Push Bar

[Hiredgoon]

I had a LineX guy look at it when it was made actually. He was going to give me a sweetheart of a deal on coverage, but I wanted something a little less chunky looking, so I opted for the more expensive powder coat, also because I want to put lights on it at some point and I don't want to deal with scraping anything. I'm very happy with the results but I definitely understand that not everyone wants the same thing.

My brother in law had suggested that it would be around $500 for materials and fabrication (not including any finish) using this design which--it's very worth noting--needs to be slightly adjusted to fit every machine separately since they're not identical underneath. His suggestion was that anyone interested would send their fabricator a cardboard template of the locations of the bolt holes underneath, as they're on metal that's welded to the frame, and not the frame itself. As a result they are not perfectly true. When we built this we cut the pieces and after bolting the pieces that connect to the VX, clamped the pieces and tacked them in place.

He'd mentioned at the time that he'd be willing to make more for people at around that cost but shipping from his shop (on Vancouver Island) is pretty prohibitive.

[eternal21]

I had a LineX guy look at it when it was made actually. He was going to give me a sweetheart of a deal on coverage, but I wanted something a little less chunky looking, so I opted for the more expensive powder coat, also because I want to put lights on it at some point and I don't want to deal with scraping anything. I'm very happy with the results but I definitely understand that not everyone wants the same thing.

My brother in law had suggested that it would be around $500 for materials and fabrication (not including any finish) using this design which--it's very worth noting--needs to be slightly adjusted to fit every machine separately since they're not identical underneath. His suggestion was that anyone interested would send their fabricator a cardboard template of the locations of the bolt holes underneath, as they're on metal that's welded to the frame, and not the frame itself. As a result they are not perfectly true. When we built this we cut the pieces and after bolting the pieces that connect to the VX, clamped the pieces and tacked them in place.

Interesting that you mentioned the lights, as I was contemplating that, too. And possibly a license plate bracket that sits between the 2nd and 3rd "pipe", but pushed back closer to the bumper.

Given the information that you've provided about the mounting, it might be worth considering having the 2 mounting pads bolt to the rest of the assembly, and making slots to accommodate the variances from vehicle to vehicle. At that point, people could bolt it, then weld it if they so choose. If not, they'd still be able to use it w/out an issue.

We'll see how it progresses, and thank you very much for the file