Big Truck Grille Guard
- Thread starter FlameMerc
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The next time you stop in Canada go to your dealer of manufacturer and see one of those bad boy moose bumpers! They are awesome and save your trucks front end. Caution is the price. Depending on which one catches your eye, you'll be shelling out about 2500.00. Good luck.
In this business, maybe they'd be better called "Forklift Bars" or "Lift-truck Bars" or "Idiot Bars". Hey, in the case of Crazynuff, "C.R. England Bars".... Ok, sorry couldn't resist. 
Are these things really needed? and will their added weight affect your payload? Just some thoughts. Hey Crazynuff, see if you can get them to buy you a set, as a "Preventive Measure"...
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
Are these things really needed? and will their added weight affect your payload? Just some thoughts. Hey Crazynuff, see if you can get them to buy you a set, as a "Preventive Measure"...
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
>As Glen mentioned those bars are very common in the
>Northwestern provinces of Canada. Where it is common to
>strike VERY large animals!
>-Weave-
Very true, and also in Australia, where the "Roo Bars" come in very handy in protecting the investment. It's just not very common in the Lower 48, mostly I imagine for the trade off in weight. Not to mention there is a BIG defference between a Deer(US per se) and a Moose(Canada per se)...
Just trying to make a little humor at the real "big animals" we are likelly to face. 4,000 pound, hydraulic eating, propane breathing behemoths with a brain with about as much common-since as a lump of coal (most of the time).
http://www.customcartoonart.com/forklift.gif
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~mariedj/browse/funny/forklift.jpg
http://www.taproot.com/pages/video/pictures/forklift.jpg
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
>Northwestern provinces of Canada. Where it is common to
>strike VERY large animals!
>-Weave-
Very true, and also in Australia, where the "Roo Bars" come in very handy in protecting the investment. It's just not very common in the Lower 48, mostly I imagine for the trade off in weight. Not to mention there is a BIG defference between a Deer(US per se) and a Moose(Canada per se)...
Just trying to make a little humor at the real "big animals" we are likelly to face. 4,000 pound, hydraulic eating, propane breathing behemoths with a brain with about as much common-since as a lump of coal (most of the time).
http://www.customcartoonart.com/forklift.gif
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~mariedj/browse/funny/forklift.jpg
http://www.taproot.com/pages/video/pictures/forklift.jpg
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
atco i hate to disagree with you, but i will anyway.LOL.moose are not confined to canada only,there are several places in the continental U.S. where moose are present.also it will ruin your day if you happen to strike a VERY large black or brown bear at about 65mph.also i don't think i would like hitting an elk either(they look like they weigh several hundred pounds also.) i have noticed more and more trucks in the truck stops that are equipped with these bars.DD. P.S.one other thing,that would be a very small towmoter at 4,000#.most of the towmoters that i am loaded by (D unit)are well in excess of 12,000#.thanks to the man that thought up putting landing legs on a straight truck.
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>atco i hate to disagree with you, but i will
>anyway.LOL.moose are not confined to canada only,there are
>several places in the continental U.S. where moose are
>present.
True, wasn't trying to imply there weren't any in the US, but not nearly as many compared to Alaska and Canada - hence the per se. I have been on a road trip to Alaska, and if you look at a moose wrong, it's could ruin your day. They are NOT something you want to mess with.
>also it will ruin your day if you happen to strike a
>VERY large black or brown bear at about 65mph.also i don't
>think i would like hitting an elk either(they look like they
>weigh several hundred pounds also.)
True, very true... you don't really want to be hitting anything, but the road
>i have noticed more and
>more trucks in the truck stops that are equipped with these
>bars.DD.
They do their job, not trying to take anything away from that. I think they are also becoming a kind of fad, a way to dress up a truck... My comments were in good spirit. I personally feel that the bars are a good investment, when in a region that has a large number of animals that are always fouling the road. This could be most anything, Goats, Deers, Cows, Moose (whats the plurization of moose?), Bears, etc. Even those stupid cars always slowing down suddenly after passing you... The bars are a preventive measure in protecting the vehicle you depend on for your lively-hood, not to mention your own safety out there on the road.
> P.S.one other thing,that would be a very small
>towmoter at 4,000#.most of the towmoters that i am loaded by
>(D unit)are well in excess of 12,000#.thanks to the man that
>thought up putting landing legs on a straight truck.
>:7 :7 :7
LOL, ok got me, just threw a number out there. Our forklift is in fact 9,250#'s...
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
>anyway.LOL.moose are not confined to canada only,there are
>several places in the continental U.S. where moose are
>present.
True, wasn't trying to imply there weren't any in the US, but not nearly as many compared to Alaska and Canada - hence the per se. I have been on a road trip to Alaska, and if you look at a moose wrong, it's could ruin your day. They are NOT something you want to mess with.
>also it will ruin your day if you happen to strike a
>VERY large black or brown bear at about 65mph.also i don't
>think i would like hitting an elk either(they look like they
>weigh several hundred pounds also.)
True, very true... you don't really want to be hitting anything, but the road
>i have noticed more and
>more trucks in the truck stops that are equipped with these
>bars.DD.
They do their job, not trying to take anything away from that. I think they are also becoming a kind of fad, a way to dress up a truck... My comments were in good spirit. I personally feel that the bars are a good investment, when in a region that has a large number of animals that are always fouling the road. This could be most anything, Goats, Deers, Cows, Moose (whats the plurization of moose?), Bears, etc. Even those stupid cars always slowing down suddenly after passing you... The bars are a preventive measure in protecting the vehicle you depend on for your lively-hood, not to mention your own safety out there on the road.
> P.S.one other thing,that would be a very small
>towmoter at 4,000#.most of the towmoters that i am loaded by
>(D unit)are well in excess of 12,000#.thanks to the man that
>thought up putting landing legs on a straight truck.
>:7 :7 :7
LOL, ok got me, just threw a number out there. Our forklift is in fact 9,250#'s...
-Joe Bohannon
Bakersfield, CA
(New B, Researching)
gandrew
Expert Expediter
Dealer out west told me they start about $2800. I was having a light on the box repaired and met a fleet owner there for a repair quote. One of his drivers had struck (and killed) a full grown HORSE at night on a highway. His longnose was pretty damaged on the drivers side front and down the side where the animal dragged and flopped. Get this: he was not concerned so much about the cost of repair as he was about how long before the truck was back in service making him money. He told me he was considering guards for all of his trucks. He called them mooseguards. They come in different sizes and are made of real tough aluminum with steel hinge plates attaching it to the frame. Son said Canadian truckers mount several pairs of auxilary spot lights on their mooseguards and commonly zoomed past him at night when he was doing triple digits up there.
Preacher
Expert Expediter
In Australia they are called kangaroo guards. I was driving through east Texas the other night when someone ahead of me came on the CB and warned of a whole herd of dear standing on the side of I-30. I slowed down and kept my eyes peeled but I didn't see them. It sure made me think of those nose guards!