Don’t buy Rocky Road Sliders

[Deepsea619]

@millertime496, seeing your post late but just in case you haven't put your RRO sliders on yet, check these out. They have been modified to now fit 2024. I'm going to ask for some pictures on a Ranger Raptor, assuming they have some and send, I will post here. If they look good I will probably go this route.

https://hotmetalfab.com/products/2019-ford-ranger-rock-sliders

Thank you! Please post pics. I like the rails but not mounted to the body of my truck.

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[mashco]

https://ppdperformance.com.au/produ...ulOJR0vFlZJtbDrU4YTOL_QH-J8eZJpRoC1FsQAvD_BwE


https://beihouse.au/collections/nex...-next-gen-rock-sliders?variant=44927973622003

Wow, both of these look PERFECT to me, fit and finish. I'd really love a set of either TBH. Frame mount with minimal, or even better, zero modification/drilling.... a boy can dream

 

[Deepsea619]

https://beihouse.au/collections/nex...-next-gen-rock-sliders?variant=44927973622003

I really like that one. I am wondering if there is any drilling. I hope there isn't. I ma sure shipping is going to cost a ton.

 

[Ag3ntC00p3r]

@millertime496, seeing your post late but just in case you haven't put your RRO sliders on yet, check these out. They have been modified to now fit 2024. I'm going to ask for some pictures on a Ranger Raptor, assuming they have some and send, I will post here. If they look good I will probably go this route.

https://hotmetalfab.com/products/2019-ford-ranger-rock-sliders

There is now a dedicated listing for the 2024 Ranger Raptor. Not exactly sure what they mean by the passenger side is "OPTIONAL".

https://hotmetalfab.com/products/2024-ford-raptor-ranger-rock-sliders


We are proud to bring to market our 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger Rock Sliders Bolt-On Sliders!

Utilizing factory holes, these sliders will mount up without drilling your frame using provided hardware! It is OPTIONAL on the passenger side however.

This listing is for The All New 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger

We got THREE legs setup on these instead of just two like you may have seen elsewhere!


The front bracket wraps around two sides of the frame! The middle bracket pinches the frame and uses bolts above the frame. The rear bracket wraps around two sides and uses pre-existing holes to mount it up! We also add a forward facing gusset on the front leg to get as much strength forward of the slider base as possible! With the new up dated design we are now adding a rear gusset to maxamize the protection. on our 2019-2024 Ford Ranger Rock Sliders

 

[Ag3ntC00p3r]

There is now a dedicated listing for the 2024 Ranger Raptor. Not exactly sure what they mean by the passenger side is "OPTIONAL".

https://hotmetalfab.com/products/2024-ford-raptor-ranger-rock-sliders


We are proud to bring to market our 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger Rock Sliders Bolt-On Sliders!

Utilizing factory holes, these sliders will mount up without drilling your frame using provided hardware! It is OPTIONAL on the passenger side however.

This listing is for The All New 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger

We got THREE legs setup on these instead of just two like you may have seen elsewhere!


The front bracket wraps around two sides of the frame! The middle bracket pinches the frame and uses bolts above the frame. The rear bracket wraps around two sides and uses pre-existing holes to mount it up! We also add a forward facing gusset on the front leg to get as much strength forward of the slider base as possible! With the new up dated design we are now adding a rear gusset to maxamize the protection. on our 2019-2024 Ford Ranger Rock Sliders

I contacted them over email and they stated passenger side does require two drill points.

you do have to drill two holes on the passenger side. If you check out our ranger slider install video, the raptor ranger ones are pretty much the same brackets are just a tiny bit different, but install is the same...

I believe this is the video they are referencing.

 

[millertime496]

There is now a dedicated listing for the 2024 Ranger Raptor. Not exactly sure what they mean by the passenger side is "OPTIONAL".

https://hotmetalfab.com/products/2024-ford-raptor-ranger-rock-sliders


We are proud to bring to market our 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger Rock Sliders Bolt-On Sliders!

Utilizing factory holes, these sliders will mount up without drilling your frame using provided hardware! It is OPTIONAL on the passenger side however.

This listing is for The All New 2024 Ford Raptor Ranger

We got THREE legs setup on these instead of just two like you may have seen elsewhere!


The front bracket wraps around two sides of the frame! The middle bracket pinches the frame and uses bolts above the frame. The rear bracket wraps around two sides and uses pre-existing holes to mount it up! We also add a forward facing gusset on the front leg to get as much strength forward of the slider base as possible! With the new up dated design we are now adding a rear gusset to maxamize the protection. on our 2019-2024 Ford Ranger Rock Sliders

Awesome my rocky roads are still in the package. Shipping them back this week.
Good luck selling any more rocky road.

 

[Deepsea619]

Hey guys, I took the bullet for everyone. The rocky road sliders are not frame mounted. They will have to do for now

Yea they look great just don’t use them for what there made for.

 

[Edge6]

Yea they look great just don’t use them for what there made for.

Why not? I put my old RRO sliders through quite a bit.

 

[Deepsea619]

Why not? I put my old RRO sliders through quite a bit.

There body mounted and not frame mounted.

 

[Edge6]

There body mounted and not frame mounted.

My Trailhawk didnt have a frame to mount them to.

 

[Garaged]

I think it's fine for most of it unless you're doing the most hardcore of jeep-only rock crawling.

