That looks good, I want to add shackle mounts to mine

 

Added a little support and I am about ready to grind and paint, not the best looking bumper or welds, underestimated the amount of work involved

 

im also working on one. i took a rear bumper from a big delivery truck for all the plate lol. almost done cutting it all up then ill figure out from there and hopefully have a free plate bumper.

 

looks like you need to to turn up the heat a bit on the welds just take your time and walk that puddle along and bam, good start though and dont let ppl tell you that it has to be "dimes" it doesnt as long as it holds haha

 

She's coming along. Any more progress on it?

Big thing is to learn as you go. If you want to do another, you've got more experience under you belt and lessons learned from this design.

 

Got it mounted up today, sprayed it with some truck bed liner, need to finish bolting it up and wire the winch in, the roller looks a little off so I will adjust the bolt holes

 

Hope to go wheeling this weekend, toms in Chattanooga is having an open house then a ride

 

Two biggest things i learned from mine,

Take your time and finish as you go...aka do it right the first time and don't say oh ill fix that later.

And don't be afraid to say "this didn't work out due to whatever" and start again from scratch. Remembering what you learned from the first time.

 

I used 1/4 plate to build it, not sure if that is a normal size or if people build them smaller, pretty sure it will work and hold, I have welded some VW front axles in the past with no problem

 

Me, my fiance', and my daughter will be at the event, along with my XJ.
No wheeling for me though.

 

Looks good I made mine from 1/4 inch c channel We knotched and bent it over to get the shape.then used 1/16 th on the top. 1/4 inch frame brackets and 1/4 inch winch plate its heavy at like 140 lbs without the winch but its strong! I also used grade 8 bolts and cut some 1/4 inch plate for the inside frame Rail and used 1 inch square tubing for shims on the inside of the frame so it would not squeeze it together, driver side same way and used the sterring Box shim too.

 

Meet you there

 

Wow, that sounds bullet proof, I did not have plans for any more than bolts though the frame, I have the original 3 plus the 3 for the steering box and one extra

 

bolted everything down, ran the cables, ready to get stuck this weekend

 

What do your bumper brackets look like?

I give you an A for effort.