I do better than having no protection at all..Ali Arc is about the second best the best one is up there in Minnesota not too far from Fargo-Moorhead area.. it's a small company is starts with a K that makes them..I can't quite remember because I've driven a company truck for almost 9 years now again sold my last three trucks back in 10.
but moose movers, Bambi bashers, deer destroyers, cow plows pretty much do what they're designed to do..
Moose bumpers and fuel economy
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Although I sure wish I had one when I hit a cow at 65 mph a couple years back.
If you’re looking check out Raney’s
Here is a link to their site..
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I’ve thought about herd bumpers, but I only view them as necessary if you constantly run in areas with lots of animals, especially big ones. I do OTR, and after 6 years I have only hit one small deer at about 30 MPH and there was no damage. If you do OTR, but still want one, you should get a small herd bumper like the ones Prime uses. That should protect against most deers, but probably not an elk or a moose.
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Yep, don’t try to swerve for a deer, dog, duck, drunk, or #######. Well, maybe not the latter two because we have a duty to avoid harm to other persons if possible. Straight ahead is the key. Same with a blown front tire, you want physics on your side. That is, you want the momentum of your gross weight to keep you tracking forward. Accelerate and steer straight ahead until you can slow down firmly under control.
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That makes sense too, although I can’t see a truck raising up much at highway speeds. Now, my high school buddy Jimmy’s 428 Mustang would raise the front bumper 2 or 3 feet when you jammed it unless it lost traction with both rear tires and did a massive two tire burnout. Back in the 70’s we had real muscle cars.
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The Swamp Donkeys we have up here are too big to go under. Seen them go up a hood and almost into the cab.
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