I too have sheared skid plate screws in the Mts of West Virginia. But, if I might add, I put on a EMP aftermarket bumper and it gives the skidplate a boast so to speak,most of what I bottom out on is in the front, and the under carriage of the EMP bumper seems to get the bulk of it!! You can get one for the cost of the Rocky Mt skid plate, riding today! longbeards