What provides the best protection for a truck? I think the ranch hand type replacement bumpers would excel at low speed collisions (under 20-15 mph). But what about hitting a deer at say 70 mph? Will replacement bumpers put too much stress on the frame cause they don't crush? What do ya'll think?
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I have hit deer with both, going 70, in a 2nd gen dodge 3500.
The brush guard bent back, and the top was touching my hood. It also crunched in my passenger side fender a little bit. This led me to get the FER.
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I had FER on ford diesel few years back. Hit a mule deer bout 65 dead center. Not a dent, scratch one on truck or bumper. Deer not so much so.
Hit a cow about 50 with a brush gaurd. Major damage to truck and had to shoot cow.
FER much more deadly.
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"We" drive around at work all the time in vehicles equipped with replacement bumpers. Some have brush guards and others have the stock bumpers... Have never seen a deer strike cause frame damage at any speed on any vehicle... From what I have seen, I will take a replacement bumper any day over the other two options...Comment
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I was with a buddy of mine in his Ford F350. He had a full replacement, and the speedometer was saying we were going 95. He hit a deer, just off center, and other than the hair and blood, you would have never known we hit a deer.Comment
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