Where to buy metal for bumper

[kevinbmx77]

Been searching the internet for a few days and just gave up and decided to ask. Where do you guys get your materials? What type of metal is best, just making a simple tube bumper with skid plate.

like this

 

[NEVERLIFT]

Your location would help, I normally get my material from a place called industrial metal supply or tusker metal but both these places are in southern California. I use 1 3/4" .120 wall tubing. Mild steel or DOM is your choice. DOM is a better choice but for a bumper I don't see a problem using mild steel. For a skid plate 3/16" aluminum is what I like to use.

 

[kid_crash]

Scrap dumpster at work my work!
But really, find pretty much any local machine shop or manufacturer in your area. That's what I've done in my area.

 

[kevinbmx77]

Your location would help, I normally get my material from a place called industrial metal supply or tusker metal but both these places are in southern California. I use 1 3/4" .120 wall tubing. Mild steel or DOM is your choice. DOM is a better choice but for a bumper I don't see a problem using mild steel. For a skid plate 3/16" aluminum is what I like to use.

Im in sunrise florida, there use to be a shop down the rode that threw away metal they use to make bridges but they moved

 

[straycat]

Google metal fabricators in your area....scrape yards, metal salvage.