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Old 01-08-2013, 12:40 PM   #26
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Re: post your push bars!

Around here we call them Bambi bashers. Here's the only.pic I have of ours with one.

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Old 01-08-2013, 02:17 PM   #27
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This was on when I bought it. I thought it looked pretty good, so I left it on.
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Old 01-08-2013, 02:25 PM   #28
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If your still looking for one, I'd be willing to part with the one off my Burb. Needs a little paint, but other than that it's solid. I live close to Lancaster, Oh. I could probably meet you part of the way. If you are interested shoot me a p.m. and let me know.
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Old 01-08-2013, 02:30 PM   #29
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Here are my pushbars. I painted the one on my 86 and gave it a little more character.

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I made the one on my 84 chevy. It turned out real nice.

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Old 01-08-2013, 09:52 PM   #30
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thanks guys, i bought one from a cucv last night.

and yes billit, bambi bashing is exactly what i want it for!
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:13 PM   #31
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This really accented the look of my truck, otherwise the color takes getting used to!!
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:18 PM   #32
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Re: post your push bars!

That looks great matched like that! What are those on the side of your bed though? Some sort of cleat or anchor?
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Old 01-11-2013, 04:18 PM   #33
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What are those on the side of your bed though? Some sort of cleat or anchor?
Bottle openers
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Old 01-11-2013, 05:09 PM   #34
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you also see the CUCV bumbers on fire station trucks
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Old 01-11-2013, 05:28 PM   #35
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you also see the CUCV bumbers on fire station trucks
I think that's because a lot of fire station trucks were govt surplus CUCV's that were repurposed to rural fire departments.
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Old 01-14-2013, 01:09 AM   #36
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funny you mention that. I just got one of these for xmas to bolt onto my stake pocket...

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Old 01-14-2013, 12:10 PM   #37
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My GEB BUILT unit.
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Old 02-02-2013, 01:01 PM   #38
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finally got a pic of mine! still havent raised the truck back up yet, the weather has been way crappy and if it hasnt been snowing its been ass biting cold!!
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Old 01-20-2019, 07:59 PM   #39
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bump on an ancient thread I know!

I am really wanting a push bar for my Blazer. Anyone have one wasting away in the bushes?
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Old 01-20-2019, 09:17 PM   #40
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Re: post your push bars!

my fisher speedcast snow plow setup with the summer time push mate installed . they didnt make a lot of them . i got lucky years ago and scored this n.o.s unit off ebay .

here is the plow setup on the new truck and with plow frame on and modified to clear a military cucv blazer/truck brush gaurd . and all built out and ready for service .
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Old 01-20-2019, 09:23 PM   #41
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www.diy4x.com made this bumper / guard for his old shop truck .


i loved its look and would love to make one like it my self some day .

last 2 i saved years ago from some forum pics i found .
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Old 01-20-2019, 11:50 PM   #42
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I put mine together from 2 different push bars
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Old 01-21-2019, 12:49 PM   #43
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Mine supposedly is a “True Radius” bending guard. Something interesting to note is the truck is an 82 with the turn signals on the bumper which this guard does not have so for now I have dimmed LED amber lights as my turn signals. Don’t know how DOT approved they are but just passed inspection last week.
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Old 01-21-2019, 05:14 PM   #44
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I have two squarebody grille guards I’m listing on eBay only because the one pictured sold for $640. One of mine is identical. Hickey brand bolts to bumper and frame horns with headlight hoops. I’d do 500. Second is desert dynamics brand and bolts to bumper with welded hoops. 400
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Old 01-21-2019, 06:59 PM   #45
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Here is an aftermarket push bar / brush guard I had on a 76 Blazer back in the late 80's. It came with the rig so I'm afraid I don't know who made it, but looking at my old magazines from the era advertisements suggest it came from either Westin, JC Whitney, or a similar vendor. Similar in style to Hickey, but made from box aluminum rather than tubular steel.

This style of brush guard (as we called them back then) were extremely popular in Montana at the time. One common version I'd love to find in a junkyard again has a black rubber strip down the vertical portion with white lettering saying a state like Montana or Wyoming or Idaho. Not sure if they were made for every state, but they were quite common here in the Northern Rockies back in the day. None seem to have survived, though. My theory is that the folks who decided to spend the money to buy one also were the most likely to hit a deer on the highway. They weren't really strong enough to survive an animal strike, so therefore it would be lucky to see one today.
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Old 01-21-2019, 07:26 PM   #46
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Warn
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Old 04-21-2020, 12:18 AM   #47
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does anyone know what the black pushbat is the pics? the white is a 67-72 hickey I out on my blazer. I acquired the black one from another guy who said he had it on his 72 blazer but it is obviously wider than the hickey and has different mounting locations. would this fit a square body?
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Old 04-21-2020, 06:14 AM   #48
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Another Warn
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Old 04-21-2020, 08:27 PM   #49
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More fun to create your own.
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Old 04-22-2020, 05:25 PM   #50
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Pipe welded on a Warn bumper, circ 1984
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