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It's 1/4" wall pipe - 3" sch 40 I believe. The truck will bend way before this bumper will.what's the sidewall on the tubing? I'd hate to see you do all this work and have it be .120mm wall (about 1/16") and bend on the 1st bump.
IMO, .250 would be best but .180 would work. (about 1/4", 1/8" respectively)
I had intentions of using something much thinner and lighter, 1/8" wall would have been OK but now that I'm adding a receiver hitch to it I think the heavy wall pipe will be the better choice anyway. Not that I plan to tow much with it, but I do want it to be pretty strong.