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Hi 6x6. I've been watching your build! You're tackling it head on, and it looks like you're making great progress.
I'm going to throw my 2-cents in about skid plates (yeah.... again...) Stainless steel plates may be more resilient in the long run, when compared to HDPE, but the one bad thing about stainless steel is that it can dent, and holds that shape once it dents. Not that you're going to running head-long into rocks and stumps.... While HDPE may initially look like the cheaper alternative to something like aluminum or stainless skids (they are... sigNIFicantly...) I think they offer a lot of benefit over their metallic counterparts. HDPE may scratch and gouge, etc., but it's still a very tough material, and holds up very well. I don't want to talk you out of the steel skids, but just wanted you to see the merit in the plastic alternative.
I think you could get away with two skids; one on each side which would cover the lower most chain-valleys, and bend them up to meet the center of the machine. It'd look great!
~m
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