bumpers for my rhino

i just got my pipe bender in and i fugure i had about 12 joints of pipe so why not give it a try .i'm doing some add-ons to my stock bumper right now but i plan on yanking this one when finished and building one from scratch.i'm gonna spray it with bed liner when finished .i through in a few pictures of a bumper i just done for my buddies 500 vinson. i'll post some pictures of the rhino bumper after it has the grill and paint done.

First pic looks substantial. Careful though. Too strong a bumper means bent frame in an unforseen situation.

Tommy looks good.
now put you a ubolt in the center bar. So you will have a tow point.
it helps pull po po's out of mud holes....

my brother gave me some of this thick plastic rubber like stuff it's 1"thick and 4"widei wanna try to make me some pushing bumpers for the front too so i can push people too without messing up stuff.

Looks 'meaty'.

ok here's the almost finished bumper i'm makin the middle expansion metal grill and painting iti'm gonna secure it to the bumper with the 4 bolts that used to hold the plastic on the bumper . i should have it finished tomorrow . i had to shut things down til tomorrow the ole lady said get my butt out the shop and inside. but it will be finished tomorrow. i tried to feather in the two diferent types of coatings but they didn't matchup to good so now when it's all complete i'm gonna have to fully remove the bumper and sand it dwn cmpletely and recoat it. i did all this fabrication while it was mounted i never took it off.

I think that rhino is smiling at me

ok here's the finished bumper with the grill . i snuck out in between stiriening the green beans and makin the jello.

after looking at it for a while i came to a conclusion of taking the front grill and cutting it into 3 pieces and inserting it into the bumper like the hood is. so i'll do that tomorrow

this is it with the grill split up and inserted.

That is a cow catcher..... nice work Tommy.

lookin good.......nice work!!

thanks now i just gotta find a tree and try it out.

Nice job ,i like how it gets in front of the tire too, I have one question for ya are you also hpx4x4 on ride sidexside? pics look identical and where is schriever la. ? i was whelped and raised around Lafayette . we need more Coonasses on this site even though i transplanted to ohio i tell them all we are infiltrating to take over again. my wife is from indiana but she is Cajun by injection now

i'm about a mile north of hwy90 in schriever. i watch the cars pass on hyw 90 from my house. i'm off of main project road. if you see the gym then take the next right and thats my street. i do go by hpx4x4man on ridesidebyside because that was my first utv it's an 04 hpx i use it to haul the heavy stuff and i use this rhino to get around on . i also make parts for the rtv's too.. my brother lives in lafeyyete on hebert street . i think it's off of gereral degul or something like that .


back to the bumper them lower bars look like they stick out infront the bumper but they don't . i put them there so they would help lay down the tall grass and blood weed before it got to the plastics sorta maybe push them aside . we'll see how it works out. i would like to make it to wind rock one day for one of them group rides. my buddy has a 450 and we been talkin about it. if anyone has any bumper ideas please post them i would like to get some ideas of what people like .i just got my pipe bender in so now i'm in hog heavin.lol

Looks really nice. Good job

Cajun Coot you got your wish I'm from Shreveport LA.

HOT DOG ! more coonasses on here! we will be headin down next week to visit dad and Mardi Gras around iota eunice mamou and carencro.. Lassiez les bon temps rouler!!

that lip don't act like a scoop for the mud? and did you have any heating problems with it because of airflow problems/? it looks like a good pushing bumper and a good blocking bumper. i bet it keeps alot out the radiator.[b]

the mud is not problem. the reason its bent like that is for tire clearance. the radiator has not run hot since its been on there. so for so good but i'll let you know.

cool!! it looks like it would protect the radiator pretty good though. where's the winch??i see the hooks but i don't see a winch.