Finished my bumper over the weekend. It is made from 3"x6"x3/16" rectangular tubing. Heavy and solid. Add bedliner to top for non-skid and took the oportunity to also line the lower doors and rockers.
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George,
Very nice work! Looks good. Can you give some construction details? How heavy is it?
Steve P.

WOW!!!! very nice rear bumper, any offers to make, sell, and ship, for profit of course? I can't find anything like this from anyone else...Calmini has those horrid tube bumpers, that is about it, I know DOR has some great front bumpers, but looks like you have filled a nice niched in the in the ass-end deparment...!!

Sign me up TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks awesome. You did a great job.

Nice! The bedliner added a nice rugged look to your ride. Did you use the spray or roll on method?

Ashby

First of all thanks for the compliments.

Let me answer some questions.....

It weighs about 55 pounds.

As for me making additional ones....well if I get 20 deposits <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> ......no, seriously I don't have the tooling and fixtures to make the mounts. Mine were made by hand fitting them to my vehicle. I don't have patterns for the diff years. Would not want to make something I wasn't sure would fit.

The bed liner was rolled on. I used spray where the door and rocker meet only to get in the crack and along the pinch seam. That stuff is really great. I never thought of using it on the lower portion of the truck until reading about it here. You really do learn a lot on this board.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans"> I know DOR has some great front bumpers, but looks like you have filled a nice niched in the in the ass-end deparment...!!
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I beleive that Matt at Independent 4x has some good looking rear bumpers. Independent 4x

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Rodayo:
<strong>I beleive that Matt at Independent 4x has some good looking rear bumpers. Independent 4x</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Yes he does. This was not done to compete with him, it was done because I wanted to do it and wanted a design somewhat of my own and the satisfaction that I did it. I am not set up to produce these so not looking to go against DOR or INDY4x. It was made over several lunchtimes here at work.

i think it's a fine looking bumper <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

in fact i run something almost identical on my trooper...same long taper on the ends......and uh...i am set up to "produce". <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

lookin' good man...bring that thing out to Paragon and dirty it up sometime!

matt

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Rodayo:
<strong>[QUOTE]I beleive that Matt at Independent 4x has some good looking rear bumpers. Independent 4x</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Hey, Matt:

What's the approximate rating of the receiver that's built into your rear bumper for Rodeos?

I'm not looking to tow anything huge; an absolute max of 3,000 lbs. and 300 lbs. of tongue weight. So a Class II rating would be more than sufficient. Would your bumper handle that?

Sorry, George. I didn't mean to steal your thunder on this thread. Yours is a great looking bumper. But since you're not mass-producing and I have no welding skills, I had to ask Matt. Great job, though. I wish I had those skills.

Mike