Front Bumper - Moving to long legged road rat territory...

[Joe Mc]

Next time I go over the, here's a rush for you, "The Burlington Bristol Bridge", I'll have to check on the others. Oh, BTW to get back from Jersey on the BBB it's now $4 unless you have E-Z Pass then it's $3. I can remember throwing 50 pennies in the coin collector and just listening to all the clips as it counted the coins. Oh another blast, you could be driving out in the middle of Bucks County farm land and out of no where a sign for the BBB indicating direction and number of miles would pop up. LOL. Going to take an "old man nap" and regenerate from all this exercise - LOL

 

[DavidC]

I came very close to drowning under that bridge being caught in a under tow. I have always remembered that day and kept me from picking the Navy for service . I think it was $.25 when I use to cross it, had a job at a carwash in Burlington with my riches at $1.65/hr. Have a good nap.

 

[DHayden]

I came very close to drowning under that bridge being caught in a under tow. I have always remembered that day and kept me from picking the Navy for service . I think it was $.25 when I use to cross it, had a job at a carwash in Burlington with my riches at $1.65/hr. Have a good nap.

Boy you ARE old, my first job was $3.35 an hour

 

[DavidC]

Boy you ARE old, my first job was $3.35 an hour

I qualify for antique plates but I need a skid plate on my butt first.

 

[Regcabguy]

Boy you ARE old, my first job was $3.35 an hour

Mine was $1.25/hr and that was working in the scullery at North Island,San Diego when I was 16.
I'm really up there. The sailors called us crabs and we called them swabs.

 

[Mark31]

I remember one of my early pay stubs from carrying mail on a 65 mile rural route: $27.78 including car allowance.

 

[Joe Mc]

Thankful I had the Fab Fours bumper...
Last Tuesday, 10/19/21, the bumper paid for itself!
Traveling on I-84, speed limit 65, doing about 73, heading West from Milford, PA to Lords Valley, PA, mile marker 36.6 (about 5 miles from the house) at 1PM, "Hello Doe"!
Bent the left vertical up about 1", headlamp loop hit fender denting the area above the headlamp, bent the bottom center deflector plate on the bumper a bit, as well as the left lower extension plate under the bar, broke mounting tabs on left headlamp (not the lens) and, oddly, the washer fluid reservoir cracked. There is no other "apparent" damage. The reasons, I believe, that the washer fluid reservoir cracked was: 1- I had just filled it before heading home, 2- Its 22 years old and 3- many, many hot/cold cycles. Anyway, stupidest animals on the face of God's green earth, I'm still driving it with a little duct tape to hold the headlamp in the fender.

This Doe was pretty big, an older gal for sure. Freaking idiot looked me right in the eye as I hit it, stupid thing had it looked a few seconds sooner, or better yet let the Buck that was trying to nail it do its thing... It came from the center divider across towards the lane (right) I was in, I saw it and was able to mover the steering wheel but not able to brake quick enough. The left bumper vertical hit it square on the shoulder, its head hit the lower center plate and its hip hit the left plate below the round bar. Then I think a hoof got tangled in the drag link until the left front wheel ran over the rear. There was a second or two where I heard it bounce under the cab/bed and then the right rear wheel ran it over. That was a violent few seconds. Thankfully I'm OK, the truck is "way better" than if I didn't have this bumper and thankful I wasn't driving the Prius or I'd probably be in the hospital, or worse.

Insurance adjuster arrived at the shop I chose to do my repairs, to final inspect a 2021 Corvette that hit a dear before the customer came to get it. I was surprised that a new Corvette could survive a deer hit and be repairable, the thing looked like it just rolled off the floor. Anyway, as I'm talking to the shop owner and we're looking at my truck, the adjuster pulls in and the shop owner says "imagine that an adjuster from your insurance company just pulled in". So the adjuster took all the info and looked up my claim number, made some notes, took some pictures and the shop owner should have the estimate later today or tomorrow.

Bumper, headlamp (2), reservoir are being replaced with new, fender will be repaired and painted. Since the incident was an animal and no other vehicles, no passengers involved my insurance company used my comprehensive ($100 deductible) versus collision ($500).

Will be selling the very slightly damaged bumper after repairs are completed, shop owner has an 02 Cummins and has "always" wanted to get a bumper like mine and is interested - what do you think I can get for my damaged $1,400.00 bumper.

 

[SSage]

I guess considering the speed it did its job well. I have the lighter Ranch Hand Summit on my 03, so far its not been tested. I would say the bumper is worth what you can get! Its probably bent more than you realize.

 

[TRAMPLINEMAN]

Will be selling the very slightly damaged bumper after repairs are completed, shop owner has an 02 Cummins and has "always" wanted to get a bumper like mine and is interested - what do you think I can get for my damaged $1,400.00 bumper.
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I’d say maybe half price for the damaged bumper. Repairing it wouldn’t be too bad it’s the sandblasting, prepping and refinishing that costs a good amount.

 

[SnoKing]

This was after Christmas this year.

????So you have a time travel machine????

 

[Joe Mc]

????So you have a time travel machine????

??? Timd32 posted on 1/10/21. I hit deer last week 10/19/21.

 

[Timd32]

Never caught that, was 2020 pic. According to my post that picture has still not yet happened.

 

[Joe Mc]

Joe Mc , Oct 26, 2021
a bit late but, note date of when I posted.

BTW sold the bumper ($700.00) to a guy that pulled into the shop who saw my truck sitting outside after work was all done. Didn't have to transport old bumper and the shop did the install for the guy. Win-win.

 

[Regcabguy]

Boy you ARE old, my first job was $3.35 an hour

$1.25 at a job in the scullery at North island,San Diego. That would be 1966. I could park in downtown for nothing and take the ferry for a dime as I remember.

 

[Regcabguy]

I have a Buckstop on my 2001 which has been on over 15 years. It was painted same as the truck and has held up beautifully over all these years. They are more spendy though.
I went with a Road Armor this time for the 2015. I really like the big beefy Road Armor bumpers but toned it down a bit for this truck. Here is the thread after I bought and installed it: New Road Armor front bumper install and impressions | Turbo Diesel Register
It looks the same today (about a year and 1/2) as it did when I bought it. This one was in the high $800 range as I recall, the Buckstop was around $1400ish.

The Buckstops are great.

 

[Ozymandias]

With an ARB bumper you wouldn't have suffered any damage to the vehicle.
The bent fender is the classic for flexing to much backwards.