Has anybody had issues with the weight of these steel bumpers causing wear on their front ends or causing the truck to handle poor?

Thanks,
Dan

 

I have one on my 01... It handles like a heavy diesel truck. I love the bumper.

 

I have a Ruenel bumper with a 9500 warn - super rugged - #600 with the winch.
It has killed 6 deer [yum] and send a few pesky chevys and a subaru to the body shop [ the chevy calvialier to the crusher], over the past 11 years.
I do think I go through more ball joints and wheel bearings.
But it is cheaper than all the body work.
I do spend a lot of time on dirt roads, with over-sized tires, that doesn't help the front end out either.
I would not get rid of my bumper, around here during ski season you see some wack stuff going on with the tourist speeding around on their all seasons.

 

built my own in a buckstop style, turned out to be not much heavier than the stock bumper, but mine dosnt have the pipe in it like a buckstop. i sacrifice front end parts instead of a totaled truck anyday