Rock Sliders

[Ronsetzer]

Would you mind adding Link? Price?

Here you go. I forgot the price but the site will give you the number.
https://www.rocky-road.com/ford-ranger-rock-sliders.html

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[Ronsetzer]

Hopefully not towing a 5th wheel with the Ranger?????

best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired.

Sometimes I get some funny comments when its parked in front of my 5th wheel. But that is what my 2017 F350 dually is for, and pull she does.
Ron

 

[HoosierT]

Great photos, thank you very much!

I’ll point out that the photos he posted are of the Shrockworks sliders. I wanted to clarify as you were asking about the Rocky Road sliders. I have the Shrockworks sliders and they’re amazing. I’m not sure how the mounting looks on the rocky road.

 

[Pathung]

I’ll point out that the photos he posted are of the Shrockworks sliders. I wanted to clarify as you were asking about the Rocky Road sliders. I have the Shrockworks sliders and they’re amazing. I’m not sure how the mounting looks on the rocky road.

Thanks, noted.

My truck came with a set of running boards with three attachment points each to the chassis, and I noted that the Shrockworks sliders have only two attachment points - do you feel that two are sufficient, and can you confirm that it's two bolts per attachment point? I see two in the photos above. Thanks.

 

[HoosierT]

Thanks, noted.

My truck came with a set of running boards with three attachment points each to the chassis, and I noted that the Shrockworks sliders have only two attachment points - do you feel that two are sufficient, and can you confirm that it's two bolts per attachment point? I see two in the photos above. Thanks.

Yes I think it’s absolutely sufficient. The running boards are only attaching to the body seam vs these attaching to the frame with heavy duty plates. Yes, there are two bolts per attachment point. I have no problem lifting my truck with them and they show zero flex when I do so.

 

[Randy2400h]

Pathung,

Hoosier is correct, I thought you were asking about the Shrockworks sliders. That is what both, Hoosier and I, have installed on our trucks. Comparing these rock sliders to running boards is a difficult because the way they attach to the truck is completely different, as is their primary purpose. Sliders obviously have a primary purpose to protect the truck, but they can also function as steps. Body mounted running boards will do very little (or nothing) to protect the truck but will work well as steps. In some cases running boards can get hung up on rocks, curbs, etc and can bend up into the body causing damage that wouldn’t have occurred if the running boards weren’t present. The shrockworks most definitely provide ample protection, and their mounting is SOLID; more mounting points would be overkill.

Personally, I want the rock sliders for some extra protection through a few patches of extra rocky trails I frequent. But I also don’t want running boards because I’ve seen the damage they cause to the body when they take the first hit. Two times, I’ve seen pickups with damage to the rocker panels after they went off the road and into a snow drift. The OEM running boards bent upwards and caused damage that arguably wouldn’t have happened without them.

 

[Ronsetzer]

My Rocky Road has three (3) attachment points each with 4 bolts. It seems really solid.

 

[HoosierT]

My Rocky Road has three (3) attachment points each with 4 bolts. It seems really solid.

Hmmm I’d like to see a picture of that. I don’t remember seeing 12 through-holes on each side of the frame. Also that seems completely unnecessary.

 

[Pathung]

Personally, I want the rock sliders for some extra protection through a few patches of extra rocky trails I frequent. But I also don’t want running boards because I’ve seen the damage they cause to the body when they take the first hit. Two times, I’ve seen pickups with damage to the rocker panels after they went off the road and into a snow drift. The OEM running boards bent upwards and caused damage that arguably wouldn’t have happened without them.

I agree with the inadequacy of running boards - unfortunately these came with my truck! I had a Nissan Frontier onto which I installed some rock sliders from White Knuckle Offroad - these were very well made, with thee bolts each to all three attachment points (hence my question about the Shrock's number of attachment points and bolts). The WKs did their job well, and protected my truck from numerous offroad rock scrapes/hits in California and Moab.

My Rocky Road has three (3) attachment points each with 4 bolts. It seems really solid.