It's not just the Rocky road folks saying it (and I have friends who did some serious trails in Utah with RRO sliders on even the larger Raptors, maybe they would have failed on some hard parts of hell's revenge but they did fine) but even the Goat Fab folks are saying the same thing, that body mount on this is as secure or more secure given the design on this truck's frame.
https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/thre...-improvement-over-running-boards.13770/page-2

 

[Deepsea619]

I think it's fine for most of it unless you're doing the most hardcore of jeep-only rock crawling.

It's not just the Rocky road folks saying it (and I have friends who did some serious trails in Utah with RRO sliders on even the larger Raptors, maybe they would have failed on some hard parts of hell's revenge but they did fine) but even the Goat Fab folks are saying the same thing, that body mount on this is as secure or more secure given the design on this truck's frame.
https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/thre...-improvement-over-running-boards.13770/page-2

I am sure I am over thinking this topic but I went with Goat fabrication and I LOVE the product and the company. It’s not everyday you can call a company and speak to the owner. I love everything about them and I feel good mowing my rails are attached to the frame of my rig.

 

[Greg Rosar]

Posted on another thread, but I picked up the Rocky Outfitter kits, and VERY happy with the kit so far on some rocky trails. This is what they sent me when I asked about their mounting vs frame:

We tested a frame mounted system and found the leverage with the longer mounting arms to the frame was too significant. We need to be able to pick up the vehicle with the rock slider and bounce it in our testing.

The huge leverage from mounting all the way to the frame was putting heavy torsional load on the frame and it was visibly flexing with our forklift bouncing testing. Our liability carrier wouldn’t allow it to pass their engineering requirements. They felt, and we did too, that the frame could buckle or twist under a heavy impact, and that could lead your insurance to ‘total’ the vehicle.

Instead, we engineered a massively strong system which attaches to the reinforced collision panels on the outside of these trucks. The reinforced collision panels have near the strength of the frame, but the leverage at impact is exponentially reduced. Our testing indicated this ends up being a much safer rock slider system for the truck, best protection, incredibly strong as we can lift the vehicle off the ground with our kit and bounce it.

Hope that helps!
Frame mounting is NOT always the best. On the surface it can seem to be, but when doing the actual load testing, it sometimes is not ideal.


So, that's what they sent me and while I've bumped and slid some rocks and ledges in southern Utah (no Rubicon smashing yet), they've been a really great addition on my truck. Installed super easy. And nothing below the frame, so nothing to catch on and no hang-ups. I am kind of curious how frame will do with sliders coming out now when these guys said their insurance company nixxed the plan.

Hey guys, I took the bullet for everyone. The rocky road sliders are not frame mounted. They will have to do for now

 

[Mystic]

Posted on another thread, but I picked up the Rocky Outfitter kits, and VERY happy with the kit so far on some rocky trails. This is what they sent me when I asked about their mounting vs frame:

We tested a frame mounted system and found the leverage with the longer mounting arms to the frame was too significant. We need to be able to pick up the vehicle with the rock slider and bounce it in our testing.

The huge leverage from mounting all the way to the frame was putting heavy torsional load on the frame and it was visibly flexing with our forklift bouncing testing. Our liability carrier wouldn’t allow it to pass their engineering requirements. They felt, and we did too, that the frame could buckle or twist under a heavy impact, and that could lead your insurance to ‘total’ the vehicle.

Instead, we engineered a massively strong system which attaches to the reinforced collision panels on the outside of these trucks. The reinforced collision panels have near the strength of the frame, but the leverage at impact is exponentially reduced. Our testing indicated this ends up being a much safer rock slider system for the truck, best protection, incredibly strong as we can lift the vehicle off the ground with our kit and bounce it.

Hope that helps!
Frame mounting is NOT always the best. On the surface it can seem to be, but when doing the actual load testing, it sometimes is not ideal.


So, that's what they sent me and while I've bumped and slid some rocks and ledges in southern Utah (no Rubicon smashing yet), they've been a really great addition on my truck. Installed super easy. And nothing below the frame, so nothing to catch on and no hang-ups. I am kind of curious how frame will do with sliders coming out now when these guys said their insurance company nixxed the plan.

I'm extremely happy w/ mine too, and they get a ton of abuse. The optional extra drilled holes for reinforcement are comically easy to do.

I don't generally post negative stuff here, but good lord there is a lot of dumb FUD in this thread.

 

[Lion77]

Either GOAT or RockyRoad are the two best options in my opinion based on the engineering and testing. Also note a small amount of flex built into the brackets is a good thing. Inelastic collisions maximize stress and transfer all the energy to mounting point.

By using the impact section on the cab, your 1. reducing leverage considerably 2. the brackets have a small amount of flex build into them to absorb some of the impact which reduces change of breakage of bolts, bending of the tubing or shearing of the bolt hole threads 3. the cab is mounted on large rubber isolators that also allow a small amount of flex, so some of that energy is transferred into the rubber isolators of the cab which are by designed intended to have elastic deformation.

Either option looks good, my only concern would be that both leave some of the pinch weld exposed where some of the frame mounted sliders go over the pinch weld. For large boulders etc. it's not an issue obviously as it can't fit up in that space, but I could maybe see a situation for people who do a lot of crawling running into a taller, skinnier / pointed boulder that could smash into the empty space and really destroy that rocker.

For me, I'm not doing crawling, the sliders are more for increase clearance on beginner to intermediate trails + aesthetics, so I don't see an issue there, just something to consider. But based on the number of Bronco's, Jeeps and now Rangers using them, it's probably not an issue for 99.9% of us.

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