Kentucky Armory Club

Longs story short hit a telephone pole back in may did some damage to my truck. This is some fabrication I did on a new bumper for it.
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Finished with herculiner bed liner.


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That's NICE!!

I want one! Too bad I have a little idea about how much time you probably have invested in that thing.

That's really nice man...

Nice!

That looks awesome. Looks like a better match to your truck than a lot of store bought I've seen.

Very nice work!


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Nice skills!

Sweet! How heavy is that thing?

Thanks for all the compliments. Weighs 10lb more than stock 88lbs ish. Each recee hitch has 3 1/2" bolts holding them to the frame so it's pretty stout.

I have prolly 30-40 hrs in it but I think I could cut that down alot with proper tools. I literally cut each piece from a flat plate with a kobalt sawzall. Only used two blades.

I have a guy from my work wanting one and I quoted him $600. I will share my design for the rear bumper that will be built later this month I hope.
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ken6881 wrote:Thanks for all the compliments. Weighs 10lb more than stock 88lbs ish. Each recee hitch has 3 1/2" bolts holding them to the frame so it's pretty stout.

I have prolly 30-40 hrs in it but I think I could cut that down alot with proper tools. I literally cut each piece from a flat plate with a kobalt sawzall. Only used two blades.

I have a guy from my work wanting one and I quoted him $600. I will share my design for the rear bumper that will be built later this month I hope.

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Yeah. The stock bumpers are pretty heavy.

$600 is a steal. That's a $1000+ bumper anywhere else.

Yeah he is a pretty good customer and refers me to alot of people so I figured give him a decent deal. In lucky for the fact I have a steel warehouse 4 miles from my house that stock everything u could think of 8'x40' sheets of steel if you have a means of moving it once they load it. That allows me to get really good pricing on steel. Also there's really not much material in these bumpers just lots of labor. Here is what is left of a 4x8 sheet. Tape measure is at 8 ft long.
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Would be cool if you had a grill guard come off of the hitches , something you could pull 2 pins and replace with big ass hay spikes!


Seriously , thats a bad ass bumper !

son of liberty wrote:Would be cool if you had a grill guard come off of the hitches , something you could pull 2 pins and replace with big ass hay spikes!


Seriously , thats a bad ass bumper !

I'm in for this!

I like this!

son of liberty wrote:Would be cool if you had a grill guard come off of the hitches , something you could pull 2 pins and replace with big ass hay spikes!


Seriously , thats a bad ass bumper !

Well you read my mind. I plan to have a platform that slides in so I can work on the truck easily, a weight rack for truck pulling, a grill guard, winch mount, ... The two hitch mounts basically give me endless possibilities.


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Thread revival Adding 3.5" of dove to my trailer if I can get it done by 3:00 I may be trading this trailer for a running driving cummins 12v


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I am always amazed at some of the mad skills some of you all here have with regard to working on cars and making stuff like this. My grandfather had some of the skills but those were born out of necessity to keep his farming stuff working and help sustain food on the table. I love seeing stuff like this.

Dave1965 wrote:I am always amazed at some of the mad skills some of you all here have with regard to working on cars and making stuff like this. My grandfather had some of the skills but those were born out of necessity to keep his farming stuff working and help sustain food on the table. I love seeing stuff like this.

Agreed! Cool group of folks with some very unique and useful talents around here!

Pretty cool stuff. Sounds like you need a plasma cutter in place of the sawzall. I always enjoyed doing fab and welding when I was doing car restos. Gave me a real sense of accomplishment when I saw the finished product

I have a 50amp plasma have cut 3/4" steel with it. In a day ramps off another trailer work perfect since I am out of 2x angle
it's done decked all 24.5'


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Winch going in the middle of box out a small door in the back keeps winch dry and clean and still room for straps and chains


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Spare wood from decking the trailer looks like I got exactly enough
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