Rock Sliders. Custom made for this Toyota Landcruiser 

The "Dumpster Fire" turned out to be the Picasso of the competition. You guys definitely are showing the world the fj80 doesn't need to be re-engineered to compete yet you dedicated your time with cranking out some truly beautiful work.

Another win for Dirt head , is it me but welding is so therapeutic lol . Cheers 🇨🇦

Always a pleasure to watch a master at work!!!

Those look awesome! Your fab skills are so good.

I'm always amazed at how many hours there must be in a Dirthead day , please give yourself a break now & then , great work , as always Man...

Custom rock sliders coming along sweet looks good

Well done Sir, love your fab work!! Thanks for pointers.

I'm loving the dirt head shed , why couldn't we have had dave for our metal shop teacher back in highschool ,we would have built some awesome stuff.

This channel should take off quick. You have a lot of loyal fans that value your work and skills. Thanks for keeping the show going brother 🤙 Top notch sliders

Cnc plasma cutters are amazing

Always amazing to watch a master at work

That machine to automate cutting is going to be a amazing game changer when you get used to it down the road

I would put a plate over the face of those lower rear trailing arms front mounts. On my 100-series, banging those on the rocks, the weld down the center splits eventually.

Them welds lools Gorgeous

What pleasure to watch your videos. Your language to describe both your thoughts and action are wonderful. The editing continuity leaves little room for confusion.

Now i need to make rocksliders 😥 😅 well done Dave.

Hands down my favorite off road fab dude! Great job once again Dave. Making it so i can understand is a job in itself! Thank you again.

Love this video, great to see a longer episode!

Looking like the winner for sure 🤙🏾

Nice Job Dave !👍

Great job and you are my vote for the right guy for the job

Ironworker here. When I built handrail in the field.I always cut those fishmouths with a cutting torch..lol. got pretty good at it. That notcher woulda been sweet.

I'm pulling for you and Nate. So far you guys have the best looking rig!!

I’d love to have half of your talent!

That rig is so slick! Voted Dupster fire

I Needed that…good info for one of my Todo stuff in the next years to come👊 All the best from upnorth Norway

Cuttin, Weldin, and Grindin. Cool!! Love dirt. Thanks

I really like that FJ..its sweet. Good video. You've done well with all the editing. We need DIRTHEAD SHED shirts...lol

Heat shielding fabric used for sweating copper pipe in tight wall areas works great. It was the only thing between my roll bar and headliner for my 12 point cage in my 71 Mach 1. I've soldered custom battery cables right on the fender. Great work.

Have to start calling you TechHead Dave

Just when I thought I was getting somewhere on my fabrication skills, I see this. Definitely one of my favorite video, seeing you in your element and so informative 👍 baaaaaaaaadasssssss

Remember when you built your shop, how big it was. Funny how fast it fills up.

I just did sliders on my 2nd gen 4runner. The rockers were already smashed somehow... I cut the rockers out and welded 2 pieces of rec tube corner to corner. I welded those to the pinch seam and along the top. Fully welded. They are so strong! All just body mounted. I went to moab last month and hammered on them hard AF. The driver's side literally broke a chunk of rock out of a step on Jalepeno. It just had a little chunk of paint missing.. Anyways, good job on the fj and everything else. I'm not tech savvy either. I just melt metal, drill holes, break stuff, and fix stuff. Every day!

Love watching your fabrications and narrative 👍

Ya always great to see you custom make stuff. Very talented guy!! They really messed up letting your guys show go away. Dirt EveryDay was my favorite show when it was on tv.

Cage and sliders came out top notch, nice work Dave 🤙🏽

I like ‘em! When I welded mine onto my 80 I added square plates on the frame to disperse the load. I am curious how this style handles the weight of the 80 when it nails a rock

Now that’s a nice set of sliders! Great video

Great video dude! Been looking forward to this one!

Really dig the sliders Dave! Never built anything like that myself. But I learn new stuff from your projects 🤘🏼

Nice job on the rock sliders! I hope Hollie will be ably to compete in off road challenge, after she broke her back!! Hope she heals up fast!!!

I learned a ton about fitting a roll cage and rock sliders. Awesome video!! Thank you and keep the great content coming.

Just want to tell you I got me a mom’s spaghetti. Mine going to be more mall crawler and light wheeler. Dana 44 front and 9 inch in the rear with 35 on it. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Also still waiting for your and Fred to do something together. Love both you guys.

Good stuff!! I need these on my Sequoia!

Insane work as usual. Man I really hope I can get stationed up in washington before you retire so I can bug you to let me be an apprentice and learn from you.

Nice work!

Enjoyed seeing the fab work on those! Rig looks great! You and Nate are a formidable team, for sure!

