Skids wouldn't have helped stop this at all. It went right on the inside edge of the square hole piece. There is a kind small gap between the squares and the inner wheel.Yikes!
@joeymt33 bolted some 1/4 uhmw plates to that area.
I have full skid plates but they would not stop that stick. Or other similar punctures I have seen pictures of. Man, someone is gonna hurt!
I'll be doing the joey fix now. But I'm not sure if this stick would have been stopped or just redirected more towards the driver.
The piece that Joey is holding wouldn't have stopped this either unless that piece is a little wider that the square section. You can't see it in the picks but it went just to the inside of the squares. I'll try to get a better pic of the hole location tomorrow.