Custom TREE Guard

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Originally Posted by HumminNBoatin'

The problem with the factory brush guard is because of its mounts. You cant put any real pressure on it. Open up a H2 hood and bounce it back and forth sometime. You will see how flimsy that hinge really is. Now, would you want to be on a steep downhill incline and have to prop your truck up against a tree via brush guard knowing what its bolted to. And then winch out a truck further down the hill???

I say this cause this is a perfect example of what happend to me at Kinzalows this year. I had to be winched back up a hill backwards. Luckly the H1 behind me had a TreeHugger brush guard from rubber duck and he was able to use a tree to keep his truck from sliding to mine on that winch pull.

SMA's bolted to the frame design is a much better design in my opinion.

If that's teh case, than the "new" guard need to be mounted through the hood with a rubber gromit with room to allow the impact. Otherwise if you attch it and bump an object, you will crack the hood. I believe that guard you are reffering to on teh H1 is all frame mouted. I have to pop the hood on an H1 this weekend and look at the D ring mounts sticking through the hood. I though that support under there went to teh frame...not sure though. There is a local, guy with 03 OT that I see very other day. I'll see if I can check it out.