bumper

[bosque]

I worked on my bumper made of 1/4 x 2 x 4 channel.
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[MadTripper]

Looks good!

[RiverPatrol]

I like it! Are you going to sell those, too?

[bosque]

This is going to be the first so not now.
I was able to practice on the other stuff due to the relatively low cost of materials before offering to sell.....with confidence. This will be the bumper bullbar I have wanted to make since getting a Patrol....I hope. The job that Rawmi has done is great and is similar to what I see but I will stick to a combo of what is affordable and obtainable for me, what I can technically make with the tools I have, but never cave in to some stupid looking "shopping cart pusher" DIYfest. I want to take out deer, not the other way around!
Reminds me of the "Aiming Device" joke. A French joke about Belgians told to me in German while I was totally shifaazed (shitfaced)! That's another post.....
BTW, yesterday I was passing a private shooting range seen from the hwy and I swore I saw a blue Patrol. I went back and, up closer, could see it was a series 2 Land Rover. Chatted with the owner, cool dude, said he'd seen my 67 Patrol driving around. His Rover was very nice, a real driver. Funny, he is also a crawler dude and is torn between original and mods but I think he is set on original for this baby. He also..... (how do you say, "he showed me his handcrank" without busting a stitch?) .....had an original LR crank with the shorter throw. Good to see another original and confirm the configuration. I noticed he needs shifter boots.....
River, I'll make you one when I can pass the muster.

[bosque]

2 x 3 tube extension (like receivers) and shims
Overlay support
Heavy support behind bumper welded to 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 solid receiver tongues.
Bumper is 1/4" x 2 x 4 Channel

[miller]

Looking really good Dave

[MadTripper]

Looking good but why the lower tube section? Seems it creates a loss on approach angle.

Tripper

[bosque]

It does. The extension does not help that either. I really will take the small loss for the situation that my area has.
The gain is that most of the driving is on loose rocky roads where they stick up and clobber the springs. I drive these sections slow and many times have to get out and move stuff/rocks too big to go over. This will be my "feeler" bar....subject to change if smashed.
Remember the big iron grill that nearly scraped the tracks on old Locomotives?
I should say that it is not finished and I did show pics of things in stages so hang on. Welded between the bottom bumper and the bar will be a 2" receiver. I will bolt the back of the receiver to a 2 x 3 cross member welded in place. All this is for a trailing set up I have that uses a receiver.

[rawml]

Looks good and sturdy.

[miller]

You could also turn that bumper into an air tank if you choose to run an air compressor at some point. Mr Muck had somthing similar on his old bar.