Slee Transfer Belly Plate vs Skid Plate

[echotree]

OK, pondering the Slee Transfer Skid Plate vs the Belly Plate. Obviously, the belly plate provides a wider swath of coverage, but the skid plate is waaaay more palatable, price wise.

Belly Plate:
http://www.sleeoffroad.com/products/products_80belly_main.htm

vs.

Skid Plate:
http://www.sleeoffroad.com/products/skid_main.htm

Beyond just the wider coverage, what else is the Belly Plate protecting that would make me want to spring for the extra $200? Is the fact that the belly plate replaces the factory cross member a big enough deal?

I'm not a crazy boulder field off-roader. Mostly just like wheeling to remote camp sites with my kiddos. I'll be installing Slee Stepsliders shortly, and was thinking of the skid plate at the same time.

 

[LCHardriver_02]

The belly plate definitely covers more area and may protect the rear prop shaft a bit more, but if you are like me and you typically off-road in areas where you do not have rocks rolling around under you as your progress up the trail, the skid may be just what you need.

That said, I have been on trails here in So. Idaho where rocks became loose as I traversed up the trail and have had them roll up under my truck, hitting stuff along the way. It didn't harm anything, but man did it make a bunch of racket and I would have felt much better having the protection of the belly plate in that scenario!

Good luck with the purchase regardless of what you pick!