Idaho BS thread in the PNW

already seeing snow...so jelly lisa!

 

Im sure she drove up thousands of feet to see that snow... I can do that to

 

Yeah, dual cases really shouldn't be an issue but they had a prototype from marlin and I guess it howled pretty bad at 65 mph. That has been straightened out now though. haha

They had steering issues at 65, but I guess it had to do with something being bad in they hydraulic setup that they are working on replacing as well. Other than those 2 things they had no issues at all with the UA. haha. They said for the whole trip they only had to use their winch twice.

 

I noticed that.

Beat me to it.

 

Flat Belly!! With plastic skids! haha It is that HDPE stuff that is supposed to be pretty tough and flexible. I believe their skids are 3/4" thick HDPE sheets.

 

^^^^^

I can't imagine, unless they consider them "throw away" skids.

The guys that have been able to bend their budbuilts woulld simply destroy these things.

 

that stuff has got to be heavier than steel. but i guess you can always melt it back together.

 

They said the skids were 3 man lifts. Over 100lbs easy.

Not sure how much slash abuse from rocks they can take but they said they were having a hard time cutting the stuff for the skids I guess. Plus the stuff is flexible so it wont dent in like steel does.

 

I believe it! its the same stuff I used on the fence for my table saw. that stuff is slick as hell and just as heavy.

 

ill pass thank you very much..

 

I have seen that stuff do awesome as skids! and if you build the right bracing, It can be way lighter that steel. That is def one my future mods

 

crazy!

 

Belly skids it'snt that over kill??

 

Well they put skids over the fuel tank, the dual cases and the tranny. They also cut out the crossmembers and raised everything up so nothing hung lower than the frame.

 

Those skids look way to heavy.

 

Yeah still. I mean protect the Tcases and SAS the front and the hell with the rest. Id put a heavier sheild under my gas tank but it's already dented in with the tank. i think i only have like a 15 gal. tank now. works fine for me.

 

Belly pan skids are pretty common really..

 

I never really payed attention. but from what i see yeah that are. i just don't care for them too much.

 

The guys that I have seen run them say it's like sliding across a bar of soap