Marlin Crawler bumper bent in half

[twistedtoy92]

it was a joke....... round stock? nevermind.........   

[junya92toy]

Yes I know its a joke, Im messing with you back. I hate it when someone says its "solid steel" and they are talking about bend sheet metal or tubing, its not solid its tubing!

[Tofudude]

You could say you lost 300 bucks or you could say it saved you 300 bucks on repairing the body and gave you a reason to get a new one.

it did its job.

[gzdrummer]

Yea that bumper is great for plowing cows..... haha

no doubtably the fugliest bumper I have ever seen.. but some dudes like that look what can ya say.

p.s. your still an idiot for hitting something that hard on "accident", your the cracker who need a back up camera on the trail... lol DOOOOOOSH..!

For sure didnt mean it to sound like im the or anything even close to that...

I'll be the first one to say we arent a shop for custom work and some of the stuff we sell isnt the greatest..... but whos is!

haha now you definitely sound like a doosh...cracker? You assume I'm white for some reason maybe you're a racist bigot? Now that no one is makin you sound like an idiot because of your original post of being a high and mighty Demello offroad employee it's time for you to be a real badass now huh?

You had to hit F * I N G HARD!!!!!!! How FAST were you going in REVERSE to bash that in like that? I've been in a few nasty accidents and you must have been HAULIN ASS (in reverse) to do that.... Marlin holds no responsibility for peoples "accidents"...... maybe you should build yourself some 4''x4'' SOLID tube bumpers to prevent bendage next time?

Let's see...double low reverse...no more than 3mph roughly...so you're right I was haulin balls in reverse...

[twistedtoy92]

3 mph huh?  whatever you say! might consider layin off the    

my stock toyota bumper wouldnt be that bad backing into a rock at 3 mph..... and those are thin as tin....

[gtoyonrocks]

That's crazy. I'm running the same bumper, it has recieved more than it's share of abuse with no issues.

[P-DiseToy24]

Dont matter if you black white purple green yellow or blue your still a cracker... ddahahaha

Anyone who knows anything about....... anything would tell you that could not of happend going 3mph.
Since your the big shot here how about you go post this up on the pirate board and tell everyone the same story and see how things turn out... lol
Seriously though lets see this post on the pirate board..

[87hillbillyoter]

ya sorry man theres no way you did that going 3 mph  i hit a tree with my stock bumper at like 3 mph and it didnt even make a scratch on it.

[junya92toy]

Maybe he slammed it hard then a hour later or a day later "bumped" it or someone saw it and said something.

[runr-meech]

pretty hard to believe the story!better check the build threads of the people you're talkin to, they know what they're talking about.

[4XFlyin]

You don't have to be going fast to do that kind of damage. I bent my bumper that bad while just crawlin in low. Drove it right into a large rock. I thought the bumper would slide me around and instead it crushed. I pulled it back out and put in some reinfrorcments and now it will let me slide around. That's just how the old bumper crumbles. Suck it up and move on.

[P-DiseToy24]

Oh and I know that bumper might not be the greatest but its on a toyota mag cover......


Lets see your on the cover of a mag.  People have different opinions on what looks good and with the economy these days as long as were getting paid we'll build just about whatever you want.

[NITE KRAWLERS]

NIce cover shot man!! Props right der yo! I've had enough of this thread i think cause everyone pretty much knows it all here i guess! If he say's 3 mph so be it, lets just hope he don't hit his truck anywhere there is not some tube to save it! Also it looks like he might need a new bumper and if he don't wont the same marlin one there is plenty out there to choose from. Personally i would build my own and be pround of the damage! Wheel hardcore man and watch out for the rocks when backing up too!!

[Slolyfe]

Oh and I know that bumper might not be the greatest but its on a toyota mag cover......


Lets see your on the cover of a mag.  People have different opinions on what looks good and with the economy these days as long as were getting paid we'll build just about whatever you want.

Truck is very nice. Bumper still as ugly as mine

[peacesells]

I built some 1 3/4 .120 wall non dom american steel sliders for my runner and they already have some good dents in em. I wish it wasnt so hard to bend .188 wall dom... They are holding up pretty well though, they took some hard hits!

