Front Bumper (cont')
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The bumper incorporates two class III receiver tubes. These tubes will serve many functions including jacking points for the Hi-Lift jack and anchor points for recovery shackles. I also plan to make a "hoop" that will mount into the receivers and rise up above the hood line. When I carry my canoe on the roof rack, this will allow me to run a strap from the front of my canoe to the front of the truck without rubbing the strap on the hood. |
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Just a few pictures of the finished installation with some fresh paint. Note the clear corner lenses. In the picture to the left, the parking lights are on, and the amber bulbs make the lenses "appear" to be amber. But, as you will see in the pictures below, they are as clear as the headlamp lenses. |
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Here are the receiver shackle brackets installed. I know of two companies that make these, (although there may be others) Warn Industries, and Genuine Steel Products (makers of the "Canyon Crawler" line). I have the Warn units with 3/4" shackles (part #29312), and use a 5/8" hitch pin with a swivel-type keeper. |
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The shackles can also double as attachment points for the Hi-Lift Jack. |
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