44 Chev 13 cab

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Jason..
Take a chain and hook it to one end of the bumper and run it around a tree and hook it to the other end of the bumper..back the truck up til there is a strain on the tree and then have your buddy heat bumper until straight..\
If you don't have a buddy,point it up hill,install chain ..release break til tension on chain..

Alex, that is so....imprecise. The real way is to remove the pretzel, set it on a hard surface (bump up) and carefully drive the CMP up on top of it. Actually, that's what I tried with my first bent CMP bumper all those years ago and it didn't work. I'll bet it would have if it had been bigger than a 15cwt. Maybe best go with your way...

[Phil Waterman]

Remove bumper from truck
Dig one hole in the ground 2 foot diameter
One length steel pipe long enough to reach bottom of hole 4 foot is good
Twenty-five lbs of charcoal
One shop vacuum cleaner or leaf blower
One 10 foot length of steel I beam
One 10 ton jack
Couple of lengths of chain
One match


You now have all the ingredients necessary for one make shift forge to heat the bent area of the bumper. If you are imaginative you can replace the jack, beam, and chain with a 10 lbs sledgehammer and get very good results.

Let me warn you though this tends to be a one time trick, the second time the bumper get bent this doesn’t seem work. I've down this trick 3 times on two different trucks and have now fabricated two new bumpers.


Cheers Phil

[jason meade]

There after beating on that bumper for a weekend I thing I got it as stright as I can get it,now if I can get my back back in its rightful spot all will be good.

[Bob Carriere]

..... now to do the grill bar....!!!!

Bob

[jason meade]

I know Buddy, dident have it in me to swing that damn sledge hammer, had to move on to a long over due build of a C-9 lmg.