boxed and cross braced.
Still light but mega strong.



The toppeices to give more strenth and further define the shape of the bumper. The rest of the top and front are from 3/16" plate. and the bottom will be 1/8" plate.



Some wrap around action.



Front plates fit-up and tacked in place.



Nuff welding tonight. Heres the side profile. I know it tilts up. i don't care, go build your own damn bumper if your a critic.




G' Night. More progress tomorrow.

[xj love]

id say nice work man
give me a shout when ur in town

[little green]

Yes.... 7days till ace,mr ambitious. Im leaving in 4

[HMFI]

Nice moose killer.

I'm a critic, built my own a couple times.

Damn that looks heavy Bill!!!!!!

Why didn't ya come see mine again????? It's been working for years........

Sorry, looks good, just phat.

[RedRooster]

All the peices were lighter than my old bumper. Its fat to fit an 8074 winch. And i'm in town. Will be all week.

[YJ_and_Corey]

Looks great - should ward off Captain Obvious.

Hurry ACE is a week away

[RedRooster]

Aw well, Heres the final product. Ends pulled down during the welding process, and I need to revamp the bumper mounts when I have time. I can bring it 2 or so inches closer to home. and a Hause is on order.


It packaged up the winch nicley and has a better approach angle than before. Definantly helped the cooling issue. Doesn't run in the red on long climbs anymore.


Cheers

[HMFI]

OK, OK, it doesn't look as massive with the winch in there. I appoligize.

Looks even better with that view.

[YJ_and_Corey]

With paint and a winch in it, it looks great!

[86Tincan]

Nice job on the bumper. Looks really good man.

[gtisam]

Well its my turn with Sally this week, she is usually spot on . We'll see how she does. this might be a tuffy. Looks sharp tho, good work.

[HMFI]

Good ol' Sally, - everybody gets a turn.


Bill, maybe it's the fat tires that make the bumper look good?

[O.B.WHON]

great job as usually Bill. Looks very much like my profab. I'll have to check it out later in the week.

[HMFI]

Or, perhaps it's the size of yer hook.

[RedRooster]

Isn't that the trick to looking thinner is to have fat friends?