Anyone interested in a REAL HD brushguard?

[Crush'em]

Originally Posted by timgco

WTH did he hit? and how hard? Whatever he hit, it was hard enough to crack his grille too, so I doubt that whatever he had wouldn't have protected the grille/ hood. So no, 1000 words don;t speak for this photo. It almost looks like he smacked it with a hammer.

When I hit mine, it was more of a scrape, but no denting at all.

Having wheeled with Scotty several times, his brush guard has definately been used more as a push bar than for light brush and mall shopping carts. Last time, in southern Missori I think it was, he used the RW BG to "push" a fallen tree blocking a road. It was too large for us to move by hand. Might have been 8-10 inches or so in diameter, but most of the tree was on the ground. He moved more than the tree. The BG was mashed against the hood/grill/fenders. I backed into position and pushed the tree with the spare tire carrier (under the tire). Moved the tree fine, and no damage. Had his guard been mounted to the frame horns and had some sort of upper mount, it would have worked. We had to spent some time to pull his guard off of his hood. The thin wall SS is definately at blame, but the mounts of the RW guard are also suspect.


My only hold-up with Travis' new guard is it looks like a rushed job. I feel it doesn't complement the front of the H2 like his H1 guard does... But I'm holding judgement until I see the final product on a customers truck.

[DRTYFN]

Have fun with the cracked hood.

[splne1]

Eric you got any pics of yours mounted yet??? Travis told me you also got the light tabs added to the front. I am planning on a light bar up top so no tabs for me.

[HumminNBoatin']

Not bad for a rush job lol.

And we took into consideration the worries about not having it pinned onto the hood. While most of its structural support comes from the mount that is hidden behind the plastic valance the the hood offers stability. Also during the build process we found that there is a significant amount of steel in the hood. I was able to sit on top of the guard while it was pinned to the hood and the set up showed no signs of distress.