Fab Four Premium Winch Bumper w/ full guard

[Ditchplains1]

7GenTex,
Have you looked into an Australian built Aluminum Bull Bar? I had an Aussie Bull Bar back in 1990 on my Nissan Pathfinder. Fully welded 1/4" plate and formed aluminum. It was stout, light weight, and when rammed by a fast moving telephone pole prevented any significant damage....

Custom Alloy Australia's Leading Manufacturer of Truck Bullbars

Ford Bumpers | Aluminum Truck Defender Bumpers | Front-Line Bumpers

Sport Truck Bumpers

https://www.dakotahillsbumpersandaccessories.com/products/ford-aluminum-truck-bumper-truck-defender/

Eddie

 

[MatMan]

Add the optional carcass catcher and your harvesting roadkill without getting out of the cab.

Need MOAR coverages!!

 

[7GenTex]

I live in Hill Country and see deer on the back roads at 5am every morning coming into work. But I'd never put that monstrosity on my Raptor.

I went with an ADD Stealth, looks way better and still offers plenty of protection.

Well, you have been lucky. I have been in 3 deer encounters. One was center punched by my Crown Vic on a late night high speed run near the southbound curve on S MOPAC / Loop1 and 45, that did about $4k of damage back in 2002. BTW - I lived around FM 1826 and Nutty Brown back in 2000 for a few years. Another one slid into the side of my truck on FM 1826 - weird...guess his brakes failed!

As far as protection, a bull bar or pre-runner type will help, but I have been on calls where the deer destroyed grills and hoods above such types, as well as getting pitched into or over the windshield - not pretty. Sausage!

With the deer around me (way west of you out Hwy 71) and using mine for slow / rocky / tree areas and east Texas forest area hunting pushes me for protection over looks.

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 PM ----------

IMO too much weight which will adversely affect your truck's performance.

Have you checked out a bull bar type of add-on? You could do that and extend it out to the sides which could give you the coverage you need but not add as much weight.

FF Premium Winch Bumper with full guard (no winch installed) weighs in at 148#
Less removing about 65# of stock pieces.

So, an 83# gain up front, noticeable, but hopefully negligible.

---------- Post added at 08:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

7GenTex,
Have you looked into an Australian built Aluminum Bull Bar? I had an Aussie Bull Bar back in 1990 on my Nissan Pathfinder. Fully welded 1/4" plate and formed aluminum. It was stout, light weight, and when rammed by a fast moving telephone pole prevented any significant damage....

Custom Alloy Australia's Leading Manufacturer of Truck Bullbars

Ford Bumpers | Aluminum Truck Defender Bumpers | Front-Line Bumpers

Sport Truck Bumpers

https://www.dakotahillsbumpersandaccessories.com/products/ford-aluminum-truck-bumper-truck-defender/

Eddie

Thanks for the links!

 

[DrippinRaptor]

I lived around FM 1826 and Nutty Brown back in 2000 for a few years. Another one slid into the side of my truck on FM 1826 - weird...guess his brakes failed!

It's a nice area, but far too many people are moving out here. It's quickly turning into another Suburbia nightmare. At least we have our acreage. We are thinking of moving though.

 

[matt33]

Pennsylvania is the undisputed leader in the number of deer-vehicle crashes with 115,000 annually, with Michigan a distant second at 77,000. In addition, our deer are much larger than Texas deer. The irony is that here in PA, the only people I see with those hideous bumpers are transplanted gas workers from Texas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer%E2%80%93vehicle_collisions#cite_note-8

 

[dude1782]

Have you tried hitting less deer?