Rear Gas Tank skid plate

[etjeep]

This is one I made from 1/4" checker plate. Need to open the drain holes before I put it back on. It has stiffening ribs and stops as well as hangers so I don't have to hold it while bolting up.
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/13937/2705633190069564115S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2705633190069564115tNkEyw)
Here is the exposed side.
http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/41661/2467273310069564115S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2467273310069564115FoxeIh)

[HorribleHarry]

Great looking plate & great idea! How much does it weigh? I'm thinking about making one for mine before it gets swiss cheesed on the trail.
Harry

[etjeep]

I don't really know....:D probly 80-100 lbs. +/-

[j20brett]

hey eric, does the tank just sit inside there? how does it bolt up to the frame?? Have any other pics installed??

I scuffed/dented my gas tank skid pretty good last weekend and need to do something like this

[misfittom138]

Looks pretty beefy.

[AlsChopShop]

hey eric, does the tank just sit inside there? how does it bolt up to the frame?? Have any other pics installed??

I scuffed/dented my gas tank skid pretty good last weekend and need to do something like thisif you have a steel saddle tank they are pretty solid. i nailed mine on a fairly sharp boulder and all i got was a little dent. you can get wag skidplates but i'm not sure how it will fit a j-truck.

Al

[j20brett]

i have the plastic tank...and my skid has some DEEP gouges/dents. Enough to worry me lol

[etjeep]

hey eric, does the tank just sit inside there? how does it bolt up to the frame?? Have any other pics installed??

I scuffed/dented my gas tank skid pretty good last weekend and need to do something like this
I don't know why that first pic went away. must be something with that site, can't generate the codes. anyway try this one http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/4243/2794280200069564115S425x425Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2794280200069564115sMMwew)

My skid hangs down about 2" to allow for a little deflection. This pic show the skid off. You can see the tank and the a piece of angle that I bolt the skid plate to. I've got a bunch of (not very good IMO) shots in my album if you can get there. Its having fits right now, sorry.

[etjeep]

if you have a steel saddle tank they are pretty solid. i nailed mine on a fairly sharp boulder and all i got was a little dent. you can get wag skidplates but i'm not sure how it will fit a j-truck.

Al
Al,I'm not sure what a steel saddle tank is. There are some aftermarket tanks that have integral 1/4" bottom. Mine does not, hence the skid plate.

[AlsChopShop]

its just the stock tank... i think earlier rigs had steel and later rigs (80+?) went to poly.

Al