the new best slider ever made

Most of them will end up on a brodozer truck anyway and never see use

 

Frame primary, cab secondary when the sliders flex/frame flexs.

 

Damn, i thought this was a food thread.

 

How much flex is there with sheet metal?

 

None, my current sliders are bent into the pinch weld and the sliders havent bent up more since. They have dented the pinch weld a bit, but thats round tube with ~6" of contact on the pinch weld. Not 4-5ft of contact like these Jd Fab ones, which will obviously spread load more.

 

The pinch weld is hella strong, it's basically a structural element of the vehicle, instrumental in crash-force absorption, etc

 

This is the same thought that I had. The coverage looks good, but not sure about the body part.

 

Exhibit from my truck with my wavy, dented bent up sliders. .120 dom like all the rest, slider legs are a mix of 3/16" square tube and a couple of .120 dom tube.

Frame dented in at the top of the frame plate, then finally the legs bent up and permanently make contact with the pinch weld.
After slider legs were all pressed into the pinch weld, only then did I start to dent and bend the outer tube, since the cab was preventing the legs/frame from bending more and taking the load that far out.