Fire's Toy

aiight but i'll forewarn you that it does have acouple small dings in the lower center section... and needs some fresh paint.. powdercoat is falling off it

ohh and it will come with the aluminum fairlead as well...

but i gotta build my new one first

 

Its a truck bumper, Its supposed to have scratches and dings on it. I'm sure you'll cut me a really great deal then.........

What is an aluminum fairlead?

 

the winch fairlead.. its black with allpro etched into it.. used with synthetic winchline

 

Do you have photo of this bumper? I've scrolled through the last 6 pages of your build and I can't find it.

 

so i spent about an hour yesterday tinkering with my new tire carrier.. still got a long ways to go with it but you get the idea...

 

cool !

 

thanks... yea i'm trying to work out the latching mechanism now..

i used to have the tire gate but hated opening and closing it due to the pins they use to hold it shut.. was really a PITA.

 

thanks guys!! getting the latches figured out is the challenging part... and yea i planned on mounting the license plate to the bottom bar of the tire carrier. thats about the only place i have to put it anymore.....

 

are you getting a rear winch?

 

whenever i can finally afford one.. its all setup for it, only need the main power wires run back and something else......



ohh yea the winch

 

yea i hear ya! i figure i'll do the same on the rear as i have on the front.. XRC10 with synthetic line on it....

 

figured i'd update this.. been fooling around with my tire carrier a little each evening.. got most all of it tacked together. just have to finish welding and then figure out the latches. i went with a totally different approach from others. first off i used square tubing instead of round and also took a totally different approach to holding the tire down. also instead of using pins to hold it shut i'm gonna utilize latches just like the tailgate so you can just swing it shut. that was the one complaint i had about the tire gate i had was it was a pain to put the pins back in. basically i just wanted to be different from others....

i was test fitting to make sure it would still work with my bike mount....





sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.... all i have at the moment.

 

That looks real good!

 

thanks! still needs some cleaning up and a few minor details.. but its getting there!

 

truck looks great man

 

Thanks!!

 

thanks! i've got the general idea figured out in my head... just have to actually start making the bracket to hold them.. if you look close in the pic you can see the catch part already mounted on the upright on the drivers side.... actually the biggest part that has me stumped at the moment is the handle to release them..

 

the main point in trying the new latch idea was i wanted to be able to just swing it shut like a door and it latch itself.. hopefully it will work out like i have it planned which will be awesome!

 

so when are you gonna start fab work on rear wrap around bumpers for us first gen guys?