AllPro plate bumper installed

damn it that looks awesome man

 

Looks good man! I once wanted another bumper heavier built than the All Pro until I heard a few true stories and looked at the front end of my truck. Our trucks nowadays are designed to crumple upon impact, even the frame is made to crumple with indentations in the front pieces. Our "real" bumper under than plastic is really made of aluminum!

Guy said he saw something like the heavy duty Rough Country bumper on a Taco that had been in a head on collision. Bumper went through the ordeal just fine with hardly any bending at all. It was so strong it survived well after pushing the engine back up into the cab to kill the driver.

That 1/8" All Pro don't look so bad now.

 

WOW thanks man now it all has to come offhaha, NO i am not to worried about it like you said its only 1/8'' steel.

 

looks nice! i was lookin between that, and the Shrockworks bumper, but decided on doing my own out of aluminum. heres my in-progress pic from tonight:

 

congrats on the all pro

 

Thats turin out real nice , i wish i had skill to build something like that

 

thanks, yeah i began learning to build stuff like this in high school- built front and rear plate bumpers for my '95 chevy and thought it would be cool to be able to say that i was the one that built my bumper. As a bonus, my materials costs right now are only about $500 and a friend of my would probably powder coat it for like $200 if i wanna do that. Hey, you mind taking a few pics of how that Allpro mounted to the frame? i've got mine on pretty securely but i'd be interested in seeing their system for reference. Thanks.

 

Theres 6 inside the bumper 3 on each side.

Then 2 on the bottom 1 on each side

 

haha. yeah, just makin them beefy so it looks tougher and since its aluminum- dont wanna bend or elongate the holes from pullin stuff. i did 1" thick on my chevy rear bumper and found some shackles that worked perfect for it. they looked sick when it was all said and done.

 

hey, thanks for the pics and fast post man. thats exactly the same mounting spots i have now, but im gonna tie in my shackle anchors with another bracket directly to the frame too. you use the winch with it on there yet?

 

No, i am goin out tommorw to a farm the i wheel on i might have to use it there because i am goin alone

 

I was able to get out today and somewhat put the bumper to a test ,I didnt have to use the winch today the place i went isnt really hardcore