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Re: Bumper bracket and weight considerations

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Originally Posted by Jon Jack View Post
Why do you need to design a bracket?

We just mounted clevis pins on the wood backing on the bumpers and ran the clevis pins inside, through the chassis and captured them using quick release pins. We've been able to attach and detach our bumpers in under a minute the past couple of seasons.
Even though a quick release pin is the best way to mount bumpers, it's technically been illegal since bumpers have been around.

I wish the bumper rules were changed a little bit to allow methods of retaining the bumpers that are strong and quick to be released, yet are not strictly bolt and nut interfaces.
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