Bull Bars / Moose Bars ???

[Dixie Bushcraft]

Anyone seen an All American or other cabover with added protection of Bull Bars ????

[jrtroubleshooter]

Yes you can get them at truck junk yards

[somewhereinusa]

Interesting, here's what mine would look like.

[jrtroubleshooter]

I like that look! My junk yard guy said they are expensive used, something like $1000, but once I get some other priorities done I may look into. Hoping he may have a damaged one that I can rebuild.

[Rusty]

I have been looking for one, as well. New the aluminum ones are $1000 to $4000, but they hold their value pretty well used. More common out West.

I have a forklift guard I will build into a custom bumper. Radiator seems too vulnerable out there.


some ideas

You need to watch blocked airflow, cooling.

[Jacob]

Originally Posted by somewhereinusa

Interesting, here's what mine would look like.

That looks tuff you should go for it. Added protection can't hurt, I feel a little vulnerable as the driver in a flat nose bus. In a truck you have a lot more substance between you and a front impact.

[BowserJournal]

Gives it a Mad Max type of look, I love it! Any idea how much weight that adds to the front of the bus?

[Brad_SwiftFur]

Those bars aren't all that heavy, maybe 150 pounds with all the brackets and such.

[Rusty]

I also thought about fabricating one from 2 in. Aluminum Rigid Conduit @ $40/ 10' stick.

[REDD]

[QUOTE=Rusty;224268]I have been looking for one, as well. New the aluminum ones are $1000 to $4000, but they hold their value pretty well used. More common out West.

Would love to have one... $4500 to $6000 new, here in the great white north. Even smashed up they pay well for scrap aluminum.

Can't seem to find one for a FL65 cab, so I'd like to mod one from a Volvo. Don't need it, but I want it.

[REDD]

Originally Posted by Jacob

That looks tuff you should go for it. Added protection can't hurt, I feel a little vulnerable as the driver in a flat nose bus. In a truck you have a lot more substance between you and a front impact.

It does look good!

Cab over/pusher...you're the first one at the scene of the accident.

[MarkyDee]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I also thought about fabricating one from 2 in. Aluminum Rigid Conduit @ $40/ 10' stick.

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If you do it, let me know - I'd like one for my bus. Maybe we can make a deal....

[Jacob]

[QUOTE=Rusty;224341]I also thought about fabricating one from 2 in. Aluminum Rigid Conduit @ $40/ 10' stick.

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That would be a fun project, I just ordered my first Tig yesterday. May look into aluminum grades not sure what grade or thickness conduit would be.

[Rivetboy]

hi jacob,
what tig did you buy?

[Jacob]

It's an everlast multi machine 164si I mostly wanted a plasma cutter and thought a tig and stick would be a great bonus! Will be here in two weeks. Hope it works out I know someone who has a bigger model and says nothing but good things about it.

[BowserJournal]

thats not bad! I thought they would be alot heavier!

[DeMac]

I'll just leave these here.









All Texas Activity Buses
go figure

[twcook]

Well, I have a ton of tubing (in the form of removed seats) and need some welding practice. While I don't think bars made of seat tubing would offer all that much cattle guard protection, it might be feasible and the price would be right. Anyone ever make anything out of all those seat frames? Roof rack perhaps?

[sportyrick]

I saw them in Australia in 1999, didn't see any here until lately, down there they call them "roo guards".

[Austin J Hampton]

We made our own out of 2-1/2" Sch 40 pipe and hay mower bars. It protects the grille and radiator but not the headlights.