Nice build

I’m about ready to build mine, but instead of marking angles on the bench and worrying about symmetry I find it more accurate to define the position by way of constraints. Using a simple 3/4”wooden block as an offset from the body to position the slider rail. Then connect the supports to the chassis wherever there is room. Then the angle is defined by the constraint that it must not be higher than the door. The “poke” is defined by the tire extents. It pretty much defines its location itself.

Starting on fitting sliders and a tube rear bump on the Silverado after 2023 UA Loui V10's success and see how Bleepinjeeps S10 works .. looking for Dana 60 : ) .. Gee u sure are a regular on Motortrend lately ...... hope that gets u ur own show

Great job 👍👍

Woow! Fantastic work, appreciate all details, start rating 10 stars!

another one glove Michael Jackson welder...lol... Wish those Arcdroid units were around when I got my Lincoln table would have saved me a ton of $$$ You will wonder how you ever lived without it soon enough. Great build hope you guys win the OnX challenge

Those turned out awesome

Good stuff per usual!

Awesome job on those sliders they turned out great. I’ve been wanting one of those arc droid plasma things for a while

Excellent sound. Sounds like a new mic. Excellent.

... the build in action on Dirt lifestyle .. Rockers looked good ..

Just saw the ROADKILL with RODKNOCK in MOAB .. lol .. want more of you on MOTORTTREND !!! conspicuous absence of another personality .. oh well .. UR channel is getting better and better 😏

Only you can prevent body damage

Great content and great video work. You seem so much more comfortable in front of the camera now. Nice work!

Thanks for the great explanation on your thought process and how you managed the build. What went where and when.

Great work as always, loving this build!

Love this build.

I use a scrap piece of the 1.75 tube and slide it on the drill handle when notching... I've been smacked in the head with a drill before, the tube helps a keep the drill from that

Raddest rock slider man on urth!!!

You should pair up with the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co. over in the Sandpoint area to build Ethan's Tacoma "Crunchy Taco" crawler! Would be an awesome collaboration!

I've been waiting

You guys should do more videos. Other teams are out pacing.

I really dig how you did the sliders on Mom's Spaghetti. I think I'm going to do the same thing on my Bronco. I was wondering if something like that would look good and work well, and it seems it does. I'll paint the tube body color, and no one will even notice them, perfect.

cool stuff

Love it.

Your channel is growing fast!

Maz Grande and Mom’s Spaghetti rock sliders will be into the body/ doors under a few whiskey rock slams. I’ve had to cut and reweld so many sliders. Sadly, to build a solid set of bomb proof sliders they have to weigh near 500lbs lol.

Nice work

How do you decide whether or not to use plates on the frame? Are gussets like you used a common practice? Thank you for the killer videos.

Do you ever find yourself getting hung up on the kicker bars

Nice job on the sliders, amazing how many hours goes in to them

Love these episodes. Are you sure that's a Nate-approved technique on those pinch weld mods? :)

How do you avoid frying the electronics in a vehicle when you weld on it?

I’m omw to go buy a samurai, and it needs new rock sliders

So question for ya, Shouldn't the main slider bar be directly over that seam? I built mine from other sliders I had built for the runner but they didn't line up to that seam so wondering if I should use another bar to cover that seam since its the lowest point. I built mine out if square tubing though and the already weigh around 50 lbs before adding the crossbar if I do.

When bending HREW, do you bend with the seam inside the bend or outside?

Two of the best fabricators online, great to see you working together.

Hey Dave, what do you do for a regular job when you’re not in the shop?

Dave, I have an FJ62 with crusty rocker panels and quarter panels. My plan is to chop the quarter panels and add wrap around protection from the rear swing out bumper. For the rockers, rather than patch in new panels I was thinking of cutting out the rot and welding in 2x4 or 2x6 tube as "body mounted sliders". Do you have any issues with the sliders on Mom's Spaghetti being welded to the body and frame? My plan was to just have them welded to the body but I've thought about adding kickers to the frame but I'm worried about tieing the body and frame. The FJ isn't a rock crawler or heavy wheeler, I don't really need heavy duty sliders and I figured the body mounted "sliders" would be easier than doing body work and would give me maximum ground clearance.

well done sir, ya look a little spent

Wait, what did you do with the cat area?

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For the algorithm!

When you look at your analytics. You observe what may appear as not interested. The time watched is not necessarily the entire duration of your uploads. It's not that folks checked out. They got interrupted numerous times before they could finally sit down and watch it in its entirety.

My wife got a Cricut to do decals…it lives in a box.

I like the sliders from Chilis better

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yippeayyaye

I’ll call it sWEEt

where can I get a dirthead shed shirt like that ?!

We gotta get some more votes 😂

if you insist on continuing to call that a "toyota" - stay consistent: call your mazda a "ford".

🤔 "Promo SM"