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« Last post by Farmer Jon on May 21, 2024, 06:51:59 AM »
The boys and I are off on our guys trip to Florida. My brother's kid is graduating from high school in Clearwater. My nephew decided to come along. Had a little accident hooking up the trailer. The jaws appeared to be latched so I went ahead and ran the jacks up before I did the tug test. They were not latched. Ripped the plug out, smashed the cord and destroyed the spar tire carrier. A couple hours later we were on the road. Got really lucky there wasn't more damage.   Sent from my Pixel 8 Pro using Tapatalk
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« Last post by Atkinsmatt on May 21, 2024, 04:31:26 AM »
John 8:12 ESV
[12] Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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« Last post by Bigdave_185 on May 21, 2024, 12:22:59 AM »
The plastic air direction on the underside of your roof top unit is super nice compared to the older units with 1” foam for air flow direction
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« Last post by Bigdave_185 on May 21, 2024, 12:17:44 AM »
Should have plenty of room to mount a winch under that behemoth
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« Last post by JR on May 21, 2024, 12:04:11 AM »
Sensors tell you you really hit things!
I agree, butt ugly, sticks out too far and looks like you lost a lot of attack angle (but this is not for rock climbing?).
Time to break out the CAD design.
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« Last post by Flyin6 on May 20, 2024, 10:49:18 PM »
The actual marrying of the new bumper to the truck took a couple of hours. I did this in the blazing sun in my driveway. I about burned up! In the end, however, it was done and I have a new bumper.
A couple of thoughts:
This thing will protect against a deer-sized animal impact
It is butt ugly
I do not like it
which
means
it will have a short lifespan, but will protect the truck and occupants for the upcoming trip.
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« Last post by Flyin6 on May 20, 2024, 10:45:31 PM »
after all that, it was time to reinstall
This took some time. There were four through-the-frame bolts and eight 12mm bolts facing forward
At this point the bumper has had everything swapped over and the factory bumper hooks reinstalled.
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« Last post by Flyin6 on May 20, 2024, 10:43:01 PM »
I coated the frame and the new brackets with 3M cavity wax and used grease on all bolts.
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« Last post by Flyin6 on May 20, 2024, 10:41:55 PM »
The work then got pretty tedious. I had to strip the factory wiring harness, then the fog lights, then transfer all that to the new bumper. The new bumper was already set up for the front sensors which went in with a bunch of custom gaskets and holders.
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« Last post by Flyin6 on May 20, 2024, 10:39:04 PM »
And then I pulled the front tow hooks and then the factory bumper.
THere is nothing there to provide any protection. All that front end does is to manage airflow. If you hit anything semi significant, you are not going anywhere else.
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