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Bumper Construction and Torsional Stability

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DO NOT buy a trailer until you see this.

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The discussion shifts to the structural integrity of the trailer's bumper. Josh points out that many manufacturers use sheet metal fabricated bumpers, which can be weak. Rice Trailers, however, uses a full tubular bumper that goes all the way through the frame and is fully welded. This design significantly enhances the trailer's torsional stability and offers better protection for the trailer's lights, crucial aspects for durability and safety during heavy use.

Goal: Understand how bumper construction impacts trailer durability and light protection.

Tools and materials

  • Full Tubular Bumper — Demonstrating superior bumper construction
  • Standard Sheet Metal Bumper — Comparison with upgraded bumper

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>> But the other thing that is different about this, um, so that bumper on that is a sheet metal fabricated bumper. This when you get this trailer, this upgrades to a tube bumper. So this goes all the way through too. So that so the whole back is a solid right here. >> That's a full tube bumper. Yeah. >> A full tube bumper all the way across. >> And it and and what that helps with on that too, one, there's no torsion. >> I was just going to say it's got it's got to help with torsional stability. >> It does. I mean your back your especially when you're loading and unloading heavy equipment. She's not going to be twisting and warping out of it. >> And then also to protection for your lights. You get what I'm saying? I mean, we still do it on that one over there, but it's like a two-piece bumper. And we kind of make a tube, but it's not a tube, if that makes sense. And then this bracket here that this is all hooked to. It's not just welded on the front side of this tube, you know, because a lot of people would just weld that to the front, but you're you're you're really defeating the purpose of a tube at that point because you're not using the full tube. You can still rip the front of it off where this bracket here goes all the way through to the back side and we will

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