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Old 08-21-2011, 02:20 PM   #8
wilbilt
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Re: Rear bumpers, let's see them.

Here is mine I liked it when I first saw the truck, it has a nice wide step. Upon further inspection, I am not so sure. It is designed for use with a slide-in camper, so the bumper is mounted on 2" square tubes that slide into "receivers" bolted to the frame.

Unfortunately, it just clamps in place. I can see on the LR corner where the PO apparently backed into something and the bumper slid in and crunched the bed. It also might be scary to throw a trailer on the hitch ball, take off and leave the trailer and bumper sitting there. There are two additional mounting holes in the center of the bumper right in front of the ball. I assume that at some point there was a third mounting bracket that attached to the frame for towing.

If I keep it, I will weld it in place or drill and pin it to prevent any "accidents".



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