Every so often, I find myself in need of being able to push someone or something with the jeep. Stalled cars at a traffic light. Heavy dumpsters that have been moved from their resting place by a falling tree. All true stories, but I digress.
Right now, the forward-most point on my Jeep is the roller fairlead. Needless to say, if I try to push anything with that, things will eventually get muffed up. Even if the fairlead weren't there, things are definitely getting scratched up and/or gouged.
I went looking to see if there was any kind of solution for off-road bumpers. The only solutions I've found, both homegrown:
Tim
Right now, the forward-most point on my Jeep is the roller fairlead. Needless to say, if I try to push anything with that, things will eventually get muffed up. Even if the fairlead weren't there, things are definitely getting scratched up and/or gouged.
I went looking to see if there was any kind of solution for off-road bumpers. The only solutions I've found, both homegrown:
- Drill a couple of 1/2" holes in each end of the bumper, somewhere below each headlight, and attach an appropriately-sized loading dock bumper onto it. The dock bumpers are easy to get a hold of in various sizes, but this project involves drilling four large holes into very stout steel.
- Cut a recesses into the end of a rubber block, with a hole running through the sides of the cutout to match the hole in the shackle mount, and run a pin or bolt through there to secure it. Hard rubber is notoriously finicky about cutting like that. Not even sure how to go about it, other than being creative with the largest drill bit I can muster up, and gaggle of rotary tool attachments.
Tim
