Unconventional Hunting Rigs

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too bad you cant sleep sideways in that. it would really be appealing.

Why would that make any difference? My new truck is a short bed but it doesn't matter because the tent goes up with the tailgate down. Are you over 7' tall? The black mattress I had made (shown previously) is 80" long.
 

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lot more room if you could sleep across the front instead of using all the area between the wheel wells.

i made a rig to sleep two right out of high school with the bunks over the wheel wells. we managed well enough, but back then we would have slept under the truck [ in canada with skeeters and flies and gnats and all]

want more room now days, is all.
 
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When that Iron Bull bumper was sandblasted for color-matching, it looked like something Fred Flintstone chiseled by hand. All kinds of holes and gashes and the lines weren't even close! I was so pissed!!! Powder coating hides a lot.

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Took weeks of grinding and lapping to make it look right. They claim to fit but that's a lie. Major pain-in-the-arse getting it mounted squarely and I have to take it off and remount it after weeks offroad to get it properly aligned. Looks nice but damn.

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When that Iron Bull bumper was sandblasted for color-matching, it looked like something Fred Flintstone chiseled by hand. All kinds of holes and gashes and the lines weren't even close! I was so pissed!!! Powder coating hides a lot.

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Took weeks of grinding and lapping to make it look right. They claim to fit but that's a lie. Major pain-in-the-arse getting it mounted squarely and I have to take it off and remount it after weeks offroad to get it properly aligned. Looks nice but damn.

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Wow!! That looks like a shit ton of work, but it definitely looks kick ass now! Great job.


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Wow!! That looks like a shit ton of work, but it definitely looks kick ass now! Great job.


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Bruce. I second what troutbum said. Great job! Your final product I think would look great on my 14 ram but I don’t have the space or skills to do a project like that. So bummed about it too because that bumper looks great while not being freakishly large like so many winch bumpers.


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