Stic-o's Rear Bumper 2.0

[mounty71]

Call me crazy, but I just thought of an idea while looking at Aric's truck. Would it be feasible to build a light protector cage thing off of the tailgate instead of the bumper, so that with the hatch open you can remove the lights to replace a bulb or whatever? I don't know if the hatch even has enough structural integrity to support any large impact. Just a thought.

 

[Stic-o]

It need to be a part of the bumper, there is not enough strength anywhere else. Yes it will be a pain, to remove the bumper to change lights, but maybe I'll go LED and solve that

The whole idea is to make it so you can add a tire gate

 

[97ford50x]

can i get some measurement on that bumper

 

[mynameisaric]

i never even thought about changing bulbs..... (smacks forehead)

 

[Stic-o]

5"x5" x3/16 Main piece is 60" then just weld the 5"x5" on the ends Dosn't get any simpler

note: however the body sits about 1/2" different from one side of the frame...weird

 

[Project_Exploder]

looking good Stic-o

 

[damarble]

note: however the body sits about 1/2" different from one side of the frame...weird

Pain in the ass when I made my sliders..

How is this coming? I'm making mine pretty much the same but skipping on the light protection.

 

[crazyflights]

I like!, are you going to add any kinda tire carrier to it?

 

[little x]

I like!, are you going to add any kinda tire carrier to it?

Spare has to stay in the truck for now. I have 4" or so longer I can make the truck before it dosn't fit in the garage anymore. But it will be disgned like the above for two reasons.

1. Side protection
2. With the flat piece on both side I can easily weld in a spare tire gate with a douple hinge at a later date (when we move again, hopefully next fall and buy a house)

The reasons for the guards is more then just protecting the lights. The other reason is to set it up to build a spare tire gate again in the future. I can put the tire back on the back because of my garage is too small

It need to be a part of the bumper, there is not enough strength anywhere else. Yes it will be a pain, to remove the bumper to change lights, but maybe I'll go LED and solve that

The whole idea is to make it so you can add a tire gate

 

[nobodyspecial]

This is the internet, you cant expect people to read things!

 

[Stic-o]

Well, I decided with a run coming up, I should get those rear recovery point finally put in after all these years

So here they are. A few hours of drilling and sawzall work and now just need to weld them up Going through two pieces of 3/16" was fun.

 

[sector9]

lookin good very close to what i am wanting to do!