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This ripped out because there was no clamping force between the…

This ripped out because there was no clamping force between the bolt, frame, & bumper. The vertical bolt simply passed through the bumper & frame. Fortunately, when it ripped loose, the bumper stayed attached by the lower hole & the rear bolts, and the fire from the hot wire was limited to the wire's insulation. This could easily have been MUCH worse... He got the worst break award, despite some TOUGH contenders.
This ripped out because there was no clamping force between the bolt, frame, & bumper. The vertical bolt simply passed through the bumper & frame. Fortunately, when it ripped loose, the bumper stayed attached by the lower hole & the rear bolts, and the fire from the hot wire was limited to the wire's insulation. This could easily have been MUCH worse... He got the worst break award, despite some TOUGH contenders.Original file
This ripped out because there was no clamping force between the bolt, frame, & bumper. The vertical bolt simply passed through the bumper & frame. Fortunately, when it ripped loose, the bumper stayed attached by the lower hole & the rear bolts, and the fire from the hot wire was limited to the wire's insulation. This could easily have been MUCH worse... He got the worst break award, despite some TOUGH contenders.

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White Jeep Wrangler YJ with winch bumper crawling down a rocky wooded trail Man driving a white Jeep Wrangler with top folded onto tan roll bars on a trail White topless Jeep Wrangler TJ descending a rocky trail with other 4x4s ahead in the woods Tan Ford Bronco parked at the top of a rocky quarry trail with Jeeps gathered below White caged open-top 4x4 crawling over rocks on a wooded trail with spotters watching White and blue open-top early Ford Broncos with roll cages on a rocky wooded trail Several built 4x4 trail rigs staged on a rocky wooded trail with people 1983 Ford Bronco photo Men inspecting the front suspension of a gray classic Ford Bronco by flashlight at night Night car-club gathering under a pavilion with racing banners and an early Bronco parked at left Row of early Ford Broncos on a gravel trail, nearest one blue and white on mud tires Row of lifted off-road rigs on a dirt trail, blue tube-chassis buggy in front Tan cut-down Ford Bronco with roll cage descending a rocky wooded ravine behind another rig White and blue early Ford Bronco on mud tires climbing rocks, viewed from another trail rig View over a blue hood of caged open-top 4x4s climbing a rocky wooded trail Topless silver early Ford Bronco with roll cage climbing a rocky wooded trail, rear view 245photos in this albumView all

This ripped out because there was no clamping force between the bolt, frame, & bumper. The vertical bolt simply passed through the bumper & frame. Fortunately, when it ripped loose, the bumper stayed attached by the lower hole & the rear bolts, and the fire from the hot wire was limited to the wire's insulation. This could easily have been MUCH worse...

He got the worst break award, despite some TOUGH contenders.

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