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Old 02-10-2012, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ArmyRover
Did Bottroff Fabrication start doing tube bumpers?
Whois Bottroff?
 
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Old 02-10-2012, 10:56 PM
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Yes I'm a Marine and I wheel my rig.
 
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Old 02-10-2012, 10:59 PM
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Semper FI, I wheel mine as well, I need to get the pics/video others took of me at Mt Etna.
 
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Old 02-10-2012, 11:16 PM
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I also know how to Improvise, Adapt and Overcome, so I can modify an existing bumper for my rig and it will work just as well as an ARB. It might not "look" as pretty but it will sue as hell get the job done.
 
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Old 02-11-2012, 08:07 AM
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How are you planning to mount that bumper, not to the crush cans, I HOPE?
 
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Old 02-11-2012, 08:13 AM
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Nope, to the frame where that cross member is attached.
 
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Old 02-11-2012, 08:22 AM
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Don't worry about that piece of junk cross member it is too weak to prevent any frame twisting. Consider running a fabbed up mount all the way done both sides of the frame or even doing what I did when I built my bumper, then you will have lots of support and no frame twisting even on hard diagonal pulls.
 
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Old 02-11-2012, 03:51 PM
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That looks like what I need to do, Thanks Mike.
 
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Old 02-13-2012, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Kalel
Why would I care if I get my truck dirty? I bought the bumper so I can mount my winch and I did not care to spend $600.00-$1200.00 on one. So I can modify an existing bumper to fit and still do the job, guess you cannot. If like over paying for crap, go ahead, but if you really want to get your truck dirty, come down to GA and I will take you a few places. Unlike some, I do wheel my rig, and I wheel it hard. Devildog, you a Marine?
Kalel,

What part of georgia do you live?
 
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Old 02-13-2012, 10:38 AM
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I just saw an XJ with this bumper this weekend and thought of your truck....I think I have a Rover-obsession

Interested to see how it turns out, I love the ingenuity.
 


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