For reasons which remain unclear, I'm restoring a 1982 ex council dumper......single cylinder diesel, hand start, FWD, rear wheel steer - chuff chuff chuff....you may remember these old things.
Anyway.....the front bumper (if that's what it is) is made from thinnish channel, 6" x 6" and about 4' long. Its mounted just below the skip. The skip doesn't touch it when it tips.
Now.....the nearside of the bumper, for half its length, is completely solid steel - 6" x 6" x 3/8" plates all welded together which makes it one hell of a weight - but only on the nearside half!
What's going on? Any ideas? Really stumped here!
John
Anyway.....the front bumper (if that's what it is) is made from thinnish channel, 6" x 6" and about 4' long. Its mounted just below the skip. The skip doesn't touch it when it tips.
Now.....the nearside of the bumper, for half its length, is completely solid steel - 6" x 6" x 3/8" plates all welded together which makes it one hell of a weight - but only on the nearside half!
What's going on? Any ideas? Really stumped here!
John