Homemade BumpGate Opener/Bumber

[JNH92]

Hello,
I have a 98 Ford F-150 with no grill gaurd, my issue is that a ranch that I visit has bump gates. These are gates that you must bump with your vehicle in order to go through. when you hit them they swing open and you drive through. I don't want to invest in a grill gaurd, and was thinking of building a gadget that I could attach to my truck temporarily just for this purpose. Any help is greatly appreciated....keep up the good threads!

[WyoRoy]

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

[JNH92]

Good one...believe me, that's how I feel sometimes!!!

[fun4now]

i would just make a simple bolt under push type. i got a bit caried away with mine, but it bolts on under the bumper and threw it as well. but if ya just want to add some thing to hit a gate, maybe atach a trailor 2" recever to the front that you can slide the push bumper into when needed and pull it out for other times. you could make a winch plate also to slide in. once the recever is in place the options are wide open.

HF sells a small bolt on reciever for like $11 i think it was.


my son helped with the design of mine, got a little caried away.

[monte55]

Strap an old tire to the front..........

[nfinch86]

Fun4now, Man you push some stuff around with that rig on the front of
your truck !! Looks real good, gives me something to think about ??........ Norm :

[JNH92]

great advice everyone...thanks for the input. I think I'm going to bolt something on the frame and weld it together so it will pertrude through the bumper opening. I'll keep u guys posted. wish me luck!

[Vicegrip]

Use a hitch socket and then you can easly slide in a L shaped bump bar when it is needed. Handy for moving trailers in tight spots too. `

[fun4now]

i forgot to mention the ease of trailer moving with the front hitch, thanks Vicegrip

nfinch86 i have pushed a car or two with it.
i made it out of 10 or 12 gage, so the teeth are a lot stronger than they look. used a O/A torch to bend them into shape and a little spectrum 125 to cut the skull. the back lighting is hooked into the parking lights, so when i turn on the lights at night it shows up great.
i coated the hole thing with rubber bed liner ( similar to ryno-liner) so i have not had any trouble with scratches or rust. been on there for a few years now and still looks good as new.
you can get spray on bed liner at wally-world, great stuff, i also lined my lawn mower trailer with it. stuff works great, for $8 a can you cant beat the protection and you can paint over it.

JNH92 be shore to share some pic's when you Get-R-Done.

[JNH92]

Thanks guys...you sure are full of ideas....I definately will share pics, when I get going....thanks again!