[Glamisfan]

Changed the oil last week, and everything was fine. Took it to Glamis, and this is what it looked like after a couple of g outs. I used some very large washers and some sheet metal screws to shore it up. I usually get some scrap aluminum plate from a local shop and make my own. The entire bottom of the Maverick is already all bashed up from rock crawling in Superstion.

 

[AReed]

Time for some UHMW!!!

 

[Megadesertdiesel]

i am with you on the scrap aluminum. I do the same thing for my skids.

 

[desertdog]

Now I understand why you wanted to get started building the FIBERSKINZ skid plates.

 

[SickStick]

Mine goes into Factory UTV Tuesday to get fitted with their UHMW skids. I had them on my Commander, they are tough as hell & cant hardly even tell I rock crawled with them.

 

[desertwheeler]

I'm glad factory utv is on it because that's the first thing I'm putting on mine when I get it.

 

[AReed]

Factory UTV is what I ran on my Teryx and I beat the hell out of that thing

 

[desertdog]

I guess I need to get busy designing.

 

[Barbara001]

Yep if you come up with a design for a skid plate please share..

May I ask I am new to this what is UHMW skid? Sorry ... LOL

 

[Blownhotrodder]

Just refers to the type of material the skid is made from. Plastic basically.

 

[Glamisfan]

Slippery plastic. Ultra High Molecular Weight. Supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread!

 

[WVRidgeRider]

I've already beat mine hard and they look perfect...

 

[Barbara001]

so the UHMW plastic is better then a sheet of sheet metal??

Thansks

 

[Whattha]

so the UHMW plastic is better then a sheet of sheet metal??

Thansks

Most definitely!!

 

[CWin]

Definitely UHMW over aluminum, a lot less friction over rocks and logs. What I'm going to do is get a sheet of 3/8 or 1/2" UHMW, pop off my old skids, trace them on the new UHMW and just cut them out with a jig saw and a hole saw. Find a buddy that needs skids too and split the cost of a sheet. Or maybe i'll get crazy and cut them out on my CNC router.

 

[bitsiphon]

You would think Canam would pverlap the skids just a bit to stop that from happening. I know I have had to do that on my sandcars to stop this very thing from happening. I would think with that bent down like that transitions in the dunes would be "different"....

 

[goble034]

Did I understand UTV Inc made skids out of UHMW.

 

[C.Moore]

Did I understand UTV Inc made skids out of UHMW.

Yes, I'm pretty sure utv inc uses uhmw

 

[MavBurger]

Here is my friends after hitting a hard G-Out in the bottom of the Super Bowl at Sand Mt, NV. Made a real nice lounger for working on the tan.

 

[Glamisfan]

Did it rip it completely off? Or just bend it, so you took it off?