Sorry for the crappy picture...Does anyone know whats the use of these things, they seem to be welded to the front part of the chassis behind the tow hooks. I see them as unnecessary weight

 

looks like some kind of anti crush bars

 

GM calls them car compatibility brackets. They are intended to prevent the truck from ramping up a car in a head-on collision. It can be seen on Chevy's webpage. http://www.chevrolet.com/silverado/safety/

 

huh... cut em off

 

^^^Exactly what i was thinking....sawzall anyone

 

I read on another forum that was a bucket to place a jack, but who knows.

 

Scroll down and it shows them in green, they are for preventing truck going over another vehicle in a crash as mentioned above.

http://www.chevrolet.com/silverado/safety/

 

no the jack doesnt sit too well on those things

 

Pretty cool question, and answer! I learned something new today!

 

Hell ive been waiting to find out what those was after i did my body lift. Guess ill be pulling out the torch tomorrow. But then again since i dont have use of my front tow hooks anymore guess ill improvise those thing-a-ma jigs