bruiserRAM
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- Eastern Sierra, CA
- Ram Year
- 2017
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- 5.7L Hemi
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Any luck finding the issue?
SAIA Freight ?0700 hours...just got home from work...
Expecting my ICI Baja bumper to be delivered today! Problem is, a freight truck can't get to my house, so I have to meet them down the street to accept delivery. Which is fine...except they will be here sometime between 1000 and 1400, and will telephone from about an hour away. Ugh. Night shift sucks for normal regular people type ****....
In preparation, I put some VHT Rollbar and Chassis paint on some Rebel tow hooks I got off Ebay. Here they are drying after a final coat, complete with gratuitous shots of of my garage gym...
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SAIA Freight ?
That's what ICI used with me, had to make an appointment over the phone to schedule a time i was going to be home, 12 to 5, guy showed up at almost 7:00pm though the driver called several times to let me know he was running behing schedule. The box said 145lbs but it was because the box came with a huge wooden pallet attached to it, the bumper is only 75-80lbs or so. I was thinking to myself how in the hell i'm going to dispose this crap ? lol i asked the driver if he would take the pallet back and he said not normally, but because he was late and what not he told he would do it. Had to cheasel the freaking thing out of the box hahaha, but i had everything handy in my garage so it took me an extra 2-3 minutes to be able to get rid of that thing. after that i just used a utility knife to cut the box in pieces to fit in the garbage can. Giving you the heads up in case yours comes with the pallet too.
I haven't thought about the tow hooks, i'll check to see if i can leave mines in there after the bumper install.
They hang low yes, but way better than not having anything, for how flimsy it looks let me tell you it can whistand some beatings without sweating, ask me how i knowOh yea...I got the front diff and transfer case skid plates. They look stupid and hang low and fit awkwardly and are weak...but it's something. One day I'll get someone to fab something more beefy...someday....
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I have no idea how much money they add in their bumper prices because of that but i'm sure we're paying for it. Wonder if'll be cheaper to do what other companies do and just foam the inside and close the box. either way is a mess to dispose. The Barricade bumper i ordered just came with bubble wrap on it so disposing the box was a breeze. I would have had to pay $30 to get rid of the pallet at my local landfill, plus the gas and time to get there.My ADD front bumper came the same way. The delivery guy thought that I had ordered a bathtub.
Cool, at least you'll put to good use, the pallet is massive@ram1500rsm it's All Freight Trucking. I can use the pallet to replace old ones under my wood pile. My main concern is to make sure it's all undamaged before I accept delivery...