Super excited for stage 2 adding the swing out tire carrier!

The reinforced collar around the receiver is meant to face backwards. It keeps the hitch from wallowing out or ripping the tubing from side loads from a trailer.

Hey mate, just tune your wire speed a bit more, till it welds smooth

Awesome video as usual. Quick tip, when cutting the slots for the clevis mounts you can drill a hole at each end of the slot and then connect the outer edges of the holes with the cut-off wheel. Might make it a bit easier. Sweet video and thanks for all the budget how-to info you've been putting out!

18:17 Pro tip... when welding D ring hangers to a bumper make sure you place then directly in line with the frame of the vehicle. If possible, weld them to the same runer that atatches the whole thing to the frame. Now, Ideally you would seld them directly to the frame tips (with frame extension or using any method) and have them independent of the bumper. But what you did is actually quite good

just subscribed!! i think you may be pissing off all the big players selling bumpers for 800+ bucks hahaha. I'm definitely going to model your bumper to build one for my 3rd gen 4runner

Awesome resourcefulness using what you have. Love the angles and explanation all the way through. Very useful for people trying to replicate the same setup. Keep the great content coming!

I just built a bumper like this last weekend you should cut and recess your receiver tube into your bumper it'll be way stronger and you'll have improved ground clearance anytime you can weld on all four sides it's going to be stronger than just holding onto side like you did and it looks cleaner also that thick flange on the front of the receiver tube is designed so you don't rip the front of the tube when you exert a sideload on the tube. On that bent up flat stock you use as a gusset for your hitch would be cool if you cut some holes in it to be for your Breakaway chain hook if you ever tow a trailer

Love all your fab work on the tacoma, have convinced me to invest in my first welder / fab tools!

I don't have a Tacoma, I have a Dakota 4x4, but I am still following your channel for ideas. My brackets will have to be of a different design, but the gist is there for making a similar bumper for my own truck. I am also going to incorporate this style for a minimalist front bumper, just beefy enough for a hitch and some brush guards. Thanks for the simple instructions and ideas.

Nice build gives me ideas on what I want to do also like that you are using basic tools that don't cost a lot makes me more confident on being able to tackle my own build great channel

Love the bumper. One thing we use to do with our 3" round bumpers was to drill a hole on the backside and add a tire valve stem. Next, we would drill another hole, tap it and add an air hose quick connect fitting. Fill it full of air and check for leaks. Now you have an air tank at your disposal while in the woods.

i love that you leave everything in to explain step by step

That came out looking fantastic. Love the thought process as you went through the build. Thinking through your different options on how to make it different or better. Very nice work

I made a living welding. And you did a fine job young man.

Thats a man after my heart. I have many Pelican coolers, and three Forney welders, and a plasma cutter. If a Yeti owner ever uses a Pelican they will burn their Yetis.

Nice looking bumper! I need to build something like that for my Suzuki sidekick, the stock bumper is missing the plastic cover skin so it looks pretty bad. I build a mini version of a bumper like this for my articulating dump truck, it’s nice and solid 👍 Great project and great fab skills, thanks for posting!

Your prices are extremely reasonable, love the content

Great video, I've just finished building my double swingout rear bumper for my 1994 triple-locked FJZ80 and it is pretty similar build, the only difference is that my bumper attached to the shackles brackets that run all the way inside the chassis, and go through the actual bumper. prices are right around what you mentioned, try selling your old OEM bumper, I sold my OEM tow hitch and bumper for 280$.. and I covered the price of most of the steel. swingouts spindles are also welded through the bumper and welded from the bottom and from the inside of the rail(bumper) and after welding everything up, I welded the ends. super strong with minimum movement if any (with a 35-inch wheel and tire, and a 3 jerrycan on the other side. Great videos.

Nice work! Definitely going to use your cut files when I get around to building my bumper. Thanks for making those and making them accessible.

Excellent choice in truck, saw, and watch. Great video. Keep up the great work.

Dude I am so excited to watch this video and build this barber out. Thank you

Very well done. I have a 97 Tacoma, already have the bed removed so I can do the frame repair thing, so this might be next. Be safe. Guy Speight

Nice to see video after watching progress on Instagram 👏🏼

I'm a welder and fabricater and I can tell u are a natural awesome job I'm building one for a 2000 dakota and been looking for ideas....Very nice work I promise your clevis can hold the empire state building there not moving

Great project-thanks for sharing. With a couple of air fittings that tube bumper can be a nice air compressor storage tank to reduce fill times-assuming your welds are air tight. Moisture drain valve may be needed. I noticed the air line under the truck-maybe you’re already planning on this?

New sub here man. Great vid, I just learned how to weld for my job and fabricating a bumper for my budget overland build is a goal I now have.

As my favorite tuber once said, “A grinder and paint makes the welder I ain’t!” -@AvE

Excellent video! Keep them coming. I love your channel.

New sub, just wanted to say the content I've seen so far has been awesome! Makes me really want to learn how to weld and work on something for my second gen!

Fantastic Work! Form and Function. Cheers!

Subbed because humble straight up guy helping the 4x4 community

Thus cut file is going to be super helpful. I appreciate you!

Great job looks amazing

Outstanding work!

Great video and great looking bumper! Thank you!

I can’t wait to get my first Tacoma and start doing this, one day!

That came out badass 👍

That bumper looks awesome man! Great job!

sOOOOOOOO cool you are selling those brackets !!! Thanks for doing that !

Fantastic video! This is giving me motivation to weld my own bumper next summer, thanks!!!!

