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Lima.Charlie · **Joined:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:02 am **Posts:** 374

I want factual information not "they are backordered not discontinued. I need the fuel tank, transfer case, and transmission plate. Anyone know if they are available as of May 2010?

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 10:03 am

Gas tank skid.... http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchant.m ... de=kj_skid

Donkeykong · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 11:24 am

I see a hitch in the picture... but I can't imagine where else the skid would mount under the tank?

Has anyone done a gas tank skid install?

Do you keep the tank straps? Do you have to drop the tank to do so?

I've started playing on the rocks and need one as well for my 06 libby.

Mark

Donkeykong · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 12:52 pm

Thanks yellowcoyote

I was wondering about that.

InCommando · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 12:56 pm

I ordered all three on 4/20. I had them on 4/22.

82210003 $43.52

82206122 $103.20

82209455 $43.52

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Wed May 12, 2010 6:50 pm

Skid Row is probably in stock and they won't fold as easily as OEM.

Powerman04 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 7:53 am

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

Lima.Charlie · **Joined:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:02 am **Posts:** 374

Thanks InCered mine from Walker today.

Quicksilversurf917 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 10:35 am

Powerman04 wrote:

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

Look at my 2nd post up top... Rustys makes a gas tank skid that im going to get once funds are in

Powerman04 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 11:32 am

Quicksilversurf917 wrote:

Powerman04 wrote:

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

Look at my 2nd post up top... Rustys makes a gas tank skid that im going to get once funds are in

Sorry I didn't clarify. I'm putting a Rusty's gas skid on this Saturday. :goink:

I was talking about the other skids.

Donkeykong · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 12:42 pm

Boiler makes an aluminum gas tank skid. He is a member on this forum if you search for him... I think he recently released them...

Boiler · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 2:20 pm

Yeah I've been making gas tank skids since last summer, and radiator / mud skids since January. The gas tank skids are pretty sweet, you can check them out if you follow the link in my signature. They are 1/4" aluminum plate. They will look much better than the one shown too, its all greasy and grimy from a road trip, and I haven't updated that thread like I should have. They also have half-circle drain holes on the sides at the bottom now, in all four corners.

Due to the shape of the rear of my skid I was able to enclose the whole back side, which protects better as well as increasing strength against an upward hit.

InCommando · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 2:24 pm

I have seen one in person, and I do like the product.

Boiler · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 2:28 pm

Few have, I almost never have mine on due to having to take it on and off all the time for other reasons. Its an easy 1 man install job but I get lazy about it...

NCC-1864 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 4:22 pm

Powerman04 wrote:

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

You don't want to go cheap on skid plate ,
You need thickness, a couple hundred dollars on skid is better
than a thousand on a tranny..... repair

Boiler · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 4:57 pm

NCC-1864 wrote:

Powerman04 wrote:

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

You don't want to go cheap on skid plate ,
You need thickness, a couple hundred dollars on skid is better
than a thousand on a tranny..... repair

Not to mention being stuck/stranded or ending your day / trip early.

LibertyCRD · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 7:11 pm

Boiler.. how much you looking to get for one of those radiator skids? Will they work on the '05 CRD?

Powerman04 · **Posted:** Thu May 13, 2010 7:24 pm

NCC-1864 wrote:

Powerman04 wrote:

Is there anything else besides OEM and Skidrow though?

You don't want to go cheap on skid plate ,
You need thickness, a couple hundred dollars on skid is better
than a thousand on a tranny..... repair

I'm in no way trying to go way cheap on skids. I know the costs if I do. I was just curious if anyone else had found anything else out there for skids besides Mopar and Skidrow, or are we limited to those and whatever someone fabs up?

Boiler · **Posted:** Fri May 14, 2010 1:13 am

LibertyCRD wrote:

Boiler.. how much you looking to get for one of those radiator skids? Will they work on the '05 CRD?

They are $75 shipped in the mainland USA. Yep, they work and several have been installed on the CRD. Check out the thread about them linked in my signature.

Powerman04 wrote:

I was just curious if anyone else had found anything else out there for skids besides Mopar and Skidrow, or are we limited to those and whatever someone fabs up?

I'm confused, yeah, you have whatever Mopar, skid row, rusty's, and whatever someone fab's up. But that pretty much covers everything possible doesn't it? They're all fabricated. Mopar just makes a ton of them and probably use a some different processes, but that doesn't make them better or worse.

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