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I used self etching primer and then 2 coats of Rustoleum truck bed liner.

Haha, yeah, my wife made them for a party. EDIT: Totally didn't answer the build cost question. I did not track it closely but I bet I am in under $400. Hard to track some consumables like welding wire, gas, grinding disk etc. I found the receipt for the steel. The 20' stick of .120 tubing and...

Thanks! I weighed them prior to install, 64lbs per side. I can't find a weight on any ones websites for how much the commercial ones weigh. I would bet a tradditional style slider made with 1.75" round .120 wall HREW is probably 10ish pounds lighter per side. If anyone has a weight on their...

The tubing is all A500 grade B. Similar to A36 from a composition standpoint, but is what structural tubing like this comes in. Techincally a little higher rating on tensile and yield strength vs A36.

Yeah, making a set for myself was a fun project. Certainly way too much work to make these commercially though. I can see why the commercially available sliders cost as much as they do considering the labor involved.

You are absolutely right, round tube (especially if DOM or chromoly) is stronger given same size and wall thickness. I decided to up my tube size and wall thickness to acheive the strength needed. I did run some quick structural analysis on my design prior to building and confirmed these would...

Decided to whip up some rock sliders before a weekend wheeling trip. Decided on square 2 x 2 tubing. 3/16" for the inner tube under the rocker and for the spars back to the frame and .120 wall for the outer tube and ladder to save a little weight. The frame mount plates are 1/4" plate and...

I offroad a lot and didn't want to bang the hitch up more than necessary so I run one of these: https://41twentytwo.com/product/hitch-slider/ I am very happy with it so far.