Rear bumper ideas. Build to come asap

[smurfasaur]

Ill learn more from building it than buying one. Sometimes its about the skills learned. Just learned to weld a few months ago so this will be a good build for me. Cant want to start.

I have the same mentality. Even if I have to buy tools that cause things to be the same price as buying/taking my junk to someone I almost always choose new tools and learning [emoji1360]


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[Boltrunner]

@Honky Kong jr would 4x8 tube work with that bumper idea of yours?

 

[Derrick]

take cardboard and start taping it together till you get a shape and structure you like. this is just a random image but trust me using cardboard to make it up is way cheaper than messing up with steel. the best part is you can then use the cardboard as a stencil to trace the steel when you cut it. let me rephrase this still use steel for the bumper but design it with cardboard then copy the design with steel and boom bumper

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[shiftpro]

I've mentioned here before that over built bumpers + collision = bent frames...
But we were talking about front bumpers in that thread...
An over built rear bumper still runs the risk of a bent frame but less so than up front.

I have built bumpers with end caps welded up and used as an air tank. Unfortunately it's not much air volume. Fine for ARB lockers
and a short toot on the train horns but that's about it. It's not enough volume for airing up tires.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

@Honky Kong jr would 4x8 tube work with that bumper idea of yours?

All depends if you have a receiver hitch bolted to the frame.

 

[shiftpro]

take cardboard and start taping it together till you get a shape and structure you like. this is just a random image but trust me using cardboard to make it up is way cheaper than messing up with steel. the best part is you can then use the cardboard as a stencil to trace the steel when you cut it. let me rephrase this still use steel for the bumper but design it with cardboard then copy the design with steel and boom bumper

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Nice design you have going there.

 

[Dougnsalem]

Nice design you have going there.

....take cardboard and start taping it together till you get a shape and structure you like. this is just a random image but trust me using cardboard to make it up is way cheaper than messing up with steel......

 

[Derrick]

Nice design you have going there.

it is not my design i found it on the internet i figured if i showed what i meant it would be easier than explaining

 

[Boltrunner]

All depends if you have a receiver hitch bolted to the frame.

There isnt right now. I have one of those cheesey things from harbor freight that bolts to the bumper to give me a reciever hitch. Was thinking it was going end up kinda all in one. I came up with this before the idea of making a tank was presented to me. I figured use 1/2 plate and use the existing holes for the bumper to serve as one mount then a peice welded up that sits under the frame tight and gets bolted from underneath as well then just notching it for the 3 in drill pipe and have the brackets drop down and be tied together with a reciever.

 

[Boltrunner]

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[bucket]

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Um, a roller skate and some kind of ladder?





sorry, I couldn't resist

 

[Boltrunner]

Hahah my technical drawings are the best. What are you talking about. I got a new phone and it has a stylus so i was trying my hand at making spectacular designs for everyone to enjoy. Guess it worked lol

 

[Dougnsalem]

Um, a roller skate and some kind of ladder?





sorry, I couldn't resist

Damn it! I was gonna ask what CAD Design program he was using....

 

[Honky Kong jr]

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Did @OddEnormous halp wit dat?

 

[Honky Kong jr]

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I will draw you something up this weekend this week kinda sucked the life out of me