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Had mine installed specifically for hogs on the road! Took out 4 one night on way home in old truck. Glad they were smaller. 15-20 pounders. Hit em all at once!! Just barely missed momma. And she was a bigun!
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Had mine installed specifically for hogs on the road! Took out 4 one night on way home in old truck. Glad they were smaller. 15-20 pounders. Hit em all at once!! Just barely missed momma. And she was a bigun! What's the approximate cost on one of these? I hit a deer last winter and it cost me over a grand. Likely one of these would have prevented all damage.
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mine was $900 last year. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/tractor/IMG_1057%202_zpsmapwnggc.jpg) The deer hit caused $3800 in damage..... and it was still driveable. ![[Linked Image]](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c124/huntsman22/IMG_9291_zps9ueu7oyv.jpg)
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Mine is a Ranch Hand brand. If I remember it was a tad over $500. I think. So far only thing I've caught in it is the occasional bird. 😁
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Is yours the guard that bolts to the factory bumper?
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... So far only thing I've caught in it is the occasional bird. 😁 Careful - you're likely to get ranked up there with those terrible wind turbines. 
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Airbags are initiated by G-force. If you hit something solid enough, the g-force will set them off. No bumper will prevent that.
Yes, airbags are pretty expensive to have fixed in a certified shop. Alternately àll the parts required are available on CL or oher online sources for reletively low cost. I have seen autos, which had been totaled in a frront end collision, fully restored in a handyman's garage. No insurance claim leaves you with a clean title. No mechanic's bill leaves you with a clean carfax.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Airbags are initiated by G-force. If you hit something ßolid enough, the g-force will set them off. No bumper will prevent that.
Yes, airbags are pretty expensive to have fixed inn a certified shop. Alternately àll the parts required are available on CL or oher online sources for reletively low cost. I have seen autos, which had been totaled in a frront end collision, fully restored in a handyman's garage. No insurance claim leaves you with a clean title. No mechanic's bill leaves you with a clean carfax. Scottish, are we? 
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those bumpers may work but i wouldn't put one of those stupid looking things on anything.
the libtards will say it wasn't a fair fight. I see what you did. Son has cow catchers on both his 2500 and Taco. he lives deep in the mountains along National Forrest and rolls out to work at 3:30 most mornings. Averages about 1 deer month. 3 years now and no damage to either truck.
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Airbags are initiated by G-force. If you hit something ßolid enough, the g-force will set them off. No bumper will prevent that.
Yes, airbags are pretty expensive to have fixed inn a certified shop. Alternately àll the parts required are available on CL or oher online sources for reletively low cost. I have seen autos, which had been totaled in a frront end collision, fully restored in a handyman's garage. No insurance claim leaves you with a clean title. No mechanic's bill leaves you with a clean carfax. Scottish, are we? Ha, only a couple percent scottish heritage. 100% typing on a phone.
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Glad you guys are OK. I'm a big fan of them myself.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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No insurance claim leaves you with a clean title. No mechanic's bill leaves you with a clean carfax. Only problem with that is the airbag deployment is recorded in the on board computer.
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I recall reading here that they cause greater damage than being without...
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Is yours the guard that bolts to the factory bumper? Don, Mine misses the front bumber and bolts directly to the frame. But I will agree is not the heaviests of duty.
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I tapped a buck with the 2009 Toyota going just a few mph. It broke the headlight housing and even after repair the light is not in alignment. Making another appointment and dropping it off at the shop is a pita. Thinking I should just replace them both with aftermarket then buy the bumper.
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Drum roll please...... "I don't know, to be clear." and THAT is one promise he's kept!!!
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I recall reading here that they cause greater damage than being without... LOL! More pearls of wisdom. You can find them daily here.
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I've wiped out a couple of deer with what I have on the front of the 4 Runner...
its just a basic Smitty Built that is nearly 30 years old now..
but in front of it is mounted a 31 x 10.50 tire...
I've had several bucks that have ran out in front of the truck on rural roads when I was doing between 55 and 70.
with zero time to hit the brakes, I just lined them up so the impact hit the spare tire.
That never damaged the 4 Runner.
Glad you and the wife are okay, and that your Truck is looking like its fine.
Also happy to see the bimbo in the Mini Van, screwed it up for good...
The way they drive and text around here, I am surprised we don't see a lot more of those head on collisions.
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I tapped a buck with the 2009 Toyota going just a few mph. It broke the headlight housing and even after repair the light is not in alignment. Making another appointment and dropping it off at the shop is a pita. Thinking I should just replace them both with aftermarket then buy the bumper. Get on Youtube. Aligning headlights is simple.Might take a time or two, but easy to do.
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I tapped a buck with the 2009 Toyota going just a few mph. It broke the headlight housing and even after repair the light is not in alignment. Making another appointment and dropping it off at the shop is a pita. Thinking I should just replace them both with aftermarket then buy the bumper. Get on Youtube. Aligning headlights is simple.Might take a time or two, but easy to do. Probably if the repair had been done right, but it wasn't. Toyota sells plastic bracket repair pieces but I should have just gotten aftermarket headlights and been done with it.
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