Need guidance on homemade rock sliders

I looked around and could not find anyone who has posted any kind of specs or guidance on making your own rock sliders. My neighbor is a great welder and said he would help me make some sliders and teach me to weld, figure its a win win. Can anyone point me to a thread or share some specs on building sliders.

1. double cab short bed
2. 2017 TRD OR
3. I am not rock crawling, really just looking for something to be a there for good jack points, and to give me some protection for high centering.

 

If you are building them, the specs can be whatever you want. Materials list for when I build them is 1 full stick of 2” x .120 wall square tube, 1 full stick of 1.75” x .120 wall round hrew tubing and some 3/16” plate for frame plates and gussets. For your truck the main square tube piece will be around 80” long and then cut your legs and angle everything however you prefer.

Here’s a few pics from the last set I built for a second gen dcsb

 

Awesome man, Thanks!

 

are these bolt or weld on?

 

Weld on. But you could easily do something different for the frame plates and leg placement to allow for bolt on

 

And paint, what are you coating/painting them with?

 

I just use rustoleum spray paint and primer for mine because they get beat up on rocks regularly. But I know a lot of people get theirs powdercoated. Might be a nice option if you don’t plan on beating them up on rocks too much.