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I just bought a 2003 King Ranch 4-wheel drive. I am having the problem of corn stalks hanging up on it expecially around the front. One time I got so much built up that the fan blade was hitting a corn stalk (not good). The stalks would somehow get pushed up from in between the radiator and the engine. I used to own a 2000 F-150 with an off road package and that had skid plates on it and I never had that problem with that. Are there any cheap skid plates that I could get to put on my king ranch to help solve this problem? Would skid plates from an older f-150 pickup fit on a 2003 F-150 pickup? Or maybe I should just make my own skid plates (they are pretty much just pieces of flat iron).
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Corn stalks Huh are you a vandal or something? well I don't really like assisting people that damage other peoples property unless they have done something to me and your for hire. But I can tell you for as far back as the 97s there are no skid plates at least not on mine. You can probably modify a piece say from a steal drum if your handy with cutting and welding or just use heavy vinyl thats easy to cut or junk yard find something really big that can be cut to fit. Good Luck
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As you stated, there are skid plates on FX4s and off road packaged trucks and any truck with your body style should have the same skid plates where you can just unbolt and rebolt on to yours. I have a 2wd that I take off road and was worried about scraping the belly on rocks, so I built some skis plates for my oil pan, tranny pan, and gas tank using 1/8th steel plate reinforced on the top side with angle iron and flat bar(welded), worked out pretty well, I already put the gas tank one to the test. It has a big indention, but it held up.
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Originally Posted by amerimutt
But I can tell you for as far back as the 97s there are no skid plates at least not on mine.
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Yea, the 4wd's also have the option on regular 4wd to have skid plates put on, but that is an option. They are only standard on off roads and fx4s. THe 4wds also have good protection for the pans as you point out, but on my 2wd, they hang down pretty far and could easily be the first thing hit if you center a big rock on a 2wd, which is why I decided I better protect them the best I can.
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Originally Posted by amerimutt
You know call me dupid,, but ya I do have skid plates? Just never really looked @ em, I also got em in my underwear, I just wasn't thinking, I was thrown by the corn stalks
Oh yes I do have a x4
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I know corn stalks are hard on trucks, but when you are a farmer and a hunter, it is very hard to avoid them. So what you are saying that if I find a truck with skid plates at a junk yard or something from any years from 97-2003, I can just unbolt the skid plates and bolt it up to my 2003 F-150?
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ya probably should be able too, just match up the bolt holes count em b4 ya dismantle, so ya don't waste your time, a good junk yard should be able to tell if they wont let you pull em yourself, some here in jersey wont let you in the yard. Those days are gone, check ebay
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Ya I hate that when you can't take to part off your self at a junk yard. I do know one that will let me take it off myself because getting the bolts would help out some.
Thanks for all your comments
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