What is everyone's thoughts on Rusty's Offroad Bumpers? I was looking at Dirtworx, Barnes and Rusty's. They check a couple of boxes off that I was looking for such as low profile, Made in the USA, 3/16 steel, integrated 2" receiver and it's a plus that they come ready to bolt on with no painting needed. My budget for bumpers is $800 shipped to me in MD and these also fit the bill.
Opinions on Rusty's Off-Road bumpers
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Rusty's has always had a bad reputation in my personal opinion and I wouldn't buy anything from him. He stiffed a lot of his customers of any post-sales support when they had problems.
Someone else came up with this meme years ago, so it's not just me...
Barnes is a great brand and I have used several of his products. Dirtworx is the only bumper of the three I have personal experience with and it gets two thumbs up with me having had two of their rear bumpers on my two TJs. Solid construction, great quality.
I wish I had a better photo of my present Dirtworx bumper but this is the best. It has done a lot of trailer towing over the past 16 years since buying my first one and it takes being slammed down hard onto rocks without a whimper. USA made!!
Someone else came up with this meme years ago, so it's not just me...
Barnes is a great brand and I have used several of his products. Dirtworx is the only bumper of the three I have personal experience with and it gets two thumbs up with me having had two of their rear bumpers on my two TJs. Solid construction, great quality.
I wish I had a better photo of my present Dirtworx bumper but this is the best. It has done a lot of trailer towing over the past 16 years since buying my first one and it takes being slammed down hard onto rocks without a whimper. USA made!!
What did you end up ordering? I just ordered a DirtWorx for the front after weeks of searching.
Jerry - Your shackle mounts look naked. You need to throw some hard shackles on there.....
I know, right? I gave a tug to someone behind me who who connected his snatch strap to my rear bumper using a shackle I handed to him through my window. Once we were done he removed his snatch strap but put my shackle back onto the bumper. I was preoccupied with something else so I didn't notice he didn't hand my shackle back to me. 10 yards later the rear of my TJ slid off a rock and I heard this loud BANG which sounded like something major broke, scaring the shit out of me. It was that fucking shackle banging against my bumper.Jerry - Your shackle mounts look naked. You need to throw some hard shackles on there.....
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