bullnose1985 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Rear end work on ol'Blue. More later. Before Mud and rust dam removed. The "Bull Bar" is born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Wow! How much weight did that save? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullnose1985 Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 Wow! How much weight did that save? After the frame tied in BullBar I probably added about 40 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 After the frame tied in BullBar I probably added about 40 lbs. I'm surprised. With the mesh replacing the tread plate, and the tread plate gone in the middle I expected it would still be lighter with the "bull bar" and tow points. What the bull bar made out of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullnose1985 Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 I'm surprised. With the mesh replacing the tread plate, and the tread plate gone in the middle I expected it would still be lighter with the "bull bar" and tow points. What the bull bar made out of Hi Gary, Mostly half inch. The plates behind the loop mounts are half inch, the tube is 7/16, grade 8 hardware very heavy. I use the bull bar for recovery tasks and arborists activities. I don't have any pictures of the bull bar build on my phone. New phone. I have built four of them for people here in the area will zero failures. It was fun to build too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Hi Gary, Mostly half inch. The plates behind the loop mounts are half inch, the tube is 7/16, grade 8 hardware very heavy. I use the bull bar for recovery tasks and arborists activities. I don't have any pictures of the bull bar build on my phone. New phone. I have built four of them for people here in the area will zero failures. It was fun to build too. Sounds like it is SOLID, which is the way I like to build things. So it bolts to the frame and the clevis mounts pretty directly there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullnose1985 Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Sounds like it is SOLID, which is the way I like to build things. So it bolts to the frame and the clevis mounts pretty directly there? Yes it ties into the frame channel at the top, bottom and sides about 18" into the frame channel with high sheer grade 8 bolts. If I figured correctly it would blow a u-joint or burn a clutch before it would move that mount. I have made a few as I have spoke about before. One of them was to pull a 6x6 out of a creek bed. I was a little surprised but at the angle and elevation of the puller certainly worked it the pullers favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Yes it ties into the frame channel at the top, bottom and sides about 18" into the frame channel with high sheer grade 8 bolts. If I figured correctly it would blow a u-joint or burn a clutch before it would move that mount. I have made a few as I have spoke about before. One of them was to pull a 6x6 out of a creek bed. I was a little surprised but at the angle and elevation of the puller certainly worked it the pullers favor. That does sound like it is solid. Having designed a rear bumper/spare tire mount that ties into the frame in the same area, I'd say yours is even stronger than mine - and it is strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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