Show Me Your Winch Bumpers!!!
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brianjwilson
Some sort of lost...
Here is the bumper I had on my 98 Ranger. It was built by http://www.badlandbumpers.com/ near Seattle.
I never did put a winch in it because I sold the ranger...
I'd love to get him to make one for the F150 if I had the money and weren't on the other side of the country...
I never did put a winch in it because I sold the ranger...
I'd love to get him to make one for the F150 if I had the money and weren't on the other side of the country...
NorCalBronco
Observer
I love your Ranger! What are some more specs on that?
brianjwilson
Some sort of lost...
I hadn't done a whole lot to it.
98 XLT 4.0L V6, 5spd 4x4 - stock 3.73's with rear trac-loc
Performance accessories 3" body lift
33x12.50's on 15x8's
Lift shackles
Bilstein HD's
All moog greasable front end components
Leer cap
Flowmaster
Some other asthetic stuff...
I bought it when I was younger and broke so I didn't get to do as much as I wanted with it, but it was a great truck and got around pretty well for what it was. I always planned on keeping it when I bought a new truck, swapping in a D44 up front and making it a trail rig, but I sold it for almost $6k with 140k miles on it. Helped pay for lockers and gears on the next rig
4Rescue
Expedition Leader
My previous rig....
Build pics...
I was going to do brush gaurds but never got around to it..
Man I've been looking for a bumper like that but with an upper bar that goes above the headlights and could have fender bars added between the sliders and the upper corners of the front hoop. Edit: Never mind your bar goes over the lights as well. I Really like it. I like the boxed lower section, it's exactly what I want. Rovertym builds a similar thing for RRC's (In fact exactly what I want)but alas no Toyota stuff.
Cheers
Dave
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dustboy
Explorer
I couldn't find any threads about non-winch bumpers.
Here is a front bumper I'm designing for my Taco. I'd like to avoid the winch route and stick with the black rat/comealong idea for weight and $$ savings. Later if I decide I need a winch, I can add a receiver and go that route.
The design is a little unrefined yet, especially because it's too flat/vertical on the front. Also there will be a skid plate that starts at the bottom of the bumper and continues under all the delicate bits.
Here is a front bumper I'm designing for my Taco. I'd like to avoid the winch route and stick with the black rat/comealong idea for weight and $$ savings. Later if I decide I need a winch, I can add a receiver and go that route.
The design is a little unrefined yet, especially because it's too flat/vertical on the front. Also there will be a skid plate that starts at the bottom of the bumper and continues under all the delicate bits.
97 Geo Tracker Front and Rear Winch Bumpers
I have a Shrockworks front bumper with a Warn M8000 winch with synthetic Amsteel rope up front on our 97 Geo Tracker.
The last situation that made me decide to get a rear winch. There was another 100+ feet of more mud ahead. I did not move one more inch front or back from this spot under my own power in this concrete like mud. It took two rigs hooked together a lot of attempts to pull me out. They were also have poor traction. With a rear winch I would of been out in five minutes.
I found that 3 out of four times I needed a winch I needed pulled from behind. So I decided to design a rear winch bumper for our Tracker since no commercial ones are available. I used the lines and dimentions of the Shrockworks front bumper to make the rear bumper match in design. I bought another M8000 and Amsteel rope for the rear bumper. I like the idea of less weight with the synthetic rope as well as the safety of the rope. Also the plastic bumper would not work at all for any real protection or use with a Hi-Lift jack. I incorporated several features into the rear bumper. Fog lights as backup lights for safer backing up in the dark Mounts for shackles under the rear bumper bar. The bumper bar will protect the rear of the Tracker because the spare tire becomes your rear bumper with out it. We are often offroading in trees and a tree stump might not be below my line of sight and the spare tire will cave in the door. Sometime you roll back off a hill and might also hit a tree so with the bumper bar the back door and window will be protected. With the bar someone could actually push my rig with his rig. I also incorporated a rear hitch receiver into the design. (Mostly for a bike rack) The plans for the bumper are now at the fabricator with next month be the scheduled date for the build.
And my final fit to the vehicle before going to steel.
Here is an updated photograph of the bumper. It turned out great with plenty of ground clearance and became very useful when I had to "repel" the rig down a steep wall in Colorado.
I have a Shrockworks front bumper with a Warn M8000 winch with synthetic Amsteel rope up front on our 97 Geo Tracker.
The last situation that made me decide to get a rear winch. There was another 100+ feet of more mud ahead. I did not move one more inch front or back from this spot under my own power in this concrete like mud. It took two rigs hooked together a lot of attempts to pull me out. They were also have poor traction. With a rear winch I would of been out in five minutes.
I found that 3 out of four times I needed a winch I needed pulled from behind. So I decided to design a rear winch bumper for our Tracker since no commercial ones are available. I used the lines and dimentions of the Shrockworks front bumper to make the rear bumper match in design. I bought another M8000 and Amsteel rope for the rear bumper. I like the idea of less weight with the synthetic rope as well as the safety of the rope. Also the plastic bumper would not work at all for any real protection or use with a Hi-Lift jack. I incorporated several features into the rear bumper. Fog lights as backup lights for safer backing up in the dark Mounts for shackles under the rear bumper bar. The bumper bar will protect the rear of the Tracker because the spare tire becomes your rear bumper with out it. We are often offroading in trees and a tree stump might not be below my line of sight and the spare tire will cave in the door. Sometime you roll back off a hill and might also hit a tree so with the bumper bar the back door and window will be protected. With the bar someone could actually push my rig with his rig. I also incorporated a rear hitch receiver into the design. (Mostly for a bike rack) The plans for the bumper are now at the fabricator with next month be the scheduled date for the build.
And my final fit to the vehicle before going to steel.
Here is an updated photograph of the bumper. It turned out great with plenty of ground clearance and became very useful when I had to "repel" the rig down a steep wall in Colorado.
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Don't you just love designing with CAD. I sure do! Nice work.
