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sad_savant
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Vehicle: 2002 Ranger SuperCab XLT
Joined: Feb 2007
Member # 2184
From: Wichita KS
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 Posted - February 8 2007 : 12:00a
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OK, some of you who spend a decent amount of time on here have seen pics of my truck and some have actually seen my truck. It's in no way anything special, but I like to be able to make use of what i have available.
My inspiration for this project came from some fellow Ranger owners and my own creativity. That and the fact that up until recently, i had a hitch on my truck. Any of you who have every climbed any decent hills or embankment know a hitch will take away up to 6" of rear approach angle.
Those, along with the fact that i had no REAL recovery points on the back pushed me to quit talking and start building!
Since i haven't taken any pictures yet, i decided to sketch up a rough blueprint of what's going and what i'm gonna end up with.
unfortunately i was unable to think of a way to illustrate the welds that will be on the bumper. So i'll explain a little bit. The chunk steel clevis attachment points will be welded firmly in place to the square tubing. The only reason i'm adding the 3/4" grade 8 bolt is for extra security.
As with chains, there is always a possibility of breakage in the welds. So, at the advice of my friend who's doing the CNC work for me, i'm adding the bolt to make sure that even if a weld breaks a huge chunk of slab steel doesn't come flying off and hit someone, or a vehicle and do major damage.
By design, the bumper brackets will break away before any part of the bumper fails. A full out 40+ lb bumper will not fly as far under pressure as a 2 lb steel chunk, and would more than likely do less damage, as long as i'm using a decent length strap...
please tell me what you think!!!
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