Rear Bumper Tire Gate Build pic heavy

PWRstroke_smoke · Mar 22, 2012

Tonka350 said:
that looks like amazing work, but here's my question? what size tires do you have? also what do you use your bed for that you can't put a full size spare in the bed? don't take this the wrong way because your craftsmanship is stellar!

Chad

they are 35"on 20. I use my bed all the time so a spare in the bed was a no go. I pull a car hauler with toys and fill the bed with all the camping gear. Plus hauling lumber and building materials is awkward with a spare in the bed. Family owns a home rental company and the homes, so we are always working on them building fences decks and remodels.
very good question!

Total cost was about $300(spindle, lights, latch, paint, and piece of delrin plastic) plus the cost of the iron.
Im not sure how much the iron was, my uncle gave it to me as a christmas present we did all the work as his structural steel shop.

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 17, 2012

thought I would post some updates of the truck
I put a temporary spare on. It doesnt match the wheel style on the truck but its a solid spare until I can afford another bmf and toyo
So far it rides very well, with no vibrations, no squeaks or rattles from the tire gate.
The de-staco latch allows for a nice tight lock onto the delrin landing pad.

I painted the grill with black plasti-dip, sanded it all down first even though the can says you dont have to.

I also sanded the stock chrome bumper down, hit it with some rustoleum self etching primer and then black rustoleum rattle can bedliner. It was the last chrome part on the truck and it was driving me crazy. still planning on a custom front bumper but not until Christmas break.....

I did a zoodad mod to while it was all torn apart, aluminum frame, galvanized metal screen.

Up next are 2011 tow mirrors and harley headlights. The headlights will arrive saturday fedex!

fbilly420 · Aug 17, 2012

Looks great.

moose99psd · Aug 19, 2012

nice work, great idea.. i just dont think it belongs on these trucks.. its nice to see another fabricators work though!! is there a reason you didn't go with like .250" wall tubing? or .190" ?

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 19, 2012

Thanks, the steel was given to me from the familys structural steel shop so I used what we had and their isn't much stuff smaller than 3/8" laying around! I think it fits the trucks well when you need to utilize the entire 8 ft bed and have to carry a full size spare that won't fit under the truck well everyone has their own taste. Its probably built a little to heavy duty for a yota or something, but thats how we do things!

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 24, 2012

Front headlights came in they are eagle eyes, I ran an extra bead of clear silicon on both lights to ensure no moisture can get in.

The 1/4"-20 c-clips, bolts, and washers are stainless and cost about 5.50 at home depot.

Dzlnut · Aug 24, 2012

Good looking truck...

BIGISLAND7.3 · Aug 28, 2012

How do you like the zoodad mod?, any noticable differences?

TXGLASSMAN · Aug 28, 2012

i like the bumper thats some awesome fab skills.

how ever i will throw this out there, on my old 6.0 i was able to fit a 37/12.50/18 spare tire between my reciver hitch in the stock spare tire location up under the truck.

7.3psd97444 · Aug 28, 2012

Wow I love it.

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 31, 2012

BIGISLAND7.3 said:
How do you like the zoodad mod?, any noticable differences?

I noticed and little better response in 3rd 4th and 5th until the air filter got really dirty!
Its not a eye opening difference but is def. noticeable, haven's tested mileage yet on it but will do it on my next trip and post up numbers here.

only Neg so far is that it does allow the air filter to get dirty more quickly.

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 31, 2012

TXGLASSMAN said:
i like the bumper thats some awesome fab skills.

how ever i will throw this out there, on my old 6.0 i was able to fit a 37/12.50/18 spare tire between my reciver hitch in the stock spare tire location up under the truck.

Thank you sir!

Looks like I can carry 2 spares then!
I had the 35" 12.50 on 20 up under with the BMF wheels for test fit and your correct it did fit but it was too tight and too close to the exhaust for my liking.
the gate is way easier just unbolt it and toss it down on the ground.

actually most of the time Im usually carrying an extra spare tire for the car/toy hauler in the stock spare tire spot.

PWRstroke_smoke · Feb 6, 2013

Finally had a free saturday to get the headlights installed.
Used a dremel with a cutoff wheel and the cutting went quick
used riffraff's cutting template also

PWRstroke_smoke · Feb 26, 2013

photobucket forced me to change over to a new layout and it put all my pictures into new albums and I lost all the original hosting HTML's
here is a link to my albums for those interested
http://s241.beta.photobucket.com/user/jjber_70/library/f350

FrankTheTank · Mar 4, 2013

Pics are all gone!!!!! Rectum fy this situation...

PWRstroke_smoke · Mar 4, 2013

Rectum fied
http://s241.beta.photobucket.com/user/jjber_70/library/F350%20Bumper%20Build
The tab on the top left opens up album library for viewing

Isaac3384 · Mar 5, 2013

Thanks for the update, the finished product looks great!

PWRstroke_smoke · Aug 2, 2013

Havent done much to the truck lately, got a new to me camper shell by innovation? for $50 on craigslist, fit is perfect the only problem was the back glass was broken. I have a solution in the works already, ill post pics of the new back window when its finished!
took the 350 on a 2,000 mile trip to Idaho for our honeymoon and camped in the back truck ran great the whole way only averaged 17.6 mpg with 35's not to bad i guess.