Here are some pics of my custom skids that my friend and I built. the front skid is made out of 16 ga. steel, and the t-case skid is made out of 20 ga. aluminum, not quite as strong, but its a lot lighter, and its a hell of a lot better than having nothing there at all.


here you can see I'm missing a bolt in the middle, apparently i stripped it during some point of our trips back and forth fitting the darn thing

Nice reinforcement made from 1/4" square tubing

the grade 8 bolts hang down a bit here, might weld something around each bolt later.


its really nice to know someone who welds, the job may not look 100% professional, but im confident these skids will suit me just fine.

-Casey

 

nice casey!

those look good. you and tyler did a good job.

 

Nice job, although if you're gonna run John Bull, be ready to pound those back into shape. The 11 gauge prototype I have from Schaefer got worked.
It took a good hit on the front right,kinda inboard of the lower control arm,and dented in an 1 1/2" even with the angle iron supports. And the very back of the plate has both corners folded up a good 2". I'll try and take some pics when I pull it off for reshaping.Speaking of which, anyone know any special techniques for getting it back into shape,besides beating the hell out of it w/a BFH? I'm worried about it lining up again once I remove it.
But at least it did its job and nothing else got damaged
Oh yeah, what's w/the name? At first I was like who the hell is that?

 

i figure, these will protect me from such impacts as rocks and the like. plus, i can always make another one if it gets completely mangled.

oh and the name, its just kinda a little joke i have, all in good fun

-Casey

 

The key is the surfboard and wetsuit in the back.

 

none of us use that old board, it needs a lot of work. but the wetsuit is my cousin's

 

Nice skids.

BTW, how's the antenna working?

 

working great!
I've used it on three differnt runs and never had a problem what-so-ever