Long Travel BS Thread

I bought one off Nate last fall and it wasn’t that stellar of a buyer experience. Do like the skid though

 

I know UHMW works well, especially for my use case. No questions about its viability, just the proper application methods. Nathan's gas tank skid works so well (thin too), because it's uniformly supported by the tank. The downfall of UHMW compared to steel and aluminum is that it needs additional supporting. I could probably go with 1" material, and span the same gaps as 1/4" steel, but that becomes prohibitively expensive.

 

LOL

 

Looking awesome man, would love to do this one day

 

Been a while I’m back to playing with my Toy, I still have full use of my bed,.

 

We need to get you some disc brakes brotha

 

That’s awesome. I have a similar philosophy regarding eventual plans for the rear of my truck. Keep a function bed, but back halve, link and brace the heck out of it. But I’ll settle for just hitting the dirt at this point haha.

 

If you compare to SXS, then you see they’re bolted in pretty much all over is the best I can think to describe. That way they’re supported and not flapping around while you’re driving. Personally with what I do with the truck, steel skids are my main protection and would not consider any other material. But if you’re not on the rocks, then a lighter material is something you could benefit from.

 

And maybe a sway bar for that rear end

 

Stretched the legs today. Miles of wide open Beach to play on, got up to some decent speed (50 mph) and never found the bottom of the suspension. Caught some air in a few places. Truck did amazing and performed flawlessly without needing much shock fiddling, not that I would be able to tell any difference with my noobness. Going to link a video soon.

 

Hell yeah!
What beach is this?

 

Fort fisher/south end. During the summer this place is packed for miles but it's the off season and from labor day to march 31st the park is open 24hrs. I plan on going back next weekend as well.

 

An axle up to the task more inline with the rest of the build with the disc brakes.

 

https://youtu.be/bYAvN9_NnsE?feature=shared
@colinb17

 

Hell yeah. Truck looks great. You got an Instagram?

 

nope. 34 and just got facebook last year.

 

Long live the 90’s children. Social media isn’t living

 

Aw man, that's like 30 minutes from my family's place. Adding it to the to-do list. Didn't realize there was a drivable beach so close to Wilmington.

 

Totally worth it if you have a modified truck

 

For serious crawling use, yes. Aluminum is garbage and AR plate or mild is the way to go.

@colinb17, don’t bother with UMHW either. Regular mild will be fine for your use case and save the headache of working with AR plate.