I'd like to see photos of these as well. For the WK sliders on my old Nissan, I did have to drill holes in the frame, and attach sliders via self-tapping bolts.

 

[Andrew]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Michael and I wanted to introduce myself. I work for a northern California fab shop called Heavy Metal Off Road which specializes in off road equipment for Toyota's and older Bronco's. I saw this thread regarding rock sliders, and I wanted to let everyone know we're in the process of mocking up a design for 100% bolt on rock sliders for the 5th Gen Ranger. They will be real rock sliders, bolt onto the frame, zero drilling required so they will not void any manufacturers warranty. They will also have a kick out, be made out of DOM tubing/steel, can be angled up 5 to 18 degrees, and will have top plates. I will be posting a first release group buy thread soon, but I wanted to see anyone were interested in this type of product? A down payment will not be required until we have a full working prototype that's been field tested which should take 3 months. Let me know if you're interested in being added to the initial release group buy. If you have any questions please feel free to call me or email me (Michael) at [email protected].

Michael
aka "theOverLandingDad"
Heavy Metal Off Road
415.336.6464

I'm going to be working with BAMF who makes a killer slider for tacos/4runners. Here are some early mock ups -

We should know more come July!

Any updates on these?

 

[Maltese]

Any updates on these?

Unfortunately it's been a slow go to get this running. I will hopefully have an update by the end of the week

 

[Pathung]

Partly finished installing my Shrockworks sliders yesterday, and "partly" because I noticed that I was short a "stick nut"; this is a nut that is welded to a bendable metal stick, to go inside a frame tube in order to capture an incoming bolt (the set of sliders requires three of these stick nuts, while a fourth bolt simply uses the transfer case shield's existing threaded hole). I called the vendor this morning and they'll be sending me the missing nut this week.

These sliders are good looking; I like that they're subtle, and hug closely to the rockers.

 

[Battered_Travels]

Shrockworks Group Buy 2nd Run!


Guys, I have spoken to Mark at Shrockworks and he is open to running another group buy for the forum members for both the sliders and the skid plates.


We would need a commitment of 15 minimum orders (either skids or sliders) for him to release us a 15% discount.



To get on the list (serious interest only) please PM me letting me know you’re in. I will edit this post in the Shrockworks Group Buy forum and add the list of all user names who contact me.


Hopefully we reach the minimum order and can get the discount code released ASAP. IF we reach the goal, to apply the discount code, go to the Shrockworks website https://www.shrockworks.com/Ford and enter the code in at checkout in the Coupon Code section a the bottom of the page.


Thanks!


**Standard disclaimer: I am NOT a vendor and I’m NOT affiliated with Shrockworks. I’m simply organizing this group buy for the Ranger 5G community. If you have questions feel free to reach out directly or let me know and I’ll try to run down an answer.

 

[Maltese]

Bamf said he could not do any Ford stuff at this time, so let's go shrock group buy

 

[jerrywin]

Shrockworks Group Buy 2nd Run!


Guys, I have spoken to Mark at Shrockworks and he is open to running another group buy for the forum members for both the sliders and the skid plates.


We would need a commitment of 15 minimum orders (either skids or sliders) for him to release us a 15% discount.



To get on the list (serious interest only) please PM me letting me know you’re in. I will edit this post in the Shrockworks Group Buy forum and add the list of all user names who contact me.


Hopefully we reach the minimum order and can get the discount code released ASAP. IF we reach the goal, to apply the discount code, go to the Shrockworks website https://www.shrockworks.com/Ford and enter the code in at checkout in the Coupon Code section a the bottom of the page.


Thanks!


**Standard disclaimer: I am NOT a vendor and I’m NOT affiliated with Shrockworks. I’m simply organizing this group buy for the Ranger 5G community. If you have questions feel free to reach out directly or let me know and I’ll try to run down an answer.

this is of interest to me, but not the best timing. If it takes a while to get to 15, maybe it will hit for me.

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