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Possibly...
are you going to participate that uphill day?
Yes, The front is getting a simple prerunner/baja style single tube that will support the OEM bumper facia/skin (that I cut down) to give it a backer to enable it to stay taught at high way speeds. As right now it's just a floppy piece of plastic without the OEM bumper beam and impact foam. This new single tube will have two perpendicular supports running down that will provide a structure to then add a wicked thick skid plate at an advantageous approach angle to then be able to drag the front end over rocks and not bash our B9's crazy low rad or exhaust manifolds, as well as protect the lower oil pan. I deleted the air resonator and the washer fluid to keep both corners able to be shoved into tight spots or to be able to use my bumper to push front end into the corner tire. I didn't remove my entire front bumper in favor of keeping some aerodynamics to save fuel, as some of my trips take a good 6-8 hours to get to the trail head. Without at least the 2/3rds of the bumper remaining then I would just get wicked bad MPG. Even so, I am sitting at 19" of clearance from bumper to ground without any other modifications other than the cut bumper fascia/skin. The rear bumper fascia/skin will remain in the trash as the OEM bumper beam will stay on my chassis for some time as it's incredibly high. Right now the lowest point is the OEM 1 1/4" tow package. I added a Monster Hook solid billet receiver which is good to 6,000lbs and adapts my rear to now utilize a 10,000lb rated shackle with a 7/8" pin hole and a mount width of 1-1/4".so - you are going to make those offroad bumpers?
p.s. nice description of planned road on wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bear_Road
Is this post for spite or are you just taking a piss? Haha! Yes, we all know that the 1 1/4" hitch receiver is rated to tow 3500lbs. Why not overbuild what I can - for the intended recovery useage - while utilizing our OEM chassis? I am not going to rather cut out the rear chassis bumper beam support tubes and build a reinforced rear end just to enable the use of a 2" hitch receiver only increase my tow rating by 1000lbs... This is all preventative measures to give me the means to be able to be self reliant while off pitch. Furthermore, my yank method is kinetic so the force is reduced by three times the tow. My 3/4" thick by 20' length rope stretches to 60' long when getting a yank out of a stuck situation. A lot has gone into my build and you had bettah believe that the research has been over thought to the point to which when we do then develop a particular facet it's wicked over-kill to make sure their is zero points of failure. I will be posting plenty of pictures in the next 15 days. Stay tuned. Cheers buddy 🖖any news-updates?
about 10k lbs reciever - whole towing hook system is for up to 3500lbs, I think (or even less), but you think that replacing SOME part in the middle of it - it will become strong enough for 10k? but I am no offroader - I might be wrong
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No worries buddy, just wanted to clarify those facts for ya...unfortunately, my English sucks at your first sentence, but I believe you meant - was I serious? had my doubts about my question - thanks for explaining
talking about high torque axles - while browsing parts suppliers - my eye caught this listing - Screenshot - have you had any experience with that manufacturer? are they really "severe duty"?
1) It's not solid - as in - filled. It's a solid one piece 3"OD tube rated for 650WHP and 155 MPH.
with no downfalls!
