Please do, if you have a free moment or three; I would much appreciate it.
70 Series Skid Plate
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I've seen very few skids that had to go to scrap, and most of those came from rigs that were running hard trails, so: hats-off to you, sir! 
Any update to this? I'm looking at making a skid for my 95 HZJ77
I slacked. I forgot to go and find it and take measurements.
I’ll knock that out tomorrow.
I’ll knock that out tomorrow.
I've seen very few skids that had to go to scrap, and most of those came from rigs that were running hard trails, so: hats-off to you, sir!
I’ve never joked around with my 70….
Do I want to know how you flopped that thing on flat ground? Because, with no other information at hand, that looks like a highly-talented move.
Second picture looks fun; tight little ledges and drops like that can get sticky, and fast.
Well that's about the cutest little thing I've ever seen...
So, thinking this through, it looks like they did it in three pieces: main body, small support rib, and the secondary portion of the body. I'm guessing they did it on a water jet and then cleaned it for welding...and the welding itself is simple enough that even I could do it. The skid is not very big, so a shop press with something like a SWAG brake would do the bends...and if one wanted to spend time with the fitting and spend a bit more time with careful cutting, one could do it out of a single piece of material. I might consider two pieces, personally; that rib could be a bolt-in solution just as easily as it could be welded...and eliminating either a tight bend or a long weld seam opens up the door for aluminum. You can't weld too much - or at all - on 6061-T6 without wrecking the tempering you paid for (at least, I can't, but I suck at welding) but you can definitely bend it and drill holes in it. I'm kind of tempted to try making one; it's a little more deceptive than it looks at first blush, but it's definitely doable. Good place to save some steel weight, as well.
So, thinking this through, it looks like they did it in three pieces: main body, small support rib, and the secondary portion of the body. I'm guessing they did it on a water jet and then cleaned it for welding...and the welding itself is simple enough that even I could do it. The skid is not very big, so a shop press with something like a SWAG brake would do the bends...and if one wanted to spend time with the fitting and spend a bit more time with careful cutting, one could do it out of a single piece of material. I might consider two pieces, personally; that rib could be a bolt-in solution just as easily as it could be welded...and eliminating either a tight bend or a long weld seam opens up the door for aluminum. You can't weld too much - or at all - on 6061-T6 without wrecking the tempering you paid for (at least, I can't, but I suck at welding) but you can definitely bend it and drill holes in it. I'm kind of tempted to try making one; it's a little more deceptive than it looks at first blush, but it's definitely doable. Good place to save some steel weight, as well.
