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SMKYTXN's Build

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by SMKYTXN, Sep 2, 2012.

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  1. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:35 AM
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    Manwithoutaplan

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  2. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:36 AM
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    SMKYTXN

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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    And my skid will be a good deal cheaper than the other gas tank skids on the market.
     
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  3. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:37 AM
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    well sign me up for 20 so i can tape them all over my truck :D.
     
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  4. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:39 AM
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    Tacodriver08 To have faith, is to trust yourself to the water

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    That's a sweet skid Nathan, put my name in the hat for one of those when you start getting some made. How is it held on the sides under the tank itself?
     
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  5. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:42 AM
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    SMKYTXN

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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    Thanks! It's held on with straps to the gas tank hangers.

    042d33a3ac381e3aa09ee64f18aaa78b_8f2f49f6c8dc7bcd45a10dac922a131e27ec9f52.jpg
     
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  6. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:43 AM
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    Interesting.
     
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  7. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:43 AM
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    SMKYTXN

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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    I'm switching to a cam buckle instead of the regular buckle shown.
     
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  8. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:52 AM
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    Nice! Simple and effective, how much does that piece of uhmw weight? also thanks again for those leaf packs, truck rides like new now.
     
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  9. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:54 AM
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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    Glad they worked out for you.

    The skid weighs about eight pounds, lol. The steel skids weigh more than 40.
     
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  10. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:55 AM
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    That is big difference.
     
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  11. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:56 AM
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    SMKYTXN

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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    Especially since we have all the weight on the drivers side already.
     
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  12. Feb 27, 2015 at 9:57 AM
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    yea we do my driver side wheeling bearings takes a hit from that. I about to replace the third one.
     
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  13. Feb 27, 2015 at 10:07 AM
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    Damn! I'm out on the road so I'm not going to jinx myself by saying I haven't had issues with mine.
     
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  14. Feb 27, 2015 at 10:10 AM
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    Sorry i will knock on wood for you

    [​IMG]
     
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  15. Feb 27, 2015 at 11:30 AM
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    I like the cloth strap idea... I made some metal bars with bent ends and one tapped side to latch on where the stock straps sit. This is on my Ford though
     
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  16. Feb 27, 2015 at 12:18 PM
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    are you concerned with the straps fraying/breaking if they get run over a rock?
     
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  17. Feb 27, 2015 at 12:41 PM
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    colinb17 If at first you don't succeed, don't try skydiving

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    based on all of the scars on my steel gas tank skid, his straps do not sit in an area that is exposed to rocks and debris. if you hit a strap with a rock hard enough to damage it, odds are, you're going to be replacing your drive shaft from the same hit. being 1/4'' UHMW, it will also flex upwards where obstacles contact the skid, lessening applied pressure, especially around the edges.
     
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  18. Feb 27, 2015 at 12:45 PM
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    weldertaco

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    weldertaco Mr.13%bodyfat

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    Any concern with landing on an obstacle and the skid starts to indent the gas tank or whatever engineer logic makes sense with those words lol
     
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  19. Feb 27, 2015 at 12:47 PM
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    SMKYTXN

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    SMKYTXN [OP] If it can't be overdone it's not worth doing Vendor

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    The areas where the straps sit also wrap up on the sides of the tank. Even so, if you rip one you can just re string it with a piece of webbing and be on your way.


    On another note. I flexed out with my not so flex rated shocks and blew one of them. Oops

    It's a good thing Phills bringing a couple backup shocks up with him. I pretty much knew these weren't going to last the weekend.
     
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  20. Feb 27, 2015 at 12:48 PM
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    Bet you wish you had a set of these....

    [​IMG]
     
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