DFW BS Thread : ********NEW MEET!! CHECK POST #1*******

Well I just looked at mine and it cracked all the way up that one side so guess I will be pulling it off and re welding and firgue out some bracing for it.

 

That is Pelfrey right? Probably from all that jumping

 

Yeah…probably shouldn't have done that.

 

You didnt break anything you cant fix, its part of the game. I broke some plastic and replacement parts will be over $300. Guess who is going to be driving around for awhile with a third of his bumper missing?

 

Did it crack along the previous stress point?

 

Yeah your right about that and I will fix it and at least I know the weak point and what I need to to do now. And yep right along the same area.

 

I don't think it was the original crack because the original one was alittle closer to recovery point this is more to the left.

 

Well this seems to be a known issue.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/calling-all-pelfrybilt-swing-out-owners.431894/page-2

 

And you didnt know???? Haha glad that thing didnt drop to the floor

 

Towing with 35s and 4:88s aren't bad at all, some of the steeper inclines you will knock it down to 4th but you will enjoy it.

 

Been gone since the 31st. Lots of BS to catch up on. Could have quoted a lot more but figured I'd limit it a bit so I could be lazy and not type so much. I'm tired AF and just woke up from a nap after the pup woke me up to go outside. He's fully house trained and tells me when he need to go outside regardless of the time or what I'm doing. Today he jumped on me and started barking like crazy. Only took a few pics at ATR, i'm sure @ETXTacoma got more than I did. Got stuck once in the mud up hill in a really rutted out section. Had to use the winch to pull my truck up the last 5 ft. No damage to the truck that I have found so far but the truck only got a quick spray down when I left and is still pretty dirty.

Pup looks great! Just got back today from my trip to TN withmy 4m old husky rescue. He mostly slept during the drive not the most useful co-pilot but it was great having him along.

Looks like a good time. Would have been nice to be in dust instead of mud all weekend. It rained a lot fri and sat in TN making camping kinda suck. especially with having teh pup getting covered in mud everyday.

What happened to your foot?

Great pic. Love the views in CO!

Does it not come with a new hitch point behind the plate? Everyone rear bumper i've looked at has the hitch moved to that location with the exception of one.

 

yeah, same here. it was a pain

 

That looks awesome! Looks like a good trip.

Dropped a heavy item on it two days before trip. It seems the pain was the worst on sat night.. today feels okay

 

Pic with dog hanging out rear door is sweet. He looks like he owns that rear seat

 

They (relentless) give reasons why and they sound good. I'm getting that one.

 

You trip looks like it was a blast, mud and all! I look forward to a big adventure like that and your pics didn't help lol.

 

He does own it though he still tries to get up front occasionally. Not as much as he used to and he is really good almost all the time. He did get a little fed up of being in the truck but I dont blame him cause he went from 45 minute trips at the most to spending most of 4 days in the truck. With him and weather the drive out on thursday took around 16 hrs. He went crazy with excitement upon getting home and finally being free of his leash and lead in the truck. He gets to distracted to let him off leash while we were on the trip and it was to muddy to let him have any longer lead at camp.

Whats the reasons? sounds like something I should know about since a new bumper with swing out is one of my next 2 purchases. I want to keep the ability to tow and one day maybe buy/have a trailer built in the future.

I'm hoping to save enough PTO to take a 3 week trip out west next year. If I can pull it of it will be a massive trip including the entire west coast and through out the west to get to and from TX. I managed to plan this trip with only using one day of PTO and dont go back to work till wednesday so i can finish unpacking, resting and cleaning the truck.

 

I saw the little baby gusset they send and I don't think I want to even mess with trying to get it from them. I can come up with something

 

Thanks for linking the info! Still dont like that its below the bumper but I do get there choice in design. Now I know I wont get a relentless. Looks nice enough but part of my reason to get one is to eliminate the low tow receiver.