Ron Brown and Tom Pearson were right. My bumper is just not bombproof enough. I actually entertained thoughts of selling some bumpers to the public, but now I realize that won't be feasible. There will always be the customer who drives straight into a tree or puts a recovery strap on the brushbar. According to Ron and Tom, that means my bumper should go out the window and I can never argue with their intelligence and vast trail experience. So out the window it goes.