Positioning driver side rock skid using 4 jack stands and misc. spacing materials (see steel rod on rear outer jack stand).


Tacking on the optional backing plates I bought with the rock skids. Notice the cleanly ground frame area just where the welding bead will be.


While John was mounting those plates, I busied myself cutting the mounting bars to fit. The rear bars were a simply angle ~12* IIRC.

The front bar was a compound angle due to the added angle of the frame going inwards. Those were also cut on the saw but held by hand instead of simply being clamped into place.

John tacking the rear bars into place.


Here's the front bar.


In addition to it having a compound angle it also had to be extended because the bars from Trail-Gear were too short.

Here's the middle bar...


Here's the rear bar...


Here's John testing them once they were fully welded in place. After taking this shot, I also climbed on and we both bounced on them to check them. Additionally when I got home I raised the rig using a jack on the rock skid.


At the start of the day John had ~1/2 tank of CO2/Argon gas in his tank. Here's the tank at the end of the day... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />