Home made rear bumpers

[BLZN4FN]

Looking for pics or some kinda of design of your home made rear bumpers that will fit a K5.

I just cant bring myself to pay 350-450 for a rear bumper

 

[OffRoad]

imagine anything.
draw it.
build it.

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i like simple stuff built out of square or rectangle tube, but some guys like to go all fancy-fanse with round tube. that's too much work for me.

do what you want.

 

[Metrodps]

 

[Cricket]

Hey Bo,

there was a kid on the board that mocked his bumpers up using cardboard first then laid out the pattern and built from there. I thought it was a great idea, might try that.

 

[sganje]

Hey, here is a picture of the bumper that I am working on right now. Hope this works(the picture). I still have to figure out a latch system of some sort. I hope the grade 8 bolt will hold too.

 

[dhcomp]

Hey, here is a picture of the bumper that I am working on right now. Hope this works(the picture). I still have to figure out a latch system of some sort. I hope the grade 8 bolt will hold too.

Is the grade 8 bolt your hinge? Might need to rethink that.....


Not sure that will hold up, what size tire you planning to run?

 

[WantedaDodge]

I really like that style of tire rack. Would like to build something similar for my rig. Needs to accomodate a 37 inch tall spare though...

 

[BKinzey]

That grade 8 won't hold. You need something meant to be a hinge and heavy duty.

 

[sganje]

This is a fellow CK5er that is on this website, this is his write up.

The rear is 2x4 and 2x2 3/16 with 10 guage sheet metal. The tire carrier is 2x4 3/16 held on with a 1" x 10" grade 8. The bolt has 2 contact points and passes through 4 sections of the 3/16. There is a grade 8 nut welded in near the bottom. I also ran a seam down the path so that the bolt threads all the way down and used flanged bronze bushings to keep things smooth. The other side is a 9/16 grade 8 and another nut welded in.

I was just going off of this, so I don't know what to do if you guys say it won't work.

 

[cbbr]

That's mine. There are 2 contact points for the bolt and it works great. I have a 37 inch spare and 10 gallons of gas back there 24/7.

 

[Snowman1000]

Big 3/8 inch think diamond plate all arc welded together and ground smooth on the edges modeled after a regular chevy bumper with the big notch out in the center for the licence plate and it has a big pintle hitch used to pull dozers.

 

[cbbr]

Here is the full writeup with the pics.