Homebrew Bumpers
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From: NC
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 L
Originally Posted by tattooedblue
Here is the first one I built for my first XJ
then I got a ZJ and went tube, this one was set up to mount a winch
Then I went similar on my last XJ
then I got a ZJ and went tube, this one was set up to mount a winch
Then I went similar on my last XJ
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From: Ft Myer, Va
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
So in a related question and since I'm going to have to build a new gas tank skid anyway due to the large hole punched in mine... Has anyone ever incorporated the GT skid into their bumper? I'm thinking that if I build the skid and instead of bringing it up to meet the bottom/rear of the Jeep, what if I allowed it to run straight back and join the bumper to act as a long skid? Hard to describe but in essence it would bolt to the bottom of the bumper (for removal of either) with counter sunk fasteners and create a long, angled piece of armor to slide on as I egress an obstacle. Make any sense? lol! Throw me your thoughts and ideas please. 
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From: gresham
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: inline 6 4.0 ho
Originally Posted by jeepdreamer
So in a related question and since I'm going to have to build a new gas tank skid anyway due to the large hole punched in mine... Has anyone ever incorporated the GT skid into their bumper? I'm thinking that if I build the skid and instead of bringing it up to meet the bottom/rear of the Jeep, what if I allowed it to run straight back and join the bumper to act as a long skid? Hard to describe but in essence it would bolt to the bottom of the bumper (for removal of either) with counter sunk fasteners and create a long, angled piece of armor to slide on as I egress an obstacle. Make any sense? lol! Throw me your thoughts and ideas please.
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Joined: Dec 2011
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Model: Cherokee
They do... I'm not one that would rely on my own welding getting sufficient penetration to feel comfortable winching with them. Add an angled pull, heavy resistance...whatever and the possibility of a poor weld giving up is not unheard of. I'd rather the metal fail or the Jeep get ripped in half before i create a medieval trebuchet out of it.
Maybe its ok... call me a worry wart....*shrugs* I prefer more overkill in safety and recovery areas than most I suppose??
Maybe its ok... call me a worry wart....*shrugs* I prefer more overkill in safety and recovery areas than most I suppose??
For instance, I've had one of these
Welded on the top of the front bucket of this
For years without being able to break it. It's skidded a billion trees, It's even held up to "******" pulls with a cable hooked to a dozer.
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 liter, I6
Here's mine
Here's my bumper, stil a WIP at he moment, need to add the tire swing and so on, this ones 6mm plate and 20mm recovery plate...
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From: cedar rapids, ia
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
my scrapers im working on. everythings came out of our work metel dumpster. got about $30 of paint and bolts in them. left rear alittle wide to do cut/fold on 1/4panels and front will have some added latter. atleast i can go fishin in the boat now. light bar is a cut down rear tahoe swaybar i had.
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From: Buckeye AZ
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Ft Myer, Va
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
