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Originally Posted by -Spike-
Rub rail? You mean the part that's supposed to contact the rocks, so you can pivot on them? That shouldn't bend, in my opinion. Maybe if you got T-boned, but not as a result of a soft roll. Maybe that's the way companies make sliders, but the ones I and others I know have built certainly wouldn't bend from contact with a rock. I'm not trying to rag on Metal Tech, but that would be unacceptable on my rig. The slider shouldn't bend, it should hold the truck off the rock, and perhaps keep you from rolling in the first place.
-Spike
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BS. You lay the whole weight of a truck on its side teeter tottering on a rub rail, things can bend. Rolling over is 10x different than “contact with a rock”.
You are correct they are meant for the truck to pivot around things with them and they do this season upon season. Now the main body of the slider is a whole nutha’ story THAT part is the main part to take the entire weight and slide off rocks, it’s off the charts in strength due to how it’s formed and reinforced being built like an aircraft wing. Perhaps this is the part you are thinking of that should not bend. The only part that failed in this roll over (on our sliders) is the one piece of metal off the shelf and not custom made. (Every part of a MT slider BUT the tubing for the rub rail is 100% engineered and custom laser cut and formed for what it’s used for. These are the only sliders I know of like this.)
ANY slider using tubing as the rub rail would have the same result unless you’re using .250” wall or better. Even then you would probably dent it a bit. The weight penalty for tube that thick for the chance you may lay on it is not worth it. Part of the performance of the slider is the weight to strength.
Now what to do if you dent your slider tubing on a Metal-tech slider? Ship it to us and we will replace the damaged tubing free of charge. I would rather replace a tube now and then than go booty fab and up the wall thickness just to add over 2x the weight to the sliders, for the few that might dent them like Chad.
Mark