Glad you liked it. My wife said she would have thought it looked better by having the expanded metal on the inside versus the outside. You can consider that in your project. Really just aesthetics at that point. Best of luck!
If your winch were to fail, and you could only be winched out from someone else in the front, what anchor point would you connect the other person's winch hook to? My crappy winch burned out on me on the trail and they had no other option but to use my front, brush guard. It's hallow, so I'm thinking that's not a good long term solution. Thoughts?
Yeah, that brush guard is real thin. I have a tree saver strap that would do a better job to distribute the load. If you did it near the bottom that would help. If it want to ride up you could use the same strap and just choker it off around the base of the brush guard.
I used 1-1/2” conduit. It matched the factory wall thickness of the stock bumper. 1/16” wall thickness was the factory wall thickness just like the conduit. I try not to weld with the zinc on the conduit. I’ll either grind or put muriatic acid to get through that.
I just got a terx s model
And told my son in law, it needs a screen across the bumper lol
Great job! I’ll definitely be doing that myself
Glad you liked it. My wife said she would have thought it looked better by having the expanded metal on the inside versus the outside. You can consider that in your project. Really just aesthetics at that point. Best of luck!
That's pretty sick ! Think I'ma do the same
Happy to provide some inspiration. It does use a lot of paint to get into all the expanded metal. Hope it turns out great for you!
If your winch were to fail, and you could only be winched out from someone else in the front, what anchor point would you connect the other person's winch hook to?
My crappy winch burned out on me on the trail and they had no other option but to use my front, brush guard. It's hallow, so I'm thinking that's not a good long term solution.
Thoughts?
Yeah, that brush guard is real thin. I have a tree saver strap that would do a better job to distribute the load. If you did it near the bottom that would help. If it want to ride up you could use the same strap and just choker it off around the base of the brush guard.
what size tube are you using for the top ?
I used 1-1/2” conduit. It matched the factory wall thickness of the stock bumper. 1/16” wall thickness was the factory wall thickness just like the conduit. I try not to weld with the zinc on the conduit. I’ll either grind or put muriatic acid to get through that.