Kilby gas tank skid installed - KJ tops 4,700 lbs!

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:39 pm

Well, I came home from a ski vacation and found my Kilby tank skid in the garage. I quickly unpacked my skis and broke out the tools.

Summary:
- that's one HEAVY skid! 60 lbs. v. the stock 28 lbs.
- very tough skid.
- very tough bolt, that front pass side one under the exhaust. Especially when I cannot find my 18mm box wrench!
- plenty of room between skid and diff guard.

Oh, and yes, with the additional 32 lbs, my KJ is now over 4,700 lbs without me in it!

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:22 am

JESUS! Heavy, heavy...I wonder how much mine weighs with all the doo doo I've got on it...on board air, ARB bull bar, various tool sets, tow straps, winch shackles, roof rack, Hi-Lift, Mag-Lites, fire extinguishers... :wink:

List goes on!

Eddo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1214

darn, what do you need all the equipment for at the mall? :wink:

To pull or push some poor little honda out of your parking spot.

Mine weights about 4250-4300 now, when it was bone stock it weighed about 4050. I now have boulder bars, factory skids, a tranny skid, rear hitch, plus 245/75/16s. Both are without any cargo inside.

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:57 am

Adam,
you're still a lightweight!... Mine tips the scales at 4,860 lbs., and with me in it, puts it to 5,050 lbs. :oops:

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:15 am

Two and a half tons of wild animal crawling on the trails.

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:22 am

KJ04 wrote:

Adam,
you're still a lightweight!... Mine tips the scales at 4,860 lbs., and with me in it, puts it to 5,050 lbs. :oops:

Hmm. You've got 50 lbs on me. Clearly I'm using low-fat peanut butter to shave off that extra 50. (Hmm, I just did the math; both your KJ and you have about 50 lbs on me! hehehe)

MrCRD · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:44 pm

So does the Kilby tank on a KJ give you any extra clearance like it does on a TJ? I noticed it doesn't mention any clearance on the website for the KJ so I'm guessing it doesn't.

Happy new year

Chris

kj in a tight spot · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:11 pm

KJ04 wrote:

Adam,
you're still a lightweight!... Mine tips the scales at 4,860 lbs., and with me in it, puts it to 5,050 lbs. :oops:

How do you get your KJ weighed? At a truck stop? I forgot to mention that with my 210 lbs I add, my KJ is probably headed in the direction of 5000lbs as well! Bad gas mileage... :cry:

skrracing · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:46 pm

I feel the best the Kilby skid is one of the best gas tank skids on the market for any Jeep and the KJ one is for dang sure at the top of the list.

Unlike theTJ and a few of the others...it does not raise the tank any higher.. because the tank is mounted to the bottom of the cargo area in the rear of the KJ...

BUT... As far as a gas tank skid go...the Kilby skid is placed very high and also has great reliefs angles on the front and rear. It is powder coated, and very well designed, and is VERY strong. It is tucked higher on the KJ than all the other skid.

Yea you can pick up the factory one for 25 bucks...But if you are wanting to add a gas tank skid that you never have to worry about...put it on one time and forget it...Then the Kilby skid is the way to go for sure. Later...Clint

jpzkj · **Posted:** Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:19 pm

skrracing wrote:

I feel the best the Kilby skid is one of the best gas tank skids on the market for any Jeep and the KJ one is for dang sure at the top of the list.

Unlike theTJ and a few of the others...it does not raise the tank any higher.. because the tank is mounted to the bottom of the cargo area in the rear of the KJ...

BUT... As far as a gas tank skid go...the Kilby skid is placed very high and also has great reliefs angles on the front and rear. It is powder coated, and very well designed, and is VERY strong. It is tucked higher on the KJ than all the other skid.

Yea you can pick up the factory one for 25 bucks...But if you are wanting to add a gas tank skid that you never have to worry about...put it on one time and forget it...Then the Kilby skid is the way to go for sure. Later...Clint

Yeah...

What he said....

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:49 am

Quote:

How do you get your KJ weighed? At a truck stop?

I bring mine to my client, who's a moving company with a scale for 18 wheelers. I noticed that it's in 20 lb increments though.

I know my town dump has a scale too for public use. DMV sent me there with my home made trailer for weighing.

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