Truck front end attachment mount
An attachment mount for the front end of a truck, which can fit trucks with full-width or tapering chassis. The attachment mount may include a front member for supporting a front-end truck attachment, and a distribution member. The distribution member may be attached to the vehicle chassis and to the front member, so that the attachment mount spreads stresses originating from downwardly-directed forces exerted on the front member by the attachment, to the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
1. A method for securing an attachment mount to the front end of a Class 4-8 truck having a tapering vehicle chassis at its front portion, the vehicle chassis having a chassis length extending along a length of the truck on a longitudinal axis and along a horizontal plane, and the front-end truck attachment mount functioning to support a front-end track attachment, comprising the steps of: providing one or more front members configured to support the front-end truck attachment, at least a portion of the one or more front members positioned laterally adjacent to and connecting at a first end of the one or more front members to a lateral surface of the front portion of the vehicle chassis, and the one or more front members connecting at a second end of the one or more front members to the truck attachment mount, wherein a second end of the one or more front members is located in a horizontal position below the front portion of the vehicle chassis and substantially parallel to the horizontal plane of the chassis length; providing one or more a distribution members located at the front portion of the vehicle chassis, the one or more distribution members connected at a first end of the one or more distribution members, at least indirectly, to a lateral surface of the front portion of the vehicle chassis, and the one or more distribution members connected at a second end of the one or more distribution members, at least indirectly, to at least a portion of the one or more front members; wherein the one or more front members and the one or more distribution members comprise the attachment mount, and further comprising the step of connecting a front-end truck attachment to the attachment mounts, whereby and during use of the front-end truck attachment, the attachment mount spreads stresses originating from forces exerted on the one or more front members by the front-end truck attachment, about the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein during the process of securing the attachment mount to the front end of the truck, the only preexisting truck parts tliat are removed and replaced are fasteners.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount is used to support one or more of the following front-end truck attachments: a snow- plow; a winch; a blade; a bumper extension for a pump or pump motor; and a cab rack tor supporting vehicles.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the truck is a Class 6 - 8 truck.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle chassis has a reduced cross-seclion, width-wise, at its front portion.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more front members are attached to a bumper bracket o; the truck.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front members is connected to the distribution member through a spring bracket.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount accommodates trucks having differing vehicle chassis widths.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount comprises a left and right pair of mounts, with each left and right pair comprising the one or more front members and the oneor more distribution members.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount weighs less than 100 pounds.
11. The method ot claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount weighs less than 75 pounds.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more front members connect at their first ends to both inside and outside lateral surfaces of the front portion of the vehicle chassis.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the front portion of the vehicle chassis comprises chassis rails.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle chassis has a reduced cross-section, height-wise, at its front portion.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment mount weighs about 60 pounds.