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Going to put mine to work.
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The second one I edited to fix the brand on the door in Canva. I couldn't get Grok to paste in the brand design exactly as I uploaded it. Out here in God's Country we're gonna need a serious brush guard/replacement bumper to ward off the deer! I've hit a few of them in my current pickup and have only had to wash off the front replacement bumper.
Me too to some degree. We have a little homestead, so nothing wild though. A ranch hand bumper would be cool and a headache rack.
 

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Me too to some degree. We have a little homestead, so nothing wild though. A ranch hand bumper would be cool and a headache rack.
Exactly. I've still got a Ram 2500 for towing and such, but the feed store is on the way to and from work in town, so it's going to see it's fair share of chicken feed bags and hay bales.

Now, we've just got to get Ranch Hand to notice us!
 
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Exactly. I've still got a Ram 2500 for towing and such, but the feed store is on the way to and from work in town, so it's going to see it's fair share of chicken feed bags and hay bales.

Now, we've just got to get Ranch Hand to notice us!
Exactly. I work in town, grab grain/chicken feed and whatnot on the way home from work. Have a half ton truck to tow or haul heavy things. But Slate's payload is decent and is allot cheaper to put the miles on and a lot less maintenance. Plus my job in town has free charging. I have 240 in the barn, so charging is set.
 

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Love the bumper, and especially the winch!
There are some solid mounts on the front frame rails, it looks like it could be doable:

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Unfortunately, I think that might need to be pushed forward to not interfere with the
radiator/cooling system, or at least be a very low-profile winch.

I would love to see a receiver mount in the front bumper so you can easily remove and reinstall a winch or tow ball. Had that on my Jeep CJ5 years ago, it made it incredibly easy to maneuver trailers around the farm or in and out of the barn! Obviously you can't tow in reverse down the highway like that, but it was handy to have.
 
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Love the bumper, and especially the winch!
There are some solid mounts on the front frame rails, it looks like it could be doable:

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Unfortunately, I think that might need to be pushed forward to not interfere with the
radiator/cooling system, or at least be a very low-profile winch.

I would love to see a receiver mount in the front bumper so you can easily remove and reinstall a winch or tow ball. Had that on my Jeep CJ5 years ago, it made it incredibly easy to maneuver trailers around the farm or in and out of the barn! Obviously you can't tow in reverse down the highway like that, but it was handy to have.
Thanks for sharing that front end picture, it sure looks pretty sturdy in the front and pretty easy to mount up to. I would love a winch in the front, never even thought about utilizing a hitch receiver for it.
 

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I would love to see a receiver mount in the front bumper so you can easily remove and reinstall a winch or tow ball. Had that on my Jeep CJ5 years ago, it made it incredibly easy to maneuver trailers around the farm or in and out of the barn! Obviously you can't tow in reverse down the highway like that, but it was handy to have.
I've got that setup on my H3 (front and rear receivers), and a nice Warn winch on a receiver mount I can install front or rear. Would be a nice option.
 

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It's in your job description to scare your teen on occasion. I hope you do it.
He knows I am exactly the type of person to do this. I'll probably eventually do it, but I'm not sure if it'll be my first wrap. I've got too many ideas I want to do.
 

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My idea honestly is to leave the bed like this because that is going to be mostly used to move my motorcycle in style.

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Gemini has shrunk that bike to fit. The back wheel *might* make it to rest on an extended tailgate - not that that's a good idea - but as a flatbed it wouldn't fit unless the conversion is very much longer than that.

Also, I've loaded dirtbikes in pickups before, and let me tell you what: It sucks. Slate is low, but truck beds in general are high off the ground.

This is the right tool to transport a motorcycle:

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It's effortless and safe to load and unload, you have storage for your gear and tools and supplies, and you can use the truck as normal when not moving the motorcycle. And well within Slate's towing capacity to boot!
 
 





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