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Once we were done with the Custom Winch Bumper, we start on the Rock Sliders. I first wanted something super stout! I also wanted them tucked up and out of the way(read: NO SHIN KNOCKERS!). Been there, done that!
Because of the sheer weight of D' Goat, our Suburban we decided against round tube. Square tube is much stronger and will be sacrificed on the rocks for this rig! All the mounting brackets were also done in square tube. If you look close(sorry for the lousy pics)you can see we also braced all the mounting brackets. 
The next decision was to weld or bolt them on. I thought about it for a bit and realized that I will eventually have a exo-cage mounting all this together. So bolting it on made no sense. Welding it on is going to be stronger anyway. So we built three mounting brackets on each side. The driver side ones were kind of a bear. We had to work around the emergency brake cable, so the brackets had to be altered slightly. No big deal, yea right. Why is it always the little, simple things that take the most time. Sheesh. Once all that was done and everything tack welded in place, we removed the sliders for final welding. I came in the next day to a pleasant surprise! The Rock Sliders were mounted and painted! I didnt get any installation pics, but its great having helpful friends. Heres a couple shots of them after mounting:
