Posted by Keith in Washington on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 12:55PM :
In Reply to: Midwest military posted by T-roy on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 7:47PM :
Not to knock anybody, but I really liked Dennis Sherman's bumpers. The best part is that the holes are not drilled in them. That kind of rubbed me wrong at first but then I clearly understood why and liked it very much. These old trucks are often slightly tweeked and out of alignment on the frames. If everything was pre-drilled you would be fighting it to the end to get everything lined up. I have fought it on two trucks. My carryall has non standard frame extensions and a doubler plate that someone welded on for a snow plow. They really did a great job and it will never be coming off. The fact that the bumpers were not drilled allowd me to make all the adjustments I needed with out welding up and redrilling holes. I simply put the winch on measured and set the bumpers with clamps and drilled the first hole at the top of the frame where the winch mounts. This set the bumpers basic position and from that piont is was minor alignment, clamping and drilling of the rest of the holes. It stopped the problem of holes being off and etc.
Even if you do not buy Dennis's bumpers, order a set that has not been drilled. You will spend less time drilling than trying to get things aligned.
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