Full size truck aftermarket or custom front bumpers.. post pics

[bjowett]

Yes, I have a couple of these, including the T-15 pictured above, it's modded to fit another truck.

Bumper is built from .215" thick aluminum.

Not as strong as a steel unit, but it will do what you require far better than the stock unit. It's roughly 1/3 - 1/2 the weight of a comparable steel version.

Easy to mount on the Super Duty.

 

[Aluminess]

We can make almost any of our bumpers into a slimline version by taking the winch compartment out. Here is an example on a Dodge Ram





We also make full winch bumper with a customized brush guard. We have done bull bars, full brush guards, no brush guards and quite a few one off custom brush guards. All of our bumpers are made out of Aluminum and weight less than 100 LBS.

 

[Texan1983]

any pics of the winch version on an 04 dodge ram 2500?

 

[Aluminess]

any pics of the winch version on an 04 dodge ram 2500?

Here you go! The air scoop on the bottom is a custom part we made him to direct extra air into the engine compartment. It's not needed for most applications.

 

[ExpoMike]

Wish this was made for the '94-'01 Dodge Ram. This is what I want.

 

[brussum]

Do you have any first hand knowlege about these like weight, how strong, installation? If they install easily I want one to keep deer out of my radiator.

Thanks for posting this.

Homemade, I have a TJM on my F350. It's a powder coat version rather than polished aluminum. If you'd like details or pics, then pm me. I thought TJM quite selling their stuff in the USA, but I also heard rumor they were going to start sales here again soon. They make some great stuff.

 

[Buliwyf]

I like the Warn bumpers and the Transformer 2 setup with the stock bumper as well. Chevy's seem to look perfect with the ARB bumpers for some reason.

We have a ton of deer in my area running across highways. While I don't like the idea of shelling out $2400 for a blingy offroad bumper, the average deer strike costs about that much in repairs. I've dodged at least three deer this month alone in my company work truck.

 

[tombodad]

For those of you talking about hitch-mounted winches (front and back), any issues with strength? Hitch receivers are not really designed for loads other than pulling straight out, and toungue weight down. Are they strong enough to safely take the angled load of a powerful winch pulling a 7,500 pound truck? This is definitely the route I'd like to go [weight off, keep winch protected, cleaner look] but not if it sacrifices much strength...

 

[TurboChris]

Here's mine. Made by OutDoor Logic who is a board sponsor here.......

 

[Buliwyf]

For those of you talking about hitch-mounted winches (front and back), any issues with strength? Hitch receivers are not really designed for loads other than pulling straight out, and toungue weight down. Are they strong enough to safely take the angled load of a powerful winch pulling a 7,500 pound truck? This is definitely the route I'd like to go [weight off, keep winch protected, cleaner look] but not if it sacrifices much strength...

Winch Bumpers block most of the road goo if you cover up the fair lead. I've seen people have good luck forming a sheet of kydex to cover that up. Some use broom mounts to snap a front license plate on as a neat cover.

You still have to remove the winch every 2 years for maintenace and regreaseing. You can seal it up pretty well with grease and Permatex. But it's not too bad serviceing winches. Not much different than a big geared starter motor.

Yes, a winch on your rear reciever can be a bad thing. It deosn't take 10,000lbs of force to move a 10,000lb trailer. And that reciever is long so it has a ton of leverage. I thought about a multimount winch for a while, then I lifted a Warn 15,000 lb winch. HEAVY!!!!

I haven't seen anyone bend thier hitch. I've heard about it. But the htches on 1 ton vehicles are pretty stout. I got lost at night in a steel mill and backed my truck into a concrete block that was covered in black slag stuff and hard to see. I hit it at about 10mph, and that block didn't move. Whiplash, felt like I totaled my ride, but I was lucky, I left my 2 5/16" ball in and that was the only thing that hit the block. I didn't check for frame damage cause I was younger and dumber at the time. But i think the truck was fine.

So with some common sense shoveling to lessen the load on the winch and reciever it would probally hold up ok. 15,000 pounds of force is pushing your luck any way you cut it.

It's easier to just get a nice engine hoist to pop your bumper off so you can service your winch as needed. Some bumpers let you reach the more important stuff on the winch without removing the bumper.

 

[Fireman78]

pic taken right after I finished the install. 2006 Dodge Power Wagon/ Aluminess Slimline Bumper.


Getting ready to rescue my Yamaha Rhino

 

[Fireman78]

Winch Bumpers block most of the road goo if you cover up the fair lead. I've seen people have good luck forming a sheet of kydex to cover that up. Some use broom mounts to snap a front license plate on as a neat cover.

You still have to remove the winch every 2 years for maintenace and regreaseing. You can seal it up pretty well with grease and Permatex. But it's not too bad serviceing winches. Not much different than a big geared starter motor.

Yes, a winch on your rear reciever can be a bad thing. It deosn't take 10,000lbs of force to move a 10,000lb trailer. And that reciever is long so it has a ton of leverage. I thought about a multimount winch for a while, then I lifted a Warn 15,000 lb winch. HEAVY!!!!

I haven't seen anyone bend thier hitch. I've heard about it. But the htches on 1 ton vehicles are pretty stout. I got lost at night in a steel mill and backed my truck into a concrete block that was covered in black slag stuff and hard to see. I hit it at about 10mph, and that block didn't move. Whiplash, felt like I totaled my ride, but I was lucky, I left my 2 5/16" ball in and that was the only thing that hit the block. I didn't check for frame damage cause I was younger and dumber at the time. But i think the truck was fine.

So with some common sense shoveling to lessen the load on the winch and reciever it would probally hold up ok. 15,000 pounds of force is pushing your luck any way you cut it.

It's easier to just get a nice engine hoist to pop your bumper off so you can service your winch as needed. Some bumpers let you reach the more important stuff on the winch without removing the bumper.

I horribly bent my rear hitch! Be carefull!! Finally got that sucker fixed for good (Hopefully)



It actually got worse before I fixed it.

 

[NothingClever]

I'd steer clear of Road Armor. All the ones (`14-20) I've seen in Afghanistan were falling off the trucks. I'd be comfortable saying they're not much more than cosmetic enhancement.

 

[Buliwyf]

I'd steer clear of Road Armor. All the ones (`14-20) I've seen in Afghanistan were falling off the trucks. I'd be comfortable saying they're not much more than cosmetic enhancement.

Bummer. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[98dango]

One thing to keep in mind when bumper shopping is how it mounts. I have installed many an aftermarket bumper in my jobs over the years. The construction of all of them is well its when they come to mounts. The first one that comes to mind is made by Iron Bull. This bumper is heavy well built but uses only factory mounting of 4 12 mm bolts to hold bumper lights winch on the front of a 1ton dodge dually. Ya thats not going to work for the wyoming rancher who bought it.