Going to have to build the bumper I want
 

I have been searching around for a push bumper/air dam that will fit a old C/K-10/20/30 body style.
The factory stamped chrome bumpers on both ends have had it.
When I find something that looks about right its got a $1000+ price tag and then I bet it takes a freight charge to move it anywhere.
I picked up a used rear step bumper from the junk yard for dirt cheap. The step bumper will be good for when I load stuff on top of my suburban and will give me a place to install power plugs (I am installing a big power inverter to run saws and welder) and air quick disconnects (also installing a rather large Gast 12v air compressor), I may even add a block heater plug into the back also.
I would like the same on the front, a male power plugs for the block heater, a female power plug so I can use the inverter power around the truck and air QDs.

I have an idea of what I want it to look like, a optional or custom ford bumper I found a picture of on the internet.
I would like to make it out of thinner steel diamond plate from the scrap yard and paint it with truck bed liner. Stainless steel would be acceptable too.
Will post a pic later.

Ignore the rest of the brush guard.
I like the lower part.

That looks like it originally came off the front end of a diesel train engine... :eek:

http://www.popularwealth.com/images/...picture-04.jpg

Nice to get to incorporate some of the aero into it as well. Mine will go a little wider at the tire than the factory look, to help the aero there, and go lower too.

Collins Manufacturing Corp.

http://collinsmfgcorp.com/images/08%20Ford%20F150a.JPG

So thats where those bumpers came from.
The over all shape is perfect but they are made from 1/4 inch steel so I bet they weigh in some where around 300 pounds.
It looks like they make stuff mostly for ford and dodge plus I didn't see any prices. That usually means you have to ask for pricing and if you have to ask it means you don't have enough.
(other push bumpers I have seen pricing for weren't this nice, weren't nearly as thick and were in the $1000 range)

I have priced those bumpers you talk about, and the least expensive I could find was $1000. With them being upwards of $3500.

Too bad you are so far away. I could get some metal sheared up and make a nice custom bumper. I really need the truck to fab up the mounts though.
Do you really need a push rated bumper, or is that just the style you want?

I do not need a push rated bumper at all. Mainly because of the weight that comes along with it.
I figured I would dig up some dimond tread pattern 1/8'' steel from the scrap yard. Dimond tread would look nice and being 1/8'' would keep it from getting torn up by say something like a semi tire in the middle of the road.
With my miller 625 plasma cutter I can cleanly cut steel up to 3/4 inch thick, and weld steel up to 9mm with my little 135 amp lincon welder and I have my collection of varrious grinders and cutters.
The only thing I cant do for my latest round of truck mods is weld up my Stainless steel half inch thick T3 to HE351VE turbocharger flange adaptor. I will cut it, shape it, fit it, tack weld it together then take it to a local shop that specializes in stainless welding and machining to put the finished welds on it.

Found a 15'' tall 1/4 inch thick aluminum peterbilt bumper at the scrap yard for $20.
I can build what I want out of this.