Great video reminds me of myself whenIwasyounger. Wish I had a friend like you when I younger to do stuff like this.

Dude love your energy and your videos! Thanks a ton for sharing .

Just found the bumper I am going to build for my 4runner. Cant wait to see the swing out. I build one one time and didnt use heavy enough walled tube. Yours should be good. Waitingggggggg

Just some helpful information when building stuff like this go to home depot or Lowes and buy a roll or ram board I think its $18 for 50' it makes the best templates and you can fold it and it will holds bends like metal there are some good videos on KZfaq about using it for making templates.

awesome !!! I just destroyed mine! perfect timing that you're channel cross my path!!!!! very grateful!! thanks

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing

What a great video. Really appreciated the explanation throughout the whole video. The best video out there for us diyers.

Cool functional build and step by step instructions.

Awesome! I collected ideas from your video. I'm decided to install it into my 2011 Tacoma. watching from Chino Hills, ca

This is wild. Great work! I wish I had the patience and ability to do this for my FJ!

Watching your videos, you remind me of the A Team. Those guys could build anything!!! And it seems you can too.

Just watched your video. Nice job for a immature fabricator. Only problem I see is you welded the receiver tube in backwards, but you know that! Great job!😂 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Amazing video. Can’t wait to start mine!

dude! you are so talented! holy crap!

Nice job! Looks awesome!

Exactly what I was looking for my 1996 Tacoma

Great work man, love the result.

this looks sweet! going to try building a similar one for my 1998 4runner!

Nice vids man very easy to follow. Def going to take this idea and make one for my fj80

Great how to video. im gonna build on for my 05.

nice job !! great video !

Awesome channel man! New sub here! I love your approach to practical and budget friendly overlanding.

Oh. Snap you got it .. Good thing you caught that before.finishing it. 😆

Love the vid brother !!

Good video, i enjoyed.

Great information you are sharing! For the mounting templates, do you know if they need modification to be used for a Gen 3 4Runner?

Great video

Great video, actually this is what I need to start building things 😎

Looks great man!

Dude excellent video and channel, just subbed, keep up the good work

The white marker is called Soap Stone, great stuff.

Nice job, mate

Good job Sir. I enjoy your I can do that attitude. Just a suggestion though maybe next gen use boxed gussets instead of the strap for the tow hitch. It would be less metal and give you more welds between the tube and the hitch 12 welds vs 8 for your strap plus more support laterally than the strap . Please this is just a suggestion from an old structural fabricator..

great job, congrats

a lot easier when you do not have blind spot detection sensors to deal with, so this does not help for my third gen, but I found the tire carrier useful. still... I have been watching your videos half the afternoon... nicely done.

Fantastic

Awesome job 👌

Hey man, amazing video. I love that you're doing this with low-cost tools. I have a similar setup. I read through a lot of comments but didn't see it mentioned but, what about the license plate light? I don't know about CA but I'm pretty sure you need a light on the plate. It's a pretty easy add-on but I didn't see it in the video.

Thank you!

Soap stone, I think. Great video, thinking about building one for my truck.

You need some safety chain slots on your hitch strap. Looks great.

Looks Pristine Brotha looks real clean and fresh :)

Good job, thanks

This makes me want to buy a welder and probably a pipe bender after that. Great vid keep them coming.

Damn nice job 👍

Awesome video/channel. Subscribed. Thank you for your generosity with your time. I am curious if there’s any reason you couldn’t utilize this bumper as an auxiliary compressed air tank?

steel prices are crazy high. get it while you can. Only gonna go up in price.

Question, will the mounting brackets fit a 2nd gen? Solid work sir and excellent job breaking everything down. I’ve done some work myself on my 2nd gen Tacoma so definitely using your video to build my own soon! Thanks again!

Awesome job! Time for metric ruler and tape.

Hi I like your videos and gives me sone ideas. I did notice something here. The towing hitch receiver you weld it looks backwards. The reinforced part it should be facing outward. Also the distance from the edge to the pin hole it’s measured from the reinforced side. Im not sure if that hitch receiver has the same distance on both sides. Another thing I would do differently it’s to extend that anchored to another point further in. Otherwise all the force to lift any trailer it’s made it by the bumper, without any help of another point. Anyway I like it and I want to make one for my 2018 4Runner. Will see if I’ll do it

Overland Under Budget, Nice well built bumper. Definitely over the specs. For sure you'll bend the frame first before you bend that bumper. I like to spark metal also and I found an easier solution for removing rust before welding. I used to use flap disc like you do but I tried power sanding silicone carbide paint stripper that fits my angle grinder from Lowe's. Once you use this, there's no going back. At the middle of your video, I noticed that you welded the receiver flush to the bumper but I found out at end that you wanted to mount the license plate there. Won't it looks better if you turn it around and move it back even to the same length of the shackles or enough so that you can insert ball mount pin then weld the strap a little back with 1-1 1/2 hole on each side of the hitch for the trailer safety chain hook up. Then mount your license plate on your spare tire mount someplace. BTW Class III receiver tube at Harbor Freight is only $12.99. Just a little humor. Your hold down clamp is a little better than the Asian fabricators. At least you are using a leather boot instead of FLIP-FLOP. :-) Thanks for the Vlog

Nice job.

I love your truck

Awesome video . New sub

I built that exact bumper minus the diamond plate and the receiver for my VW diesel Rabbit truck!

Very nice!

Awesome tacoma

Nice job man,it looks awesome.....lol “rice rocket😂😂😂

4:33 my man ate those sparks😂 really nice work tho 👍