Skid plates----Why aren't as many ppl using them?

[JMCX]

It's not the weight of the skid plate but the 20 pounds of ice that always seems to build up in there. Some designs are better than others.

 

[chazzer]

Best to have one for what they cost. I wacked my old KK900 into a hidden rock, damage was not good. If i had a stump pan, nothing would have happed.

I looked at mine today on my XP and its got all kinds of scuffs and dings in it.

I dont even remember hitting anything

Chaz

 

[MARV1]

Haven't owned a sled without one for 15 years.

 

[reloader]

Wouldnt ride without one. Why not have some protection under there, and the weight is nominal. Some things are just necessary.

 

[deadcat]

Skidmarks?

skidmarks?

 

[800 cat]

skid plates

i have actully replaced a skid plate last year i dont even wanna know what would have happend with out it

 

[BENDER 151]

Imust agree ,the skid plate is a must on any mtn sled.if your not livin on the edge your takin up space...

 

[snowcross338]

Helps with floation and also keeps from hooking a rock with the bulk head and or coolers up front. Well worth the extra weight, 1 or 2 lbs lose it somewhere else.

 

[Sidehiller]

Three pounds? I crap 3 lbs in the morning! I carry gas, parts, saftey equipment, food and my big but. I don't worry about the weight of a skid plate.

 

[mtnclimber]

I wouldn't ride my sled without one......

 

[khaddon2110]

Had some time to kill the other night so I took my boys out to bust some drifts along the fence lines and were it not for my skid plate, that cinderblock someone had placed in just the right place would have tore into my engine block... I'm sure of it.

As it is, it tore a hole in the plate, but no damage to the sled. Well spent $$$ IMO

 

[GMCRMK]

My skid plate has some nasty gouges that I'd prefer there than on my belly pan. Plus it's a purdy yellow!

 

[Skinner]

I put a hole in the belly pan on my 96 sled from hitting a rock early in the year. Took out the bulkhead. Never had a sled with out a skid plate since. The first thing i put on all of my new sleds.

 

[summitone]

Chit for those of you worried about 3 lbs of weight, ride naked!!! Oh, and don't forget to take a big dump before you head out, too!!!

 

[RX1Guy]

my brother just about took out his heat exchanger last year without a skid plate. we both bought one due to that. Mine wouldnt mount up to my sled. holes were over a half inch off. i just left it off. He put one on. like 3500 miles and no damage. Hardly any scratches on my bellypan.

 

[TheOnlyBFC]

Because a skid plate would have done me absolutely no good in this situation...

And it wouldn't have helped in this situation either...

 

[snowcross338]

Let me bring this thread back alive by adding, what you couldn't see that big arsed rock or that hugmungess tree?

 

[snoboy]

Three pounds? I crap 3 lbs in the morning! I carry gas, parts, saftey equipment, food and my big but. I don't worry about the weight of a skid plate.

LOL! Same here.

 

[supercoolguy]

wow running into trees and rocks on flat ground in no snow????maybe you should get training wheels on those things!!

 

[woodies]

staged photo for sure