P1000 UHMW

[Jack39]

Has anyone made their own uhmw skids?

 

[Admin]

 

[Delton]

Has anyone made their own uhmw skids?

I made a full skid for my Foreman. If I still worked at my old job I'd be making one for my 1000. I paid wholesale for any metal or other materials I
needed. Looks like it'd be even easier than the one I made for the foreman

 

[solrus]

Has anyone made their own uhmw skids?

I did for P500 out of 3/8" uhmw , for P1000 it'd made of 1/2" uhmw.

Here's my post P500 - SKID PLATE DIY SOLRUS VERSION :)

Will be happy to guide you.

 

[ghost]

Whoever goes first - I bet you could sell templates on this forum.
Not a get rich scheme but recover some cost and it would sure help those who follow.

 

[Bonehead69]

I hope someone sells a template. Because to be honest, This seems ridiculous!!!! And no clean out holes? Is that actually smart or stupid?


Honda Pioneer 1000-5 Full Package A Arms UHMW skid plate underbody SSS Off Road

 

[sajnaj]

how much does it cost for uhmw for 1/2 for a sheet

 

[solrus]

I hope someone sells a template. Because to be honest, This seems ridiculous!!!! And no clean out holes? Is that actually smart or stupid?

I'm probably personally biased from my previous experience with Rick SSS off-road, but their design repeats previous plates from p500 and p700, no drain holes. May be OK for rock sliding , but still sand , rocks should come out somehow. Not thoughtful and simple. I personally lean towards other competitor Trail Armor, way more attractive and full product to me. With SSS off-road plate you have to "microvawe" it before its ready for consumption. Drill all holes .

Honda Pioneer 1000-5 Full Package A Arms UHMW skid plate underbody SSS Off Road

 

[solrus]

how much does it cost for uhmw for 1/2 for a sheet

I paid about 200$ for 3/8" 4*10' plus 90$ shipping from Spokane. Google or search forum for umhw , I posted a link of the company I bought from.

I think even 3/8" thickness should be more then enough for p1000. The way it handles abuse when I ride p500, I have no doubt it will hold well on p1000.

 

[JACKAL]

I hope someone sells a template. Because to be honest, This seems ridiculous!!!! And no clean out holes? Is that actually smart or stupid?

That depends on your style of riding, if you are into deep mudding the absence of holes keeps mud from squishing up in there, but what is there takes more effort to get out. I have the Trail Armor version it does have the 2.5" cleanout holes, but I am not a mudder I wanted it for protecting the frame from large rocks, conversely the holes does give a very small open spot to catch on sharp rock point, sticks etc. I am not concerned about that just trying to answer your question objectively. The holes / no holes each has a small advantage depending upon how you will use it.

I am happy with mine, they seem indestructible and are the third set of UHMW skids on my third SXS of which the material in these "seems" harder or more rigid and my previous two sets one each from SSS Offroad and the other from Factory UTV.

 

[solrus]

how much does it cost for uhmw for 1/2 for a sheet

Found it , ask them for a quote


Redwood Plastics Corp.
Spokane, WA 99206 Locations
Contact Company: 800-222-7772

 

[sajnaj]

What kind of hardware did u use

 

[solrus]

What kind of hardware did u use

Did you have a chance to look up my post (see link above) or here P500 - SKID PLATE DIY SOLRUS VERSION :)

 

[sajnaj]

Yes I read through I saw mention of u bolts and self taping but never any specs like what size self taping screws u used

 

[solrus]

Yes I read through I saw mention of u bolts and self taping but never any specs like what size self taping screws u used

Sorry, I should be more detailed in my description, but to clarify, no self tapping bolts, I decided to make my life simple and just used U bolts to hold plate along both edges , 3 U bolts from each side, see on the pic. All other mounting points were original.

In front I used two sides of U bolt, middle and rear part of the plate I cut off external end of U bolt and looked like a hook and put a screw on internal side.

 

[Bayouownbeer]

I ordered the SSS off-road set today for 675.00 shipped

 

[Delton]

That just looks too easy. Soon as I get through this weekend of work I'm gonna hoist mine up some and check some measurements. Like I said earlier, my Foreman was a breeze using cardboard for a template and the 1000 looks like cake compared to it.

 

[sajnaj]

Sorry, I should be more detailed in my description, but to clarify, no self tapping bolts, I decided to make my life simple and just used U bolts to hold plate along both edges , 3 U bolts from each side, see on the pic. All other mounting points were original.

In front I used two sides of U bolt, middle and rear part of the plate I cut off external end of U bolt and looked like a hook and put a screw on internal side.

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did you counter sink the factory mounts

 

[solrus]

Has anyone made their own uhmw skids?

did you counter sink the factory mounts

If understood you correctly , I used two forstner bits to achieve it. U can see on the top end of the plate how it looks

 

[sajnaj]

and im assuming that you used some type of circular saw to cut it

 

[solrus]

I ordered the SSS off-road set today for 675.00 shipped

Dont want to disappoint you but you over paid 200+ $. Its good to look at Moan and Groan section once in a while to see sellers reviews. I had very unpleasant experience with the owner of $$$ offroad who indirectly cancelled my order to keep manufacture advertised price the same across his dealers. Check out P500 - SSS OFFROAD SKID PLATES PRICE MONOPOLY. BEWARE!!!
My thread was quickly shut down