finished the mounts and paint.

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

i'm gonna wash the hpx up tomorrow and mount it up on her . to see how it looks all painted up and stuff.i weighed it and like it is ready to go on the utv it weighs 28lbs. i'm gonna keep this one on the gator for a few days until the next one is done then we'll swicth them out and i'll try out the newer style bumper.i'm getting a pipe bender probably during the weel so the front bumper is gonna be nice. we also came up with an idea about using the spray-on bed liner instead of regular black paint. i wanna put some 12 volt outlets on them too.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

That looks slick with the lights in it now. I have a feeling it is going to look original when it is hooked up to your machine. Great job

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

thanks! i'm gonna try and get the hpx washed up so i can get it mounted up on her.i don't wanna put it on ebay with a picture of it sitting on the floor i rather a picture of it on the machine.

 

[kubota men]

whats the name of your company. or do you work for your self i really like that bumper i have a small shop welder torches but i am on disabelity and am not able to do all that lifting i wonder could you make me one for mt rtv 900

 

[claykin22]

Looks Great! If you don't mind me asking, what are you going to be asking for it on ebay? It certainly looks like you have a fair amount of man hours into building one.

clayton

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

200.00 like it is . the one thats going on ebay is just about finished we wanted one to have a backup because i'm keeping one as a pattern so for i have two diferent kinds and we are doing a 3rd. so look for it on ebay in a day or two.if anyone needs something you can contact me through email or get intouch with "twoguns" my email address is cajunhommie@aol.com there is no company the rtv bumper is coming soon i just need the measurements to mount it up .


hey kabota man i'm disabled too i get someone to do most if not all the manual stuff for me i just use my brain part lol . i built cranes and boats /drilling rigs you name it if it was made out of iron or aluminum i used to make it . i still have the know how but due to the injuries i can't go into any workplace plus the meds. so i have no choice atleast this way i can use someone elses hands to do the work with my ideas .

 

[Deerlope]

It a nice looking piece of work. Looks like it is sitting on carpet. What does your wife say about that.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

when i came inside with it she said oh!no!get that out of here but i told her i needed to assemble the lights on it and take somepictures but then she looked at it and sad man thats what ya'll been doin out there? i said yea and she said man it came out nice well then it just sat there and we started talking about selling this one and i said well i can't sell this one because i need a model to keep for reference . she then freake whenshe found out i'm gonna keep one bumper of each one i build.lol so far i got 2 oh the rhino bumper is finished in the fab part it just needs to be cleaned up and painted.it's a diferent design close but a little different. if anyone has any ideas of a cool bumper just draw up a picturepost it and we'll see what can do.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

still haven't got to wash the hpx and mount the painted bumper for pictures but here's a twin of the lighted one only this one don't kave the lights . someone wanted one without the lights so here it is.all the brackets are there to mount them .i gotta do one more coat of paint on it and she's finished.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Nice work Tommy. Do those steel plates serve any purpose?

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

yea they are for mounting the tail lights too plus they serve as a protector from mud coming from the tire . i could have just put a flat bar clip but the lights would have just got knocked out by the mudso i went with the 16 gauge plate only the one without the lighte i didn't drill the holes for the lights so you can mount any light in it that is 2and 3/4 "high by 3 and 3/4 "wide . i also put the 1"by1/4"flat bar clip on the inside center with a 3/8 hole in it just incase someone want to put a light in the middle the bracket will be there already and it really ain't in the way so .the lights that i have on my other one in the picture fit flush when they are installed so if i was to backup into something they would crack.the rhino bumper is finished and we are mounting it this weekend so we should have pictures of that one too.

 

[CJ4]

Dang Tommie,

That looks excellent!!!!! Factory!!! Prob much better too. I bought a mig welder and torches last summer, haven't had time to play with it casue we were finishing up our lake house in our metal building...haven't welded in years and it was stick. How did you cut the angles on the pipe to fit so well??? What kind of material is this tubing?? The weight sure seems reasonable. Geez if you can do that you could build all sorts of accessory things. If you get the time you should think about brush guards for tractors. I had a welding shop custom make one for my New Holland TC55 after damaging my $3,800 plastic hood. Everyone that sees it wants to know where i got it. I'll have to post some pics for you.....it's made out of sq tubing with expanded metal with quick attach brackets on the rollover bar, the front loader brackets, and then angles down over the top of the hood to fasten quick attach to the front bumper guard. It's pretty cool and quick to take off.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

all the pipe is schedule 40. it's not no tubing this bumper won't bend if you run into something with it or atleast it's gonna take a realy good hit before it even moves. as for as the cuts they were all made with a chop saw acept for them two really hard ones they was cut with a saws-all and then dremled down to contoure the main pipe. but the saws-all cut it pretty close i drew all the cuts out on the pipe my oldest son did the cutting and my buddy soney .g done the welding he has the rhino we are putting a bumper on his rhino this weekend it looks something like this one but it has two pipes going up in the center and it just has a center light and now side lights becasue the rhino already has tail lights on the bed.plus with the rhino bumper we are backing it out a few inchs becasue when we was lookin at it we put his talegate down and he said man look at the cable that is already stretching from people siting on the tail gate . so now we gonna push the bumper out about 4"and put a rubber top about 1"thick on top all the way across so when you let the tail gate down it will help support by sitting on the rubber bumper piece.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

as for as all kinds of stuff we are gonna see about the front bumpers for the hpx/xuv and one for the rtv. we gonna get there .might not be able to do it with my hands but my brain still knows how and it works. if it's mabe out of metal i can figure out a way to build it. before i got hurt i was building offshore cranes. and for that we had to be within a 1/16 on a 40'boom section and sometimes it was 3/32 tolerances. i have built a complete linkbelt crane cab already that's including making the door and everything that was fun because it was about 16 guage steel and you have to backstep so much on the welding it still warped so you was ending up hammering dents out to smooth it out before it even left the shop. the cab itself where you sit was made out od 1/8 thick steel. brings back memories of back inda day.