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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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i made a front end replacement out of scrap i had laying around in the shop

i welded on two pieces of one inch steel to be brackets for the 2-two ton shackles that hold my help im stuck can you give me a pull chain

the paint came out nice too
 
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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DANG!!! That is SWEEEEET! Wanna make another one :P

Hurry up and get it on the truck already and get more pictures!!

By the way... I'm very jealous of that shop!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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looks amazing...excellent
 
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Old Apr 20, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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thanks i will get a picture of it tomorrow hopefully and i might just take one of the shop as well not just the wall of broken tools we never toss
 
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 01:11 AM
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Heck ya! Thats a beast! Can't wait to see it on the truck.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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Looks good!
 
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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here is from start to finish some pics are posted above

my truck as i had gotten it


having the main bumper part done starting on the guard part


place fitting it by having some friends hold it up


where it sleeves in to the frame


big hooks


the pipe backing


very thick walled pipe


the finished product

all thats left is to try it on some deer
 

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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 10:04 PM
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all thats left is to try it on some deer
lol...your truck might be too high, it might feel like speed bumps...
i know it did for me
 
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Looks good, but thats not exactly what I was picturing it to be! I thought it was going to replace the factory bumper.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Auron, I tried to fix your pictures, cause they aren't showing up for me, but I couldn't seem to make them show.

Are they showing up for other people?
 

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