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I'm working on super slick skids.
I've ordered some 1/4" UHMW PE sheet to "skin" my belly skid. I am also mount small blocks of this stuff on the bottom of the axle banjo, and may mount the scraps on the rock rails.
Got the idea from some on a Suzuki King Quad forum (that's my small Zook). Guys are skinning their aluminum plates and this stuff is like riding on grease. The surprise is rocks don't mess with it all that much, and when they wear down, they are easy to re-skin. I'm spending a whopping total of $47 to skin the truck.
To show you the difference, if you put your steel belly plate on a rock incline, and sit on it, well, you just sit there. With the UHMW skin on the plate, it's takes off like a toboggen on a snowy hill.
Thought I'd share, since the search yeilded nada for "UHMW" and "skins". Some have made skids with just UHMW, but haven't seen any skinning or use on rails and such.
I've ordered some 1/4" UHMW PE sheet to "skin" my belly skid. I am also mount small blocks of this stuff on the bottom of the axle banjo, and may mount the scraps on the rock rails.
Got the idea from some on a Suzuki King Quad forum (that's my small Zook). Guys are skinning their aluminum plates and this stuff is like riding on grease. The surprise is rocks don't mess with it all that much, and when they wear down, they are easy to re-skin. I'm spending a whopping total of $47 to skin the truck.
To show you the difference, if you put your steel belly plate on a rock incline, and sit on it, well, you just sit there. With the UHMW skin on the plate, it's takes off like a toboggen on a snowy hill.
Thought I'd share, since the search yeilded nada for "UHMW" and "skins". Some have made skids with just UHMW, but haven't seen any skinning or use on rails and such.