offroad bumper

[Tim B]

hello i would like to build an offroad bumper for my toyota tacoma truck does anyone happen to have a set of plans available? thank you

[WyoRoy]

Plans? No, but most just take out the measuring tape and work off photos from the Internet.

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isc...610l0.4.6.1l11

[jessehornberger]

Off Road Bumper!


Just Started building a bumper for my jeep this week. I used foam sheets to template and find the shape i wanted and from there it was to the plate of steel, plasma cutter, and tig welder!

[nocheepgas]

hello i would like to build an offroad bumper for my toyota tacoma truck does anyone happen to have a set of plans available? thank you

The design variables are endless. Do you want to fab a tube style, C-channel, rectangular tubing, plate with lots of angles? Aluminum or Steel? For the street or off road racing or rock crawling?

[tommy2069]

thats what i do when someone wants a bumper for their utv or truck . i just tell them to search the internet and bring me a picture or website with the picture and i go from there.it's not a really nice practice to fully copy someone elses work so i just change up a few parts of the design to make it a bit diferent.

[panheadman]

off road bumper

Didn't have any plans, just an imagination. This is what I made

[panheadman]

offroad bumper

another view

[Cargoon]

Here's mine

It's 1/4" plate. Just start cutting and tacking. I like the paper idea, that looked like a smart plan.

[weldatty]

offroad bumper

hey panheadman;

that's a great bumper. i've got a "old" tundra; do you think that would fit? How much does that weigh? Does it mess up the balance of the truck especially with a winch on it.
my truck already has too much weight up front without anything and with a bed cover and tools and stuff in the back. with ABS only on the back, i do a lot of sliding sometimes on the florida ice.

[panheadman]

bumper

Don't know if 'old' and 'new' interchange. It weighs app 110 and winch adds about 65 to it

[Tim B]

how thick is the material you used ? i have a tacoma and don't want to go to heavy ( weight wise )

[TX-D]

@panheadman
I like the bumper, it looks well built.


I fabricated a full replacement for a friend's Ranger a while back outta 1/8" diamond plate with a 3" pipe, 1/4" wall for support. End result was around 100 lbs and hardly dropped the front suspension any.

[WickedWelding]

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Just Started building a bumper for my jeep this week. I used foam sheets to template and find the shape i wanted and from there it was to the plate of steel, plasma cutter, and tig welder!
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Hey Jesse! It's your fellow Dedoes welder... Guess who... Hint I always turn your tig welder off right before you start a bead....

[diyweldingplans]

I built a bumper for a suburban.

I built a bumper with a winch, running lights, and fog lights and made it custom to the 1993 suburban.
see more pictures here: http://photobucket.com/diywp_bumper_winch