...I never thought I would

[hex0rz]

I know the bumper will be a false sense of security to a point. But it sure beats the oem bumper... I was concerned that hitting her head on would have been worse than a somewhat glancing blow. She slid just as far as I did down the road. There is a nice skid mark from my tire on the road now and passing it up last night from work was quite impressive to see how long it was. No wonder I have a flat spot on my tire now. When I locked up I thought she got wedged in my tire area, she may very have though as I had hair on the tire even. 

 

I'm not concerned much about the bumper and people working on it. The only cussing about it will be me, so I know I'll get one that will still allow me to do what I need to do. 

 

This is what I plan on getting installed on the truck for lighting:

 

 

[JAG1]

Mike's gonna put on one of the old locomotive fronts so the deer shoot right over the truck

Edited June 25, 2016 by JAG1

[Mopar1973Man]

@hex0rz Very impressive light bar. Just remember if its mounted above your factory headlights it not legal for the highway use as a rule of thumb. If it mounted below the headlights and you can aim the light bar properly then it can be used on the highway.

[Wild and Free]

I use my Rigid lights every single day going to work @ 4am or coming home @ 2am on 28 miles of country back roads. From the video which is hard to judge lite looks like my Rigid 10 inch combo lite bar in the middle of the ranch hand plus a pair of D2 Dually lites aimed about 30* to the outside puts out about as much lite as the 52 inch light in the video.

When I see comparisons of other brands that stand up to the destruction attempt videos of Rigids and they keep ticking I will look into other brands but I have found no other company willing to put their products up to the same testing standards rigid does which makes the added cost worth it especially when using them to brand deer.

We run them on a most of our equipment at work and in about 5 years and having hundreds of them out in the field I have only seen one of them quit working in that time.

Edited June 25, 2016 by Wild and Free

[Royal Squire]

One of the truck drivers I work with had a deer try to jump over his late model freight liner today. Hit the drivers side window and shattered it, showering the driver in glass. Had just a couple small cuts on his face is all. He was fortunate! Killed the deer. Didn't think to take a picture. 

[Mopar1973Man]

3 minutes ago, Royal Squire said:

One of the truck drivers I work with had a deer try to jump over his late model freight liner today. Hit the drivers side window and shattered it, showering the driver in glass. Had just a couple small cuts on his face is all. He was fortunate! Killed the deer. Didn't think to take a picture. 

 

I've seen deer clear the top of pickups. Like in my example a couple of deer come up from the river 2 made before the truck the 3rd one made huge leap and lightly tapped the canopy shell on the back as it came down. I watch this whole thing happen before me. I pulled over with the truck ahead and we were both shocked to see a deer jump so flippin' high...

[hex0rz]

I only plan on using the light off highway in the rural area. I can usually see a vehicle soon enough to turn it off before it becomes a problem. 

 

There's a couple people that do the same thing already, just haven't seen them in a while. 

[Wild and Free]

seems about one in 4 pickups have the big roof mounted lite bars anymore in my area. I have been fortunate to not have a deer jump but have had numerous grills taken out by Pheasants and jack rabbits in the days before I had the ranch hand bumpers years ago, those Jacks are the jumpin buggers that cause lots of damage too.

Edited June 25, 2016 by Wild and Free

[Mopar1973Man]

I just bounced a grouse off my driver side headlight few evenings ago. No damage. Scared the crap out of me because I didn't see it till I heard the thud and the feathers flew up. Again in my case I was traveling slower than typical because of the dust hour.

[CUMMINSDIESELPWR]

blind em to death

three 55w hid up top for distance

two 32" led bars one is amber now

55w projector hid headlights

55w fogs

 

its actually saved my hide already with deer, saw them waaay before i got close so i can slow down

[Mopar1973Man]

Just like my 100w aircraft landing lights...