Bumper and sliders.. Playing with Pro E..

Bored at work and playing around with pro E came up with these.. The bumper I am half done welding it up but the sliders are still in planning stage. Using Photoview 360 for the texture and coloring.. This is a render and not a reall product....yet...:compwork:





Any comments are welcome...

Looks like a good set up. You should post pics on how you mount the rear bumper.

Looks nice, but what's holding your 2x2 hitch on??

Looks like it's just sitting between the two tubes, needs alot of reinforcement.

You need triangular gussetts on the hitch tube as well as the recovery points. Damn nice looking unit though.

The L bracket on the back side of the D ring tabs was part of my old hitch and it goes in the frame rails in place of nut strips. Nuts welded on top. Yes I cut an 'L' hole in the framerails. The plates take the stock bumper brackets place. For one side thats 4 9/16 bolts and 4 12mm.. The hitch socket will be gusseted by a plate on top as well as the bumper plates to the D ring plates. I might add another tube between the hich and D-ring plates for mucho stoutness. Aslo was thinking cutting the length of the hich, plating the back side of it and double sheering it on the sheet metal if I have the room behind the gas tank.

Some numbers where off on the first build and I had to round cut the hitch where the tubes are.. So there are 'C' cut into the hitch and the tube fits in there.. Was a problem that turned into a feature being more surface area holding on in that area. Computer building is faster but real building is easier..

Pro E is a great tool. They use it extensivly where I work.
I'd consider some 3/8 plate between the horizontal tubes.
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That would give you something to weld the receiver and d-ring tabs to.
See if you can model up a tire carrier for that.

Very nice modeling. I hardly ever take the time to get good lighting and effects but looking at yours im thinking I should! lol

Tire carrier is in the works but not a lot of surface area to work with to attach to. This bumper is so close and clean a tire carrier would just get in theway I think. Still want one tho.. Probably will build it then model it.