Chuzie's monster transformation

[chuzie]

Wanted to share the badass bumper Chuck and I built a few months ago before URE. Sadly, I am just now getting around to posting pics.

The bumper is 1/4" plate with reinforcements along the back as well as in the terminations at the corners. The sides were heated and bent and turned out super nice! We also went the extra mile with the hitch and secured it both through the front and the rear plating for added strength. I doubt and rock will stand a chance at touching this bumper.

The tire carrier is super stout too. We used two heims for the swing pivoted on a single bolt housed in DOM secured by both the upper and lower bumper plates and then supported by a second piece of DOM secured in a similar manner. The carrier is all 3/16" rectangular. My tires are super heavy and this carrier does not budge at all!

We left extra room on the swing for future upgrades like gas can or hi-lift. I still need to finish closing up the back side to prevent mud from entering. The jack points need to be cleaned up as well. The die grinder did not do so well with the 1/4" steel! I plan to install 2" LED reverse lights in the flat rear face as well.

It weighs 130 without a tire.

I would say it took us about 30 hours to do all of it and maybe about $200 in materials. It was a LOT of work doing something like this from scratch, but I think is was well worth it.

Just want to say thanks to Chuck who did an AWESOME job helping me. Well, maybe I helped him. Dude does amazing work when he actually puts down the Mellow Yellow long enough to run a bead of weld. upergrin: