Hey, thanks for all the compliments guys. FYI I'm not a big fan of diamond plate either, but it was free, so why not.  I can always paint it black later.  To be honest the shiny bumper looks out of place on my Sammy,  But it was fun to design and build.
Just for kicks here is another shot mounted.  I think I'm going to put some lights in the "ears" yet.

Aw man, you went with Claws?

The bumper looks good... would match everything else if it was painted black, though

WOW Jason,

That bumper is badass!  Wish I had the resources to do something like that.  Maybe one day...

Bryan

Aw man, you went with Claws?

The bumper looks good... would match everything else if it was painted black, though

Yea, I finaly decided on the claws, I love the sidebiters and the tread is not as knarly as your LTB's, hopefuly my axles last a little longer with these.  Besides these are a "little" quieter flying down the road.  (or so I've been told)

Thanks for the compliments, it is fun seeing it all go back together.

http://www.dttm.net/dboard/files/IMAGE009.jpg

The bumper was made from Reciever stock foolishly left in the Garage.  I haven't been able to put a dent in it yet.  

It's mounted to the frame via two pieces of rectangle square stock.  This moved it forward far enough for us to mount the winch behind it.

I like that.  you got any pics that would allow me to see how you made it?  

gw

http://www.dttm.net/dboard/files/IMAGE009.jpg

The bumper was made from Reciever stock foolishly left in the Garage.  I haven't been able to put a dent in it yet.  

It's mounted to the frame via two pieces of rectangle square stock.  This moved it forward far enough for us to mount the winch behind it.

You might as well call that a Dozer Blade

Yea, I finaly decided on the claws, I love the sidebiters and the tread is not as knarly as your LTB's, hopefuly my axles last a little longer with these.  Besides these are a "little" quieter flying down the road.  (or so I've been told)

Thanks for the compliments, it is fun seeing it all go back together.

Definately... I guess I'm not really a good salesperson, telling a prospective buyer only the pitfalls of such a tire, and that I was planning on going a lot stronger than stock to handle such tires

You know what I was doing job-wise at the time, too? I was a damn CSR at an oil change place... never sold anything because I couldn't stand to see people get ripped off


Your rig looks great... we need more pics

You might as well call that a Dozer Blade

It has a better angle then the stock one.  Actually, that's the entire reason we built it, accidently cut part of the stock mounts off making room for the tires.  

I've been suprised by what I can drive up to and climb as we built it primarily for protection and to hold the winch, not the approach angle.

It was a fairly simple build, I'll try to get better pictures online.  Here is the only two I have from the construction.

http://www.dttm.net/dboard/files/SJWork2.jpg
http://www.dttm.net/dboard/files/sjwork3.jpg

I also have a matching rear bumper.
http://www.dttm.net/dboard/files/Northern%20Toys%20Snow%20Run%20(7).jpg

hey kris, get some lights in your shop!  

I'm lookin to do bumpers soon. Tube would be nice, but the square stock looks good too.

Is square stock cheaper (or just sometun you had on hand)?

Just to clairify, I meant tough, not
that it would dig in and slow you down

The light wasn't installed on that side of the shop until a month later.  

I think square is cheaper, but we just had it laying around.  Provided we get some decent light this Saturday I'll take a group of pictures so you can see how it's put together.  One advantage of the square stock is you have plenty of places to put your high-lift on.

Wild:  Hmmm, I may just have to take that name then.  Snowplow... has a nice ring to it.  

My friend who has a metal fab shop helped me make my bumper out of 5 1/2 in c channel.  Did some trimminig on the end caps and could still use them.

That's a good idea for a replacement bumper.  

I took a bunch of pictures of the bumpers, then lost the camera in a stream when I fell off the bridge.  

can you tell me all the demensions and things u need to build that bumper cause thats awesome. Would it be the same for a geo tracker? thanks man