[dakotasrock]

Has anyone ever fabricated a steel bumper out of tube steel that would go into your receiver hitch that would just protect your truck bumper?
After all these close calls with backing up within a few inches of walls, barriers, etc, im lucky i havnt hit anything. Im thinking about making one, so I dont put any dings into my truck bumper.

I guess it could also protect against any small rear end collisions?

Any thoughts?

 

[SnoFarmer]

Stop before you hit something.
Look as you are backing.
slow down.
You want a bumper for your bumper?

Experience..lol have you read the thread, Ever hit anything?

 

[StoneDevil]

I would suggest more lights in the rear so u could see

 

[jjklongisland]

You want a bumper for your bumper?

Thats theres funny, right there...

 

[theplowmeister]

SOoooo you backed to within a couple of inches of a wall.... and you want ad what 4" or 6" bumper so you would have hit the wall with your bumpers bumper? Then the bumpers bumper WILL flex and ding your bumper Or try Looking

I added one but filled it with lead for my ballast.

 

[Smitty58]

Makes sense to me, I saw one somewhere maybe here. Looks pretty simple just a 6ft piece of 2 inch tube welded to another say 1 ft piece to slide into the receiver. Drill a hole and walla ,bumper for your bumper. Put a strip of reflective tape on it to keep someone from destroying your bumper bumper. Hey while you're at it why not run it all the way around the truck like those amusement park cars ,nah that would be silly. Seriously though I backed into a pole last year and dented my fender ,if I would have had a bumper bumper it would have saved the fender. The bumper bumper is cheaper to replace than the bumper. (boy he sure said bumper a lot)

 

[dakotasrock]

Seriously though I backed into a pole last year and dented my fender ,if I would have had a bumper bumper it would have saved the fender. The bumper bumper is cheaper to replace than the bumper. (boy he sure said bumper a lot)

MY POINT EXACTLY!!!!

 

[ahoron]

why not just remove the bumper and built one strong enough?? SO you don't add any length to your vehicle
maybe buy better mirrors???
or hire a spotter
or just learn to drive ha ha just kidding

objects in mirror are closer than they appear

 

[blk90s13]

I got this but didnt install it yet

http://cgi.ebay.com/VR3-WIreless-Ba...ryZ48605QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Young Pup]

Isn't that what bumpers are for. To get dings in them. It is a truck adds character to it.

 

[ahoron]

I got this but didnt install it yet

http://cgi.ebay.com/VR3-WIreless-Ba...ryZ48605QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That thing is a piece of useless crap the screen is so small you can't see what you just ran over

 

[fordzilla1155]

that is why a salt shaker serves 2 purposes...

 

[Mark Witcher]

A few years ago my partner backed into a support coll om in from of a business we plow. It was made out of decorative concrete block. The ball mount on his truck punched a 12 inch hole in the blocks. No damage to his bumper, but cost us almost $500 to repair the building. So I guess the trailer hitch saved us another $500 in bumper damage.

Also if you guys are real snow plowers at some point in your careers you WILL back into something.

 

[smoore45]

Bumpers have like 4 - 8 bolts. Buy a cheap aftermarket and bolt that on in the winter. Bolt your nice one on in the summer. Besides, if you're using a truck like you're supposed to, it WILL get dings!

 

[04superduty]

i made a step that goes into my reviever, i got tired of almost falling a couple of times climbing into my bed to get the snow blower. it also welded on a piece that protects the trailer light plug so when i do back into piles it does not get damaged.

 

[oldmankent]

If you just use the trailer hitch as the attachment point for your bumper bumper I think you will screw up the hitch. Imagine if you hit the very edge of the bumper bumper and it did indeed bend in. You could have enough leverage to bend your hitch. That could be pricey. Best advice yet is more lights, be careful, and put a crappy bumper on for the winter.