That's a bummer about the deer.. Hope you kept the backstrap. LOL
That's a nice bumper!
I thought of getting something like that awhile back but, i don't think i'll
be driving the dak much longer. I'm getting 13mpg and having to drive 100
miles a day. I think it's time to get rid of the dak and move on to
something bigger. The dak has a hard time pulling my boat and it's to small
to haul any more than 2 peeps in it. I'm looking at a new ram '06 2500 4x4
cummins with a 3" lift, 20" wheels, custom leather, fender flares, and
running boards installed by the dealer. They want 40k for it but, i may be
able to talk them down a bit. Best part is that it's almost exactly like my
dak, same color and all.
This is it.. kind of a cruddy picture.
http://www.uberstorage.com/tex/public/Dakota/RAM.JPG
And my dak.
http://www.uberstorage.com/tex/public/Dakota/afterwreck/driverfront.JPG
--Hop
>From: "Miles D. Oliver" <moliver@mmoliver.org>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: DML: Miles 1... Deer 0.. Time for a new project.
>Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:10:29 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>
> Aftger an encounter last week with a Deer at 45 mph, It looks like I have
>another project on my hands. All I could do was hit the brakes and hope
>that I still had clean shorts after the impact.
>
> I bent up the bumper, brackets, cracked/shredded the plastic and
>shattered both foglights. How I didn't trash the radiator, grill,or cause
>even more damage I don't have a clue. The truck is still driveable. I guess
>it could have been a lot worse.
>
> I now have the opportunity to either replace with like parts or build a
>new bumper, similar to this:
>
> http://www.kenmtnac.com/WiDak9704.html
>
> I can't see paying the $400+ for this one and can probably do it for
>around $100 in steel. 11GA should be enough instead of 3/16 to keep some of
>the weight down. I don't know if I want a winch mount or not as I rarely
>take this truck offroad.
>
> Build it in 'foamcore' or even plywood to make a pattern to cut with the
>plasma and I should be set. I've made bumpers for other vehicles and they
>turned out OK. Lets see if I can make this one look as good as the pics.
>I guess I can even the truck by adjusting the torsion bars with the extra
>weight.
>
> If the heat will only let me get back in the shop.
>
>--
> Miles D. Oliver
> www.mmoliver.org
>_________________
>"If a man speaks in the woods where there is no woman to hear him, is he
>still wrong? Probably."
>
>"If a woman speaks in the forest with no man near to hear her, is she
>still complaining? Of course."
>
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