2005+ Dodge Power Wagon + ARB winch bar...???

[805gregg]

Check out Buckstop, better looking bumpers.

[Engeek]

In my opinion one very important feature of the ARB (or similar) is being overlooked, and is also one of its original design purposes - animal collision protection. Being able to hit a moose/deer/elk/civic etc and possibly drive away is a huge bonus in the part of the world I come from. This is why I have an ARB on my Cummins. I have read somewhere that the original, and current, ARB Roo Bars (as they are aptly called in Oz) are designed to hit a 200+lb Red Kangaroo at 100km/hr and sustain no damage. I could not find a link to this info, but I am sure I have read it many times. I have seen a lifted Tacoma with an ARB after hitting a moose at highway speed and the bumper was bent, but not much and the truck sustained very little damage! Also the ARB will offer solid recovery points, actual jacking locations and a place to hang a lot of lights.
All of that being said if you only intend the bumper to house the winch I would also recommend something lighter and more streamline with a better approach angle (leaving winch in stock location on PW).

[jasonL_031]

from arb usa

If anybody wants to know how tough the ARB bumper are, this is now is proof it REALLY WORKS!!

This happened north of Prince George, BC a couple of weeks ago on a Tuesday night while one of our salesmen Jonathan, was heading back from a road trip. At the time of the impact, the truck was going about 65mph (110 km/h). The next morning in Prince George, Jonathan met up with a RCMP officer and mentioned to him that if he was driving anything else but our F-350, police and highway crews would be peeling the moose & Jonathan out of the driver's seat.

The bumper did its job by deflecting the 1500 lb. moose away from the truck. The moose was moving from the left to the right side of the highway.


Unfortunately the impact threw the moose's head onto the hood, then proceeded to swing the butt around and cave in the driver side door and ripped off the mirror as well. The moose continued to do more damage to the front and rear rocker panel of the box, after being driven over. Needless to say the moose is a confirm kill due to verification from a truck driver I talk to on Wednesday.

So for the damaged is estimated around 10 - $15,000.00 CDN & 1 1/2 weeks in the body shop.

We have now made it mandatory for our company trucks to be outfitted with ARB Bumpers after this little incident. You never know when you'll hit another moose.

July 2006

Mason Funk - Warehouse Manager
WESTERN WAREHOUSE
Langley BC, Canada

[Engeek]

Thanks for posting this jasonL_031, it is exactly what I was getting at!
Ironically that moose was hit within a couple hundred km's of where I am located in Northern BC and there a A LOT of people here killed every year from this exact situation. I know that for me that fact I could put a winch in the ARB was just an added bonus!

[jasonL_031]

yea thats why i did end up buying my arb bumper. nothing but the best for my daughter... and i have done alot of night driving from calgary to pembroke ontario on a regular basis. and i always take the norther route through ont lots of moose up there as well as other big animals.