Sliders

usmc369 · Post by **usmc369** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:52 pm

If anyone is considering getting White Knuckle sliders, these things are built to hold up a train. I got the .188 option and they are ridiculously overbuilt, quality is excellent. I'm getting them line x'ed locally and installed, I don't need the backache.

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FirerescuePW · Post by **FirerescuePW** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:29 pm

Haha! Yeah, you're not kidding. My son and I put them on my truck, but we had a Genie lift to hold them up. I've dropped the truck on them quite a few times. Good investment.

TommyG · Post by **TommyG** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:30 pm

Good choice. I set mine on jack stands then crawled under the truck and barked orders at my buddy's teenaged sons at either end of the sliders. They were good sports. It would have been a real pain without the extra muscle.

adeluca73 · Post by **adeluca73** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:44 pm

Agree, great mod, great functionality, great looks, love it. Very stout, got the full diamond plate top & then Line-X, me & a buddy (both Mechanical Engineers) installed them in a bout 3-4 hrs. Used a 4 ton floor jack & 4.5 ton jack stands, wasn't bad other than getting to the top bolts. Removing the in-floor storage bins helped a lot, had to grind down the second mounting bracket for more clearance. I measured the rocker to slider clearance with a 2" gap checker to make sure the fore & aft gaps were equal, I got them w/in ⅛ " or so, good enough.

olyelr · Post by **olyelr** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:05 pm

Damn those are some wicked clean welds

manchester · Post by **manchester** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:40 pm

usmc369 wrote:If anyone is considering getting White Knuckle sliders, these things are built to hold up a train. I got the .188 option and they are ridiculously overbuilt, quality is excellent. I'm getting them line x'ed locally and installed, I don't need the backache. b

I have been looking at the White Knuckle sliders for my 2500.

Do they extend past the plane of the door to offer some parking lot protection as well? Can't really tell from the photos that I have seen.

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:47 pm

Oh man I want a set of those things.
I just did some moderate rocky stuff and I was so nervous that all 7K was going to come down full force on the rocker panel.
How long was or is the wait from order to delivery?

leo72987 · Post by **leo72987** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:09 pm

When i ordered mine a few months back it took about a month not to bad at all!

adeluca73 · Post by **adeluca73** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 9:54 pm

Almost 6 wks exact from payment to front door

BlkWgn · Post by **BlkWgn** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:24 pm

manchester wrote:
usmc369 wrote:If anyone is considering getting White Knuckle sliders, these things are built to hold up a train. I got the .188 option and they are ridiculously overbuilt, quality is excellent. I'm getting them line x'ed locally and installed, I don't need the backache. b
I have been looking at the White Knuckle sliders for my 2500.

Do they extend past the plane of the door to offer some parking lot protection as well? Can't really tell from the photos that I have seen.

Yes they do, love mine

RamGentry · Post by **RamGentry** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:07 am

I keep going back and forth between the white knuckle and these:
http://www.randyellisdesign.com/Dodge-C ... p_109.html

The RED sliders are kind of winning me over in the looks department

I know I know...one is frame mounted and one isnt. Ive researched both and they both seem like they will be more that stout enough for what I need for my weekend warrior, she's not a dedicated trail rig. But either way

aheiser · Post by **aheiser** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 2:03 pm

Definitely liking the White Knuckles. Sounds like good protection for the door. On the flip side, does it protect the pinch weld at all or is that still pretty much exposed? I'm trying to use the sliders as a preferred option to linex-ing the rockers so it would be nice if the protection covered that as well.

leo72987 · Post by **leo72987** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:09 pm

These literally run along side the pinch weld and rockers and extend past them as well... You will not get anymore protection than these babies offer. Bolt right to frame and you can jack on them with a Farm Jack. I have already smashed down on mine and the truck just kept on trucking no issues lol.

coder · Post by **coder** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:36 pm

usmc369 wrote:If anyone is considering getting White Knuckle sliders, these things are built to hold up a train. I got the .188 option and they are ridiculously overbuilt, quality is excellent. I'm getting them line x'ed locally and installed, I don't need the backache. b

Looks good!