I have a TG rear bumper that I bent on the first hit (pretty good hit) so I wasnt too impressed. I straightend it out, added a tire carrier, 4 supports to the frame, and some other supports and it is holding up great now! Definately was not worth buying a bumper in the first place though, I spent more time modifying it than I would have to build one. Lesson learned

[H8PVMNT]

It's the bears...  attracted by all the big tires!

That is really outrageous.  Ive even built bumpers with 95 wall and beat them hard and not had anything munch like that.  You must have been caught in a high gravity magnetic vortex where everything weighs like twice as much...

[GreenYoterKrawler]

hey cmon people this aint pirate give the guy a break. Lets look at the facts.
3,000 pounds
Approx. 600 ft Ilbs of torque
3 miles an hour
Impact on a single tube
Good sized rock w/ and edge
Just think about it, obviously the rock didnt give, the bumper did. I say its possible, Nothing is perfect fellas

[NITE KRAWLERS]

hey cmon people this aint pirate give the guy a break. Lets look at the facts.
3,000 pounds
Approx. 600 ft Ilbs of torque
3 miles an hour
Impact on a single tube(wit a dent)
Good sized rock w/ and edge
Just think about it, obviously the rock didnt give, the bumper did. I say its possible, Nothing is perfect fellas

ok so i'm back!! HA HA Tru dat right der man something had to give. But only reason i am back is to tell "green yota Krawler" that yo avatar pic is sick man!!! Looks like that water is movin bro!! Also i don't care on this bumper deal anymore ,like i said wat is done is done, now fix it or drive it!! I would think he has taken care of it by now! So ya give him a break cause  does happen even if it sucks!!

[twistedtoy92]

ok so i'm back!! HA HA Tru dat right der man something had to give. But only reason i am back is to tell "green yota Krawler" that yo avatar pic is sick man!!! Looks like that water is movin bro!! Also i don't care on this bumper deal anymore ,like i said wat is done is done, now fix it or drive it!! I would think he has taken care of it by now! So ya give him a break cause  does happen even if it sucks!!

I agree, that is a nasty picture!

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Ya it looks like it could turn nasty real fast and be floating wheels up down river!! HA HA sweet pic though..

[1990dlx]

Got to ask, how fast were you really going? haha

[yota4x4sc]

wow im glad i never bought a marlin bumper.. i guess i will have to just make one

[85_4RNR]

Looks like I'll be buying from Allpro or TG

[46&2]

Looks like I'll be buying from Allpro or TG

At least go with AP which is more or less going to be the same thing as Marlin. I've seen way more TG bumpers and sliders crinkled than I have of Marlin and AP combined.

[86bobbedtoy]

build,
buy,
buy from the other guy,

its steel and hollow, ITS GONNA BEND OR DENT SOMETIME
unless its solid even then it could bend.

tg ap mc  are all more than capable of building a stronger bumper
but there designs are semi universal
and light weight
and are super strong for what they are.
most things bought need some tweeking in one way or another
lifes not a bolt on
reinforce people, you spent $$$$ on a bumper and installed it
you cant tell me you cannot add a few braces.

Im overkill on everything,
insted of bending my bumper I bent my frame!
oh well time to reinforce

[85_4RNR]

If I spend $400 on a bumper, all I expect and should expect to do to it is paint it and bolt it on.

[46&2]

If I spend $400 on a bumper, all I expect and should expect to do to it is paint it and bolt it on.

Thats what I did with my Marlin bumper and sliders 4 years ago. 

[twistedtoy92]

this thread has expired......

[brockbuilt85]

i just beat mine back with a 2lb sledge, just far enough where the tailgate opens w/o rubbing. a lil paint and im ready to go again.

[GreenYoterKrawler]

No thread expires  
And for those that asked, this pic is at fordyce im only on 35s in the pic and it got much worse water starting lapping onto my hood idk how it didnt get into my intake  
And im going about 1/4 mph i only had a stock tcase w/ 4.88s
water backed up my exhaust to the manifold, took a 1/2 hour to get across we had a MAD crowd of about 70 ppl watchin
was running liek 400 rpm glugg glugg glugg.  Nothing like 50 old drunk men yelling "Git SOme!" for encouragement haha
Oh also the river was at  500+ Cubic Feet a Second, our other buddy got washed over that lip and it took 4 hours to get him out, good ol carberetor started right up w/ fresh gas  gotta love a toyota