Rear bumper for hitch- crash rated

[tom4bren]

Oh sure Tom, you had to order the bigger thicker bumper.....to go along with your OFH.....you must have hitch-envy!

KAT,

I know you're JK but in reality I'm actually going for a slightly more benign look. This is what I'm running now (& you can see why I need to add a license plate mount to it).

BTW, I towed the trailer home from work last Thursday. I completely forgot that I had switched to the receiver without the safety chain hoops. I really need to rig up something on my receiver hitch for that.

[tom4bren]

WooHoo. Superbumper arrived last night.

I'll try to get her cleaned up & purdy for some daytime shots this weekend.

Yup KAT, those are gas spill stains on there. A few weeks ago the pump forgot to shut off & about a gallon of gas spilled down the side. Keeping fingers crossed that it'll clean off easy.

[vt_maverick]

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Yup KAT, those are gas spill stains on there. A few weeks ago the pump forgot to shut off & about a gallon of gas spilled down the side. Keeping fingers crossed that it'll clean off easy.

So what is the bumper supposed to do that the massive spare tire won't?

Try using Back to Black on your gas stain, I had the same problem a month or two ago and B2B took it right off.

[tom4bren]

So what is the bumper supposed to do that the massive spare tire won't?

Punch a hole in their radiator so they can't leave the scene of the accident.

Mebbe I'll add some Ldub spikes:

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...user/1063/sl/l

[JAMAS]

Punch a hole in their radiator so they can't leave the scene of the accident.

Add some spikes, ala Bart.....

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/sh...33/ppuser/2249

[tom4bren]

Guys, I don't want to scare anyone but I had a thought yesterday.

No, that's not the scary part.

Our receiver is fairly shallow & the SuperBumper is designed to slide further into the receiver if it takes an impact. I plan on taking some measurements this weekend to see if it will 'bottom out' in the event of an impact. The reason this concerns me is that the end of our receiver is open which would mean that the first thing that the sliding piece would impact would be our fuel tank shield.

I'm probably worried for nothing but thought I'd mention it. I talked to Jeff & he indicated that if we need to cut the end off of it, it wouldn't hurt anything as long as you leave about 1/2 inch of material before the pin slot.

I'll let you know what I find out.

Tom

[tom4bren]

My concern was justified - sorta.

It's close ... real close.

There's 4" from the receiver pin to the fuel tank shield.

There's 4" from the back of the slot to the end of the receiver.

The bottom line is that you don't need to modify the SuperBumper for our application ... But I think I'll cut about 1/2 inch off, just for peace of mind.

[VX KAT]

Yup KAT, those are gas spill stains on there. A few weeks ago the pump forgot to shut off & about a gallon of gas spilled down the side. Keeping fingers crossed that it'll clean off easy.

Kopy Kat!





Bumper looks great!