Re: Rear Bumper blues

From: Hop * (hopsdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 18:01:31 EST


Ray,
Lemme guess, your bumper looks like this..
http://glen.dodgedakotas.com/hop/bentbumper.jpg
I did that when i pulled my brothers ram out of the sand..
They just don't make um like they use to. And i was useing
a rope, not a chain.
--Hop

>Ok , everyone can call me dumb, but just this once.... please. I did
>something dumb last weekend. I helped a neighbor drop a small maple tree (
>about 16 inches in diameter) in his front yard. No, I didn't drop it of the
>truck and no I didn't yank the bumper to pieces by having a safety line
>tied off to the truck when the tree dropped. My sin was worse. After the
>tree was down, cut into stove lengths and mostly carted away by another
>neighbor with a fire place, I started helping dig and pull out some if the
>roots. By now you have guessed what I did. Using the truck bumper ( I know,
>I know, hush now) and a logging chain (Hush I said!) I attached a root I
>thought was loose enough from the ground to be pulled out. Unfortunately,
>for my bumper, it was not and now the ball on the bumper hitch points a bit
>more rearward than normal. Also, the steps on either side of bumper
>slightly resemble an inverted "V". Now, my question is this, is there
>anyone on the list that has either a flame red or black Dakota that has
>installed a roll pan and is wanting to part with the factory bumper? I
>thought I'd ask here before I start combing the local scrap yards. Anyone
>having bumper and is willing to part with it, please let me know.
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Ray Irons
>Dover, DE
>
>

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