ive got one of their rear bumpers on my pw and would like some input on the hardiness during strikes.
tia
Edited by beachbunny, 30 December 2020 - 01:26 PM.
Posted 29 December 2020 - 10:19 PM
ive got one of their rear bumpers on my pw and would like some input on the hardiness during strikes.
tia
Edited by beachbunny, 30 December 2020 - 01:26 PM.
Posted 30 December 2020 - 03:04 PM
Posted 30 December 2020 - 03:58 PM
I had a Tacoma with an Aluminess rear bumper. Sitting at a stop light, I was rear ended by a vehicle driven by a guy who had just robbed a convenience store. Police estimated he was driving in excess of 60 mph at impact. The truck frame was twisted and the drivers seat back broken but I walked away unscathed. The thin stock bumper on the Tacoma would have crumpled instantly and I most likely would have been injured. The bumper was obviously damaged beyond repair but the box structure of it survived and acted like a crumple zone.
The vehicle that hit me, a Jeep, had the engine pushed back into the passenger compartment crushing the legs of his passenger.
They may be aluminum, but they are stout.
That is one heck of a review! Glad you were unscathed.
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Posted 30 December 2020 - 05:50 PM
geez,really km, thanks
im waitng on a response from arb on a power wagon bumper on weight, i'm getting a wide range of numbers, 331 # sounded a bit extreme
Posted 30 December 2020 - 09:59 PM
331 it is.
Posted 31 December 2020 - 02:43 PM
Posted 31 December 2020 - 05:01 PM
You may find that the 331# quoted includes the weight of the winch. If that is indeed the weight of just the bumper...WOW! I had an ARB Sahara/Warn 15k combo on my 1/2-ton Dodge and that was the ballpark weight, maybe 360#. I used a hydraulic table from HF to install the entire unit. Note: I went through several front suspension iterations trying to get that 1/2-ton to adequately carry that combo. Even though the PW is a 3/4-ton, it is softly sprung compared to others. The ARB is beefy and well built but adds weight and length out over the front of the truck. Aluminess would certainly help with the weight issue.
Posted 01 January 2021 - 01:20 AM
roger that men , thanks
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