05CTD600

Need some suggestions on a new front bumper Who makes the bumpers like Phox or John R. have on thier trucks ??

05CTD600

I think the deer won this time

phox_mulder

Dang, did everything behind the bumper survive?
AC condensor, intercooler?

Well, mines made by a guy named Layne in Grand Junction Colorado.
(don't know his last name, and he's actually just outside GJ, Fruita I believe).

I'm at work, or I'd look up his phone number for you.
Found his number (and his last name)

Denver Offroad Bumpers

Layne Wright
Phone (970) 858-4010


John R's looks like a Ranchhand.


phox

jthorpe

WOW. You must have hit it just right, or it was a big deer. I hit one about 4-5 months ago at 45 mph and had no damage to the front. The deer was alive still, so the Sheriff's Dept. came by and shot it, and hunters picked him up. It was great timing!

mainer

so did you keep it? How big was he/she?

Coop

Junk Yard Dog

I think I seen that truck on a hook going through Pine Grove today?

phox_mulder

I think in another post he said he was going around 80mph.

I'm thinking it was a short deer for the grill to survive,
or it said "oh crap" and ducked just in time.



phox

05CTD600

I hit that sucker going about 80mph on rt 25 in Hegins , ( Junk Yard knows where i'm talkin about ) I didn't even hit the brakes to tell ya the truth since it just sounded like i hit a raccoon and didn't think it did any damage . And yes , that was my truck you saw hanging off the back of that Motter's tow truck today . AAA covered the first 100 miles of the tow back to Jersey and i had to eat the rest of the miles at $4 a mile So now i'm thinking instead of getting a factory bumper i will just get a cattle killer and start aiming for deer JunkYard , Where ya live in Pine Grove ?? Do you know Allen Diefendoffer ? He lives near the modular home factory and drives a F-250 Diesel with a huge brush gaurd on the front . I roll through Pine Grove Friday and Sunday afternoon on my way to TCTRI and Rausch Creek .

05CTD600

He did the " Oh crap and ducked " routine as i only had half a second to react cuz i was coming down a hill out of a turn and never saw him standing there . I didn't botrher to stop as i was at Carter's for about 6 hours and didn't want any more trouble than i already had LoL ( Junk yard knows about Carter's i'm sure LoL ) We went back this morning to see if we could find him but he was gone . We figure it was either a a bear or a local that took him .


Upon closer inspection of my truck i've come to realize all 4 coils up front are shot , the bumper , the plastic piece above the bumper are ruined and a little bit of my pride since it was a FORD that towed me home . But not to worry , it had a Caterpillar motor pushing it so it wasn't technically a Ford , I made dayum sure to ask him what motor the tow truck had in it LoL.

Junk Yard Dog

I work for the Excavating outfit right across the street from Carter's. We use to go in and do the site preps for the TCTR.

I live about a half mile east of the Hess at the North end of town.

Rick

05CTD600

Junk Yard , Do you know Jamie Horner ? He lives on Pine Street right across from Carters . And man , the name of your business escapes me at the moment , God knows i've past its atleast 2000 times on my way to the club LoL And hey , Stop over at the club someday and have a beer if you want . We welcome the locals to stop over and see what kind of club we are running over there .

Junk Yard Dog

The only ones I know in Joliett are the Bender's and Sherwood Kimmel Ex.

Is he the guy that lives in the mobile home that has the air compressor chained to the tree?

05CTD600

Can't say i know any of them . And my buddy Jamie lives in the house just before the mobile homes , across from Mt Top . Lets have a DTR get-to-gether at Carter's one of these nights . They have dancin girls working again (if you wanna call em that ) I hit the deer by the open strip mining pit just before the Kocher Coal Banks where the old breaker used to be . you know where i'm talking about ??

Junk Yard Dog

Yeh, I know where you're at. Down near the bottom of the grade, just before the entrance to the TCTR.

Rick

MOPE540

i'd say it's a 1-1 tie..the bumper goes in the scrap heap and the deer goes in the chili

one look at these wicked bumpers and the deer will scatter

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