Author Topic: Front bumper mounts (Read 5649 times)

yjay · « **on:** Jun 21, 2009, 09:56:36 AM »

I am getting ready to build a front winch bumper and am trying to figure out a good way to mount it. I'll use the holes on the front of the crossmember but want to have some bolts in shear as well. Any pics of a stout simple setup would be great.
I'm doing a minimal plate bumper.

DieselD · « **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2009, 10:42:40 AM »

as simple as I could come up with and works like a charm

here is a closer shot of just the plate. bolting is a pain, I just weld everything

jimbo74 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jun 21, 2009, 10:45:47 AM »

thats one way to do it, i jsut saw a build on here that was bolts, and it looked stout... cant remember whose now.... i htink it was wermz84

yjay · « **Reply #3 on:** Jun 21, 2009, 03:16:10 PM »

Quote from: DieselD on Jun 21, 2009, 10:42:40 AM

as simple as I could come up with and works like a charm

here is a closer shot of just the plate. bolting is a pain, I just weld everything

That's super stout and clean, but I want mine to be removable. Bolting is a pain so that's why I'm looking for a way to do it cause I haven't come up with a good one. Interesting dilemma.
Thanks for the pics

How do Marlin ones mount?

Twisted · « **Reply #4 on:** Jun 22, 2009, 09:26:34 PM »

Here is my old trucks mount, it is removable...

yjay · « **Reply #5 on:** Jun 23, 2009, 06:10:44 AM »

Was it just the 4 bolts on the front?
I'm a bit worried about relying on all the bolts being in tension (pulling on the heads) and not having any in shear (pulling the bolts sideways) when winching, especially when the winch is going to be up above the mounting bolts. Maybe I'm paranoid.

Twisted · « **Reply #6 on:** Jun 23, 2009, 08:35:53 PM »

Well my bumper does have fenderbars tied into it, so thats helps.

There are also almost an inch of threads and grade 8 bolts, it has taken some hard tugs and never even thought of budging. You can also look around for a pic of pathy88 's ( deans old truck) it has some slick mounting and is super solid.

yjay · « **Reply #7 on:** Jun 24, 2009, 02:07:37 PM »

Thanks. Couldn't find any pics of his mounting setup, but that is without a doubt my favorite 2nd gen (88_pathy).

Halladay · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 09:54:32 AM »

Quote from: Twisted on Jun 23, 2009, 08:35:53 PM

Well my bumper does have fenderbars tied into it, so thats helps.

There are also almost an inch of threads and grade 8 bolts, it has taken some hard tugs and never even thought of budging. You can also look around for a pic of pathy88 's ( deans old truck) it has some slick mounting and is super solid.

nice yota! you got a build up?

88_Pathy · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 07:57:33 PM »

He sold it like a loser.

axled89 · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 08:55:44 PM »

yeah that's what i thought about when i built my winch bumper. and i did it almost identical as yo with the plate and bolts. it has never budged a bit, strong as an ox. and i have a 9.5ti and pulled some fullsize rigs out.
no worries

Halladay · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 09:24:07 PM »

Quote from: 88_Pathy on Sep 08, 2009, 07:57:33 PM

He sold it like a loser.

how much did he get? sorry to thread jack

88_Pathy · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 08, 2009, 10:01:26 PM »

5k I think.

Twisted · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 09, 2009, 04:47:43 PM »

Quote from: Halladay on Sep 08, 2009, 09:54:32 AM

nice yota! you got a build up?

No full build up but there is a build up of the bumper in this section on the forum, called, "my front bumper build"

yjay · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 16, 2009, 05:58:08 PM »

So here is how I ended up mounting it. I've never seen anybody use the existing holes on top of the crossmember indicated by the red arrow. Maybe it's common?

Twisted · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 19, 2009, 07:24:04 PM »

Looks good, Only thing I would suggest is welding a gusset in between the tube and the plate. Reason being that with the plate laying horizontally like that, a hard forward impact could just bend the plate, may be something like this...

boggerunner · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 19, 2009, 07:41:02 PM »

marlins bumper uses that hole too

yjay · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 19, 2009, 09:03:26 PM »

Quote from: Twisted on Sep 19, 2009, 07:24:04 PM

Looks good, Only thing I would suggest is welding a gusset in between the tube and the plate. Reason being that with the plate laying horizontally like that, a hard forward impact could just bend the plate, may be something like this...

I like that idea. good to have a second set of eyes.

bdcplayer_83yota · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 02, 2010, 06:10:26 PM »

wondering if anyone has any pics of how they made an mounted a tubed front bumper on a first gen

RABIDYOTA · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 23, 2011, 07:30:31 PM »

ya any mountings for 1st gen looked at mine to day and noticed the front crossmember doe's not have nuts welded to the holes like my later toys how are you all mounting you'r front bumpers

R.DesJardin · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 25, 2011, 06:36:21 PM »

1st gen, well these are how the mounts look on the last bumper I made look. I used top of frame, front of frame, and used holes on bottom of frame and made threaded plates on bottom of bumper.

bdcplayer_83yota · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 29, 2011, 07:53:25 PM »

any pics of how ya mounted it on the truck

R.DesJardin · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 30, 2011, 07:14:24 PM »

Quote from: bdcplayer_83yota on Jan 29, 2011, 07:53:25 PM

any pics of how ya mounted it on the truck

It bolts on just like the stock bumper, but I added the two lower bolts for added strength.

bdcplayer_83yota · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 03, 2011, 08:27:30 AM »

looks like to much work think im just going to weld mine on an just go with it

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