+SconnieHailer's Build & BS+

^^^This! I was being careful on my ledge drops and I still managed to bend my 1/4" steel Tcase skid... Ben even reinforced the hell out of it with angle iron. I had some hard hits here and there though. If I ran aluminum it wouldn't last very long. I think all the steel I have on my rig is what has kept me from bending my frame as well.

 

Brady your being careful is like my giving it hell haha

 

...I would've been SOL with stock TRD skid plate (I mean um sheet metal)

 

badass pics! Looks like a good time.

 

Yea buddy! gonna look niiiiice And yes the skid did a good job, i've got a half inch between the skid and that little nub thing that hangs down in that area behind it. Skid is closer to the diff now but that's ok too still a few mils of clearance.

Wish i was there to see you totally locked out smoking up that climb!!!

Haha yea that thing is like tin foil, not even the heavy duty kind either Depends on the trail you run in moab but you can get by with little or no skids. The rebel taco (theTraveler aka Matt) had zero skids and ran hells just fine. Granted he's long travel and runs bigger tires but still.



I'm editing now! pics up in an hour or so

 

I still wish we would have got my smoke show on video!

Hell's doesn't require skids. Hell I ran it the first year with no armor and didn't take damage. I did bypass the 4 named obstacles though.

 

All the pics...

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/mo...ck-therapy-picture-thread-17.html#post8739505

 

That's an awesome build my good sir. That picture on the first post is calling to be my desktop background image.

 

Thank ya! Adding the Pelfreybilt gas tank skid I won at Rock Therapy in the raffle today Thanks Tyler for a sweet raffle score!!!

 

sorry Bob... It will go to good use on Shoshone trail this summer, i'll make sure of it

BTW are you ever going to make it up this way for a run?

 

Just finished Look! I still have my stock skid, wonder what I should do with it!?

Pelfrey gas skid vs stock by sconniehailer, on Flickr

Installed by sconniehailer, on Flickr

 

Bronze it and hang it on the wall as a trophy!

 

Donate it to someone in need.

 

Currently in my garage next to the bumper and sway bar and othe parts Let me know if you find someone in need!

 

The factory one only really fits the TRD Offroads and they all come with one. Not that I would call it a skid... Its just a piece of plastic...

 

could always leave it at a camp site for someone else to pick up

 

Higher then the drive shaft.

 

I also feel better about dicks drilling my tank and stealing gas like happened to Steve and the frv yea the front bolts are waaaay up outta the way. The stock plastic one had more scrapes in it than I thought when I pulled it out.