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by Cable810 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:05 pm

What more you going to add to the bumper :poke: :lol:
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:10 pm

Cable810 wrote:What more you going to add to the bumper :poke: :lol:



What bumper? It's a tire carrier :poke:
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by Cable810 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:23 pm

Wow I'm awake..... He knows what I mean!
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by bartonmd » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:16 pm

I think that's just about it. I started to do a wood table, but couldn't see carrying the weight.

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by HARDTRAILZ » Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:16 pm

I dig it!
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by djthumper » Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:13 am

That looks great!
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by bartonmd » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:12 am

Thanks! I do need to put a block in the middle for the middle of the rack to rest on, though, so I won't have to worry about where I put the stove, etc. The front is pretty strong, but there's no real support in the middle in the back. I'll come up with something.

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by bartonmd » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:59 am

What I came up with:

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At TECORE:

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by bartonmd » Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:32 pm

After some consideration, I think I'm OK with selling this one... I'm too busy this year to wheel it anywhere far away (where I'd need it), and the wife is driving the TB more this winter. Plus, IF all goes as planned, when she starts "growing" she'll be driving the TB more instead of the Cruze, and she's not into dealing with opening the thing when she gets into the rear hatch. So, it's either it sits in the garage until I need it, or I can sell it now and bet on not needing another one until I can build myself a rear bumper.

Because I'm not taking orders for these for probably close to a year (plus lead time after that), and because it's a much better solution than the HG that goes for over $1k with the options to carry everything that this carries, this one is up for sale for $1100 plus shipping, including the cable lock and the table setup. It is powdercoated black with a clear powdercoat over the black. It has small scrapes at the bottom of the legs that tie to the frame, but you'll do the same to it, and I'll hit the little sections with some touch-up paint. It's designed for a 33" tire, and I've got over 1" from the sidewall of my 245s to the rectangle tubes, so it should take a 285mm wide tire with no problem, as long as your backset isn't something crazy. It's set up for the stock bolt pattern right now, but it's just cutting the tack welds on those bolts and tacking them in the other set of holes away from being set up for a 6x5.5 1/2 ton truck pattern. I'll do that for nothing, if needed.

It can ship out and get wherever in the CONUS well before TECORE, a week or so after I get paid for it. Shipping east of the Mississippi is $140 and $165 anywhere else.

More specifics, send me a PM.

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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:20 am

Great set-up. Be an asset to whoever is lucky enough to snag this.

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by bartonmd » Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:11 pm

OK, $900 + shipping. The normal production price of this would be $1000 with the clearcoated powdercoat and the table.

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