2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission lookin for a big ugly bumper

[KBurgoyne]

id like to have something like this.

1994-2002 Dodge2500/3500 the outlaw series without the 800 bucks plus freight. anybody know of a good place or one thats for sale. thanks.

 

[Midnite]

To find anything similar that's decent quality you're going to have to find a used one. $800 actually isn't bad for a good, bulletproof bumper.

 

[KBurgoyne]

anybody weld up their own that worked well

 

[HEMI®Dart]

Road Armor® :: 1997-2002 Dodge Ram 1500-2500-3500 Front Stealth Winch Bumper with Titan II Guard

 

[KBurgoyne]

i think ill try to make my own. i want to learn how to weld anyway and it seems like a good project to learn on since the likely outcome of screwing up wont hurt anything, and my uncle just down the road has one for an f350 that i can get measurements off of. please cross your fingers for me.

 

[BSMcCauley]

anybody weld up their own that worked well

I made my own using 3" sch 40 pipe & weld fittings for the bumper & 1-1/2" sch 40 pipe & weld fittings for the grill guard. B31. 3 welding procedures throughout, 3" tubes are prep'ed with NPT fittings for use as air tank if I ever want to. 3/4" expanded metal in front of the grill and between the 3" tubes in the center. 1/4" diamond plate for the steps and skid-plate. Center of gravity coincidentally worked out to right over where it bolts to the frame. Weight: 400#, set the front of the truck down 3/8" when letting the hoist off after torquing down the mounting bolts. Hit me about 1. 5 MPG on the highway. Then I added a parabolic air dam around under it fabbed from 14ga sheet steel to direct the air around instead of scooping it under which resulted in about 2 MPG gain (slightly better than stock). Cost for materials (about 13 yrs ago) was about $175.



Deer-tested several times on the highway and I've also found busted tail lights on the ground under it when retrieving it from parking lots - so far nothing more than scuffed bumper paint on my end. :-laf

 

[Ol'TrailDog]

My preference is for aluminum bumpers given the already humongous weight on the front end with the CTD. I've had DOR (Denver Off Road) and a Herd on past trucks. In addition Aliarc makes a lighter duty alum bumper. Searching the forums on this words should yield ample info if of interest. My preference would be to find a used 2nd Gen DOR for my 98.

 

[The patriot]

I have a UTE on my truck. You can see more pics in my album.



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[HHhuntitall]

I ran a welding shop in a former life... before marriage and kids!! We welded all kinds of bumpers up, all steel. For appearance and ease of learning, I'd suggest a MIG welder, and you can find some that use flux core wire pretty cheap, chinky made. Also, if you want strength without weight, try going with some heavier sheet metal, like 14ga or so, and have a metal shop bend it with a rolling 90* on top, come down so far, say 8", and have them bend another 4" 45* on it, and have them do it to an 8' piece. Then you can trim it down and set your own angles for the outside corners, bend/cut it off and weld it, and you've got your own bumper. Not exactly simple, but usually lighter than trying to start out with pipe. I'm not a big fan of pipe on the front, and I've used quite a bit of it..... it makes it heavy!

 

[KBurgoyne]

I made my own using 3" sch 40 pipe & weld fittings for the bumper & 1-1/2" sch 40 pipe & weld fittings for the grill guard. B31. 3 welding procedures throughout, 3" tubes are prep'ed with NPT fittings for use as air tank if I ever want to. 3/4" expanded metal in front of the grill and between the 3" tubes in the center. 1/4" diamond plate for the steps and skid-plate. Center of gravity coincidentally worked out to right over where it bolts to the frame. Weight: 400#, set the front of the truck down 3/8" when letting the hoist off after torquing down the mounting bolts. Hit me about 1. 5 MPG on the highway. Then I added a parabolic air dam around under it fabbed from 14ga sheet steel to direct the air around instead of scooping it under which resulted in about 2 MPG gain (slightly better than stock). Cost for materials (about 13 yrs ago) was about $175.



any chance i could get a close up picture of that bad boy.

 

[6naline01]

lookin for big ugly bumper

Buck stop bumper has served me well there is a couple BMW on the 405 that will attest

 

[HHhuntitall]

Buck stop bumper has served me well there is a couple BMW on the 405 that will attest

Yep. I've got Buckstops on the '03 and the '97. I bent the one on my "97 pushing my KW when it got stuck... . just a small bend right in the middle above the roller fairlead. The license plate is pretty mangled!! But considering I was in 4 low, 3rd gear, 3200rpms, digging two trenches like a backhoe, I can't say I feel it really is a design flaw.....



I like the way they roll off on the front edges and have a nice angle for air and brush to go under the truck. They're not light, either, but for a winch bumper, they're very nice. A lot of weight could be cut off of it if you didn't want to use a winch in one... ..... I've built some that looked similar. I hope to build some more in the next few months.....