AllanDickerson · Post by **AllanDickerson** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:43 pm

I want to see some more pictures

adeluca73 · Post by **adeluca73** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:45 am

White knuckle Rick slider testimony here:

I was in up north Michigan a few weeks ago during the deer gun season, and I was driving my power wagon looking for a new hunting spot on a day that we had a lot of rain, and I found a old Fire trail, it was pretty badly washed out, but I figured I have a PW, right? So why can't I just explore this trail and see where it takes me. Well as luck turns out, I progressed on the Firetrail climbing a fairly steep incline and couldn't see on the down side where the right-hand side of the trail was washed out and as I crested the peak, the power wagon slid about 25 feet down the side of the trail and hit between the front driver and the rear side door against a stump that was probably I'd say 3 foot diameter from a big oak tree that had been cut down by loggers, and if it wasn't for my white knuckle sliders, the seam between the rear and front doors would've been crushed, and I probably would've been stuck climbing out the passenger door from the force of my truck impacting that stump, so the white knuckle sliders definitely saved my bacon and my wallet. all I did was get out using my step rail that I had installed on the top of my sliders, and use the winch to pull myself up over the backside of the stomp to get out, and went about my day. Not a scratch on the truck or sliders other than a slight mar in the Line-x.

Txpowerwagon · Post by **Txpowerwagon** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 2:09 pm

After seeing these I'm selling my amp steps and getting a set...

vanished · Post by **vanished** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:30 pm

adeluca73 wrote:White knuckle Rick slider testimony here:

I was in up north Michigan a few weeks ago during the deer gun season, and I was driving my power wagon looking for a new hunting spot on a day that we had a lot of rain, and I found a old Fire trail, it was pretty badly washed out, but I figured I have a PW, right? So why can't I just explore this trail and see where it takes me. Well as luck turns out, I progressed on the Firetrail climbing a fairly steep incline and couldn't see on the down side where the right-hand side of the trail was washed out and as I crested the peak, the power wagon slid about 25 feet down the side of the trail and hit between the front driver and the rear side door against a stump that was probably I'd say 3 foot diameter from a big oak tree that had been cut down by loggers, and if it wasn't for my white knuckle sliders, the seam between the rear and front doors would've been crushed, and I probably would've been stuck climbing out the passenger door from the force of my truck impacting that stump, so the white knuckle sliders definitely saved my bacon and my wallet. all I did was get out using my step rail that I had installed on the top of my sliders, and use the winch to pull myself up over the backside of the stomp to get out, and went about my day. Not a scratch on the truck or sliders other than a slight mar in the Line-x.

We hear all the stories but never see any pics...

2011TXPowerWagon · Post by **2011TXPowerWagon** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:38 pm

Has anyone thought about welding on a skidplate to close the area between the mounting bars? Not sure if it is needed, I am bored at work and my mind is wandering......

Limamikemike · Post by **Limamikemike** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:30 pm

I picked up Aluminess sliders, I had looked at a used set but it was cheaper to buy and ship than to ship the used ones.

Aluminess was my second choice, I got tired of waiting for white knuckle to prototype a set for the 14 and needed some sort of step into the truck. As it was the DAY the aluminess set arrived white knuckle sent out an email saying that they were available for pre order.

RamGentry · Post by **RamGentry** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:58 pm

those look dang nice too

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:49 pm

adeluca73 · Post by **adeluca73** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:44 am

Someone asked for more pics of WK Sliders installed on a 14+....

http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... 8&start=50

Here ya go ...

RamGentry · Post by **RamGentry** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:06 am

adeluca73 wrote:Someone asked for more pics of WK Sliders installed on a 14+....

http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... 8&start=50

Here ya go ...

Im not short but the step plates look like they would get a lot of use from me, i know my fiance would appreciate it.

coder · Post by **coder** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:16 pm

Hello Limamikemike,

The truck looks great, don't see many in all white with no decals. I think you're going to really like the sliders especially if you do any slow, crawling over obstacles, type of off roading. My mopar sliders have saved me lot of damage a few pictures to show the value of sliders (South Park Canyon - Death Valley CA).

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