Aluminum Replacement Bumper Options

[rudyb]

Hello all,

 

A friend is looking for an aluminum full replacement bumper for his 2009 one ton cab and chassis dodge. There are three examples at http://www.herd.com/products/ on the right hand side. I am wondering if any of you know where I might find more/different options similar to this. I have found a few other companies that boast that their products are constructed from high quality aluminum and what not, but many are finished with black paint. He is looking for shinny, polished aluminum, or equivalent. What are some companies that offer what we are looking for? Thanks

 

-Rudy

[kstruckcountry]

I don't really know of any big aluminum bumper companies. Everyone here has steel. Some companies may offer a metallic powder coat that could be applied to a steel one.

[rudyb]

Kstruckcountry,

 

Thanks for the reply. He actually went ahead and ordered the herd xl. It came in the other day, but they accidentally sent the sport model. He has one of these beds:

 

http://www.hillsboroindustries.com/Products/AluminumTruckbeds.aspx

 

so he wants the bumper to match. I'll upload some pictures when we get the bumper installed, and get the rest of the truck polished. They said it would be a month before the correct bumper gets here :/

 

Rudy

[kstruckcountry]

Yeah there are lots of those Hillsboro beds around here, I'm about an hour and a half from the company.

 

I don't know why it would take so long. I got one of the first bumpers Thunderstruck made for a 2003-07 half ton and it took them less than a week from my order to a powdercoated bumper waiting for me to pick it up at my local mechanic. I'm surprised a bigger company doesn't keep any ready to ship.

I almost hit a deer the week after I got mine.

[SarahsGMC]

id run into everything if i had your bumper

[rudyb]

Right on. We bought the pickup used and the bed was already on it. I'd never heard of the company before. Everyone around here rocks the deweze.

 

We can't buy direct from Herd (that I am aware of). The dealer we ordered from had us a bumper to out shop in around 7 business days. It just wasn't the right model. I guess they don't have the one he wanted in stock. So far they have been really cool about the whole mix-up. When it's all said and done I might give them a recommendation here.

[kstruckcountry]

I'm glad their service was good.

 

Dew-Eze bale beds used to be very popular here, but they started getting leaky on people. Most people have Krogman or Hydrabed now. There are 3 Krogman beds between the guys I work for and they're very well built. I don't know how we got along before them.

[rudyb]

It's been a while, but we finally received the bumper today. Updates will be coming soon. Until then, hit the link for a teaser.

 

http://roodeebee.blogspot.com/2013/12/bumper-received.html

[rudyb]

^^^^ My blog post has been updated. From now on, most of my posts will be made on the blog. This allows people that aren't members of the forum to see the photos. I used to just use photobucket for image hosting, but their site is getting ridiculously stupid with advertisements.

[kstruckcountry]

Glad it worked out! It looks good but would be too much bling for me!

[rudyb]

Thanks! I actually didn't think I would like it. I thought it would be best to just paint (or powder coat) the existing one white. I actually think it looks pretty good. Now, we need to get the rest of the rig polished.

[kstruckcountry]

How much does it weigh?

[Mike-1000]

I've always wondered about those bumpers....are they made to bolt up in a way that would allow you to push something without the air bags going off?

 

Mike...ignorant about a lot more things than this

[kstruckcountry]

Depends on what it is and how hard you initially hit it. They are designed for protecting the truck from deer. But you can push another vehicle from a stop no problem.

[rudyb]

How much does it weigh?

I will look at the shipping info tomorrow. I should be able to get a pretty accurate number from that.

 

I've always wondered about those bumpers....are they made to bolt up in a way that would allow you to push something without the air bags going off?

 

Mike...ignorant about a lot more things than this

It bolts directly to the frame. It mounts up the exact same as the steal full replacement that was on it when we bought the pickup. I could only assume that the factory bumper was the same. As Danny said, you could probably push a disabled vehicle just fine as long as you don't get a running start at it.