Winch bumpers and winch plate pictures please.

[69SCJ]

Score!!! Loaded with lights and winch!

[Mctrick]

Building a front bumper for the Moose.

[69SCJ]

cool. Keep us posted.

BTW, love the patina on that truck!

[Mctrick]

I'm looking for 2"× 5"angle iron by 5" long to bolt to the frame then weld the 2 1/2" × 2 1/2" square iron to that and have the rest of the bumper spot welded. I have about $425.00 into the hole project and hope to have it on the truck this weekend. If I can find a welder. All the iron was given to me by a friend and I just bought the lights, winch and stainless steel push bar.

[Mctrick]

I'm looking for 2"× 5"angle iron by 5" long to bolt to the frame then weld the 2 1/2" × 2 1/2" square iron to that and have the rest of the bumper spot welded. I have about $425.00 into the hole project and hope to have it on the truck this weekend. If I can find a welder. All the iron was given to me by a friend and I just bought the lights, winch and stainless steel push bar.

[Mctrick]

A friend of mine that lives North of Omaha has got my angle iron cut for me and I will have it next weekend so I can fit them to the front frame and then weld the bumper to them. Got the Hurst pistolgrip mounted in today.

[Madman]

Here is what is on my Truck

[Mctrick]

Nice bumper and truck

[Mctrick]

Hurst pistolgrip shifter. Need to bend up closer to the dash in first gear.

[CrypticRacer13]

Good ol Mopar stuff

[Mctrick]

Saturday I'm getting the bumper put on the Moose.

[Mctrick]

Mounted on the Moose.

[Mctrick]

I took this old PTO winch off a 1944 6x6. Before I ever had my own shop and just a stick welder I drew up the plates for the bumper actual size and took them to a plasma cutting shop to cut them from 3/8 A36. I formed the bends in the face with a torch and welded it all with 7018. The winch itself was pretty big, the drum was around 16" diameter IIRC and was supposed to be rated for 20K pull. The bumper was simple, but sure was nice to have and got lots of compliments. If the truck wouldn't go through it it would just stop, couldn't hurt that bumper on a pickup.

I found a nicer Braden 24K winch and fairlead that's 40 years newer and more pickup sized so I sold that Garwood and bumper, but plan to make another similiar bumper for the Braden.

That some nice metal work that you did. What did you sell it for and how much did it cost for materials? Plus hrs of labor. (That what some call it).
This is mine, have about $475.00 into it. And about 10hrs and two racks of ribs.
That my mobile food truck behind the Moose. Built that out of a old bread truck.
Started with just a chassis and put a ford 300-6 in it. When the bread company had it, it had a bt4 Cummins.

[69SCJ]

Nobody gonna mess with now for sure! I like the black band you added too.

[averagef250]

That some nice metal work that you did. What did you sell it for and how much did it cost for materials? Plus hrs of labor. (That what some call it).
This is mine, have about $475.00 into it. And about 10hrs and two racks of ribs.
That my mobile food truck behind the Moose. Built that out of a old bread truck.
Started with just a chassis and put a ford 300-6 in it. When the bread company had it, it had a bt4 Cummins.

This was quite awhile ago, I traded the winch and bumper plus a front axle for a load of parts that were worth the same or more.

The bumper was CNC plasma cut from 3/8" A36. I formed the bends by heating with a torch and attached to the frame with 1/2X5 flatbar. The top of the bumper is 1/4" plate. The burnout was probably $150, the rest of the stuff was laying around.

I liked that bumper. Looked good, got lots of compliments on it and proved all the guys who told me that winch would look stupid on the nose of a pickup wrong. Short of a crash at a decent speed that bumper wasn't going to deform and I like that.

My new bumper will be the same basic design, but the winch is more compact so it won't need to hang out there quite as far. it will attach differently because the frame will be new and I plan to make the frame with some extra out front and weld the bumper straight to the frame. Bolts are great, but I'm not worried about taking it off anytime and like the idea of the front bumper acting as a structural member in the frame.

My theory on driving an old pickup truck is that they entirely lack crumple zones and a design meant to absorb the shock from an impact so I figure it's just best to play to the strong point of the design. Build it heavy and rigid enough to survive an impact at speed and if you're tough enough you might walk away from it.