44 Chev 13 cab

[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