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I'm told to hit either end of a moose. Go under, and it comes in the cab.

Dude!

Last time I bought a Ranch Hand I had the local Murdoch's order it in. Since they sold and stocked them figured it'd be easier. This time I called since I didn't see them on their website. The manager said "we don't sell them, but I can order you one". To which I said "do you sell them or not? If you can fugking order one that means you sell them". To which HE replied, "well we don't stock them". I asked for a price and he told me, then said it'd me minimum 6-8 week wait. MINIMUM.

So I let my fingers do the walking, ordered the same bumper from BumperSuperstore, had it within a couple days. Only catch was it came freight on a semi, and I had to meet him to get it off the truck since a trip to the house with a semi would be one way lol.

Torqued, Gruffles, hell if I know what up with the delay.


I ordered through my buddy who owns the Ford dealership here in town just to not have to deal with shipping and I'm gonna have them bolt it on, that and running boards.
(please don't make fun of the boards, I can no longer jump on a flatbed...like a kid...)

Neat thing about them Ranch Hands )besides the ugly welds and paint that starts flaking off after a year) is they bolt right the fugg on. And kill the fugg outta deer and speed goats.

I'd not mock a man for getting running boards. Driving a Ford, yes. But running boards are appreciated by wives and children.

Dude, are you telling me the RH are chitty?


I honestly don't know.


We have a similar lunker on ol' Red that is not a RH and it is gtg(can't remember the name..).



The boards shall be appreciated by all.....who wish to get on the flatbed with ease and grace....

In my honest experience, they are stout, and hold up well to deer strikes, et al. But whatever they paint them with flakes off rather swiftly and the exposed metal of course rusts. Most often complaints I've heard was that they are heavy. Well, ain't no free lunch (unless you want to fork over at least double the price for aluminium).

I'm literally picturing you doing a Bo Duke slide across the flatbed.

Well buddy, I will give an honest review of how it holds up on the latest grocery getter.


At least the 6.7 diesel is supposed to be 600lbs lighter than the ol' 6.0.

Aluminum block?


Hell if I know, just drive 'em until they break down!

i'd throw a few beads on it besides the bolts.

How do you get the rest of the way home from the dealership?

The RH haters mainly bitch about the rust, diamond plate,m and weight. I have zero bitches about the ones I've had or driven. Ugly is subjective. I give zero fuggs if my diamond plate rusty steel bumper gives somebody tetanus. I give many fuggs if it saves the truck and occupants when it hits things.

Tons of drivers that are dropping serious coin on really neat bumpers. There's an outfit out of Lewistown that makes awesome ones, and another one here in Kalispell, but I'm just not willing to spend the coin.

I bet 99% of the 'hard core' off roaders are a bunch of dorks who spend way more worrying about looks than function.


Immaculate 'off-road' rigs all dolled up and shiny.


Weekend warrior types who strut around town......lol

In skinny jeans and extra-medium t-shirts, smelling like a french whore.

Between high school and the Navy, I hunted a lot of jackrabbits and developed the habit of swerving to hit them if it was just a little juke move. In a pickup, no problem and they were thick as flies in those days.

Fast forward four years, I brought a '76 TransAm home with my DD-214. It was four years old, but it was absolutely cherry. Back in those days, night cruising the rural areas and imbibing mass quantities of beer was a thing. Old habits die hard, and a guy can forget just how big jackrabbits can be in four years time.

I can still remember hearing the sound of the front air dam ripping loose and making the trip underneath the car. The sounds were kind of like it was all taking place in slow motion and that's the way I remember the event. *sigh*

I never did put a new front air dam on that car. Figured it was something that just wasn't going to last long.

Was in a car that hit a warthog at hwy speed in Zimbabwe. F'ed that car up and didn't quite kill the warty.

laughing




I bought some large Carhartt t-shirts and either I am getting bigger or they are getting smaller!

^^^This^^^

Thinking back I bet if I woulda punched it the pickup and trailer would have cleared the deer before they crossed.

Well, I have an old F150. Nailed a ‘dillo one afternoon. In reverse.

I smiled for a couple days.

I’ve been lucky Sam. Never hit a deer in my 45 years of “legal” driving. Hit a few coyotes though. 🤠

famous last words.....I, too, went 40 years without hitting a deer.....then hit seven in one year.....