latest bumper build

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

this is a front bumper we done for a 08 suzuki vinson 500. it's really heavy duty . you can hang the atv from a tree with it and it won't bend. i have to do the rear bumper to now . we sprayed it with some bed liner coating so it would match the rest of the racks on the atv.i mounted a 3000lbs gorilla winch in it to top it off.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

looks good....

how did you make your bends....

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

i bent everything in a vise with my torch. i'll get a pipe bender one day.the top piece that has the suzuki emblem in it i cut that piece out of the original bumper but the rest is all new.

 

[nmu98]

How about some pics of it in design or build stage, before paint.

 

[TWO GUNS]

GREAT FABRICATION ~~~ REALLY PROFESSIONAL WORK !!!!!

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

i've never tried to bend a section of tubing with my torch......how did you keep it from collapsing? or do you just control your heat and how quickly you make the bend?

i bent everything in a vise with my torch. i'll get a pipe bender one day.the top piece that has the suzuki emblem in it i cut that piece out of the original bumper but the rest is all new.

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

you get about 1"of it red hot then put a little pressure on it and as it starts to bend you work the heat up or down the pipe. everyone who tries to bend pipe with a torch just heats up one spot and thats where they mess up.if you heat one spot it will stretch the pipe and cave it in on the sides. now i do get a bit of cave in on mine but after i have it to the angle i want i then come back and heat up the whole bend and smack it with a 2lbs ball-pen hammer to get it back round again. but just remeber never heat up just one spot and try bending it work the heat with the bend.

i've never tried to bend a section of tubing with my torch......how did you keep it from collapsing? or do you just control your heat and how quickly you make the bend?

 

[Kfbeal]

Another trick is to fill it with river sand, or some sort of sand. That will keep the pipe from collapsing as well and works pretty good.

Those are nice symetrical bends with a torch.