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Bumpers i have built


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heres my ranger (before the extended beams)



a tacoma i did:



and a full size chevy



 


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Nice!

Nice work... professional looking craftsmanship and welding!
 

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would you be interested in making another one of the ranger bumpers
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also interested in buying one if you could make it
 

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you know, i would totally be down to make them. but i've never made one without the truck to build it on. and honestly i dont think it'd be fiscally possible. i couldnt imagine the shipping charges, those are all 1.5" .120 wall DOM and they are NOT very light. too bad i didnt post these a few months ago, im originally from ohio and we drove home for xmas. couldve been like free delivery haha. but to give you an idea...i get about 350 for a full custom bumper like the one on my ranger, or the fullsize. and about 300 for the one on that toyota. so if you add shipping......i dunno if anyone would still be interested. but thanks for the interest!
 

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i could prolly build one myself but i really need to get a bender. any certian style of bender, one better than others for building something like this? and could you get some picks of how your ranger bumper mounts, shots from the undercarraige
 

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i use the JD Squared model 3 manual bender. and i just cut off the front of the frame, plated it in. and my bumper is all weld on, its pretty much a throw away bumper so if i bend it in an impact i just cut it off, and start over. which just happened the other day, haha!
 

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how many feet of pipe did you use on the ranger.
 

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1st.) you want to use tubing, tubing is what you build with. pipe is what your shit flows through when you flush.

2nd.) i ordered 30 feet, and used most of it except for some scrap leftover.
 

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oh thats not bad at all i just built a set of tube doors with 42ft of 1 1/4" ID, .140" wall thickness and it was 50$ and some change steal prices are getting to be killer. i thought it would take alot more to built a bumper like that. well now i know id be way better off to go buy a bender and do it myself than go buy the bumper. thanks alot
 

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sorry about the pipe comment i know better than that.lol
 

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haha, dont worry, i like to kid. but yeah, if you have the means to do it. you're much better off doing it yourself. and theres more pride in the end! i'm trying to get up some picutres of how that bumper held up to a 10 foot drop off......:D
 

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Pipe is fine for a bumper. So is tubing. Seeing as how pipe is about 1/4 the cost of DOM, I'd choose pipe for a bumper. and HREW tubing or DOM for a cage.
 

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pipe is not designed for anything structural. and mild steel tubing is the lightest i would use for a bumper. but you can build stuff for your truck out of anything you want, i just wouldnt pit it up against much more then a mailbox. pipe has no business being any part of a well built truck where anyones safety will be in mind.
 

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