Rock sliders for 03 Ford Superduty extended cab!

[flatbedbill]

I am looking to build rock sliders for my superduty, has anyone built any. I would like to see pic's ... or idea's on how. Thanks

 

[silvrzuki77]

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1.5" .120 wall work pretty good lol. welded straight to the frame. pm me if you have any questions.

 

[ExpoMike]

Where the heck were you going? I don't see a "line" in that pic. Anymore pics of that?

 

[TreeTopFlyer]

These are on my excursion. 2x2 3/16 wall sq tubing with 1.75 1/8 wall DOM welded to frame.

 

[trae]

Where the heck were you going? I don't see a "line" in that pic. Anymore pics of that?

No kidding.. is that a previous casualty in there already? I see a wheel at the bottom.

 

[bjowett]

Where the heck were you going? I don't see a "line" in that pic. Anymore pics of that?

Folks often don't recognize the advantages of an overly long wheelbase. :ylsmoke:

 

[turbolab]

as far as know the ground collapsed on him. he has told the story in other parts of the forum.

 

[ExpoMike]

as far as know the ground collapsed on him. he has told the story in other parts of the forum.

I did a search with his username and can't find anything that talks about this event. :Wow1:

Need more info about this.:coffeedrink:

 

[silvrzuki77]

sorry I lost track of this post. If anyone is still interested I was about 4 feet to the left when the under cut gave away. Ive been on this road numerous times in my old xj and never had a problem. That tire is junk someone dumped there. Ended up loading about 500 pounds of rock in the bed to keep the back driver tire down. A buddy came out with his jeep and tugged my back out. Almost a really bad day.

 

[tbared]

Not to highjack, but ive been pondering the same. How to succesfully make and attach sliderz to the frame of a crew cab Ford Super Duty and takeing into acount frame flex on such a long rig. What are you guys doing?

 

[4671 Hybrid]

From my experience, frame flex isn't much of an issue for sliders since you're not tying the rails together. Unless the rail starts bending or twisting excessively over the span where you have the "legs" attached, you won't have any problems. If the rails are moving that much, you likely have serious issue.

I've made several sets of sliders and have welded and bolted them on...the advantage to bolts is that you can pull them if you ever sell the vehicle and the advantage to welding is less brackets to fab up. I've heard talk of heat treated frames but that's more important when you're dealing with suspension components, frame slices, etc.

On the original question though, I'd think that 1.75 @ .120 with 4 support legs would do the trick.