cantrelm

That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.

Tom


"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:YGRBf.868$1%5.271@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> "cantrelm" <cantrelm@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:C5QBf.947$dF5.638@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
> > I don't think I would trust the stock bumper on a TJ to pull anything.
>
> Yeah, it does seem a bit flimsy, like the original bumpers on my XJ...
> Perhaps his next project should be to design a real bumper for his TJ that
> utilizes the original bumper's mounting points in addition to the mounting
> points for the factory receiver hitch... Make the entire bumper out of
1/4"
> steel so that you can jack the car up with it... Might as well consider
> closing off parts of it for an emergency air tank also...
>
>

cantrelm

That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.

Tom


"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:YGRBf.868$1%5.271@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> "cantrelm" <cantrelm@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:C5QBf.947$dF5.638@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
> > I don't think I would trust the stock bumper on a TJ to pull anything.
>
> Yeah, it does seem a bit flimsy, like the original bumpers on my XJ...
> Perhaps his next project should be to design a real bumper for his TJ that
> utilizes the original bumper's mounting points in addition to the mounting
> points for the factory receiver hitch... Make the entire bumper out of
1/4"
> steel so that you can jack the car up with it... Might as well consider
> closing off parts of it for an emergency air tank also...
>
>

cantrelm

That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.

Tom


"Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:YGRBf.868$1%5.271@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> "cantrelm" <cantrelm@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:C5QBf.947$dF5.638@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
> > I don't think I would trust the stock bumper on a TJ to pull anything.
>
> Yeah, it does seem a bit flimsy, like the original bumpers on my XJ...
> Perhaps his next project should be to design a real bumper for his TJ that
> utilizes the original bumper's mounting points in addition to the mounting
> points for the factory receiver hitch... Make the entire bumper out of
1/4"
> steel so that you can jack the car up with it... Might as well consider
> closing off parts of it for an emergency air tank also...
>
>

twaldron

Very nice job...but the question is, when will _mine_ be ready? ;)
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

cantrelm wrote:
> That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
> receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
> hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
> The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
> now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
> I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.
>
> Tom

twaldron

Very nice job...but the question is, when will _mine_ be ready? ;)
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

cantrelm wrote:
> That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
> receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
> hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
> The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
> now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
> I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.
>
> Tom

twaldron

Very nice job...but the question is, when will _mine_ be ready? ;)
__________________________________________________ ___________________
2003 TJ Rubicon * 2001 XJ Sport * 1971 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco

"There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'."

Pronunciation: 'jEp Function: noun Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80" wheelbase, 1/4-ton
capacity and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in World War II.
__________________________________________________ ___________________

cantrelm wrote:
> That is what I am doing. Making my own swing arm bumper, with a 2" hitch
> receiver in the middle of the bumper tube..... These pictures don't have the
> hitch cut and welded in yet, but it will be dead center of the main bumper.
> The whole thing will bolt to the frame rails where my current hitch bolts
> now and also use the crossmember mounts that the standard bumper has.
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump1.jpg
> http://www.cantrell.com/scrap/bump2.jpg
> I am putting a hi-lift jack mount on there also.
>
> Tom

noneyabusiness

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:57:53 -0600, Richard J Kinch
<kinch@truetex.com> wrote:

>Here is my design for a bumper-mounted Jeep Wrangler TJ trailer hitch:
>
> http://www.truetex.com/jeep_trailer_hitch_bracket.htm

Possibly not legal, in Kalifornia at least.
But then Law Enforcement hasn't been enforcing little laws like this
very vigorously lately ;-)
(When was the last time anyone got stopped for misaligned headlights?)

....

noneyabusiness

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:57:53 -0600, Richard J Kinch
<kinch@truetex.com> wrote:

>Here is my design for a bumper-mounted Jeep Wrangler TJ trailer hitch:
>
> http://www.truetex.com/jeep_trailer_hitch_bracket.htm

Possibly not legal, in Kalifornia at least.
But then Law Enforcement hasn't been enforcing little laws like this
very vigorously lately ;-)
(When was the last time anyone got stopped for misaligned headlights?)

....

noneyabusiness

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:57:53 -0600, Richard J Kinch
<kinch@truetex.com> wrote:

>Here is my design for a bumper-mounted Jeep Wrangler TJ trailer hitch:
>
> http://www.truetex.com/jeep_trailer_hitch_bracket.htm

Possibly not legal, in Kalifornia at least.
But then Law Enforcement hasn't been enforcing little laws like this
very vigorously lately ;-)
(When was the last time anyone got stopped for misaligned headlights?)

....

Grumman-581

"noneyabusiness" wrote in message
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> (When was the last time anyone got stopped for misaligned headlights?)

Mine are aligned perfectly... One lets me see what is in the ditch on the
right side of the vehicle, the other lets me see what is in the trees on the
other side...