Chevy Trailboss Pics

[vezePilot]

The uses of Lanyards are under-appreciated. Looks like your trip went well, and was much as you had hoped it would be ... ?

 

[MikeE]

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

The uses of Lanyards are under-appreciated. Looks like your trip went well, and was much as you had hoped it would be ... ?

I am a rope and knot guy. There was 5 tarps and hundreds of feet of various rope and line packed in the truck. Super useful!
I own a RV for family camping, a tent for trips like this, but when conditions permit my favorite way to sleep is on the ground. That's the way I learned to camp as a boy. It was almost surreal to open my eyes in the middle of the night and find myself under a blanket of desert stars with no moon at all.

This trip went very well. We did 10 days, 9 nights, 1,822 miles and logged 510 miles off road. Once again I can say the TB is a very capable off road vehicle. My truck is only slightly modified. However, the most important mod is the Go Rhino Dominator D6 rock sliders. I would not be able to do what I do without them or severe body damage would occur.

Much of the Alpine Loop in CO is graded Forest Service road. Some of it is rated moderate, only small portions are rated difficult. It is some of the most beautiful country I have ever been in. It is perfect for wheeling a full size rig like a Trail Boss even if you don't have a lot of off road experience. The trick is knowing what trail condition your headed for. We chose to return to Ouray via Mineral Creak Trail knowing it is rated as a difficult Jeep Trail. A couple in a Razor freaked out when they saw us and suggested we turn around but we were fine. I would have sustained body damage without the rock sliders. I also blew up the left front Rancho Shock at some point. It puked it's fluid all over the place. The point is there is something for everybody up there from a Sunday drive to rock crawling. It is a very special place.

Kind Regards,

Steve

 

[vezePilot]

... and yet another welding project. I'm so glad that I used the modified Front Receiver project to buy my own welder and learn to weld. I need Rock Sliders more like yours.

The Tyger Running Boards I have are great Step Rails (non-Slip full length), but NOT great rock sliders. The mounting brackets extend downwards too much, and are not very strong in terms of Front-to-Back forces. Dragging them on Garfield Peak for that recovery attempt bent the pax side backwards a lot.

If I modified the mounting brackets, reinforcing them and raising the Boards at the same time, I could get them closer in geometry to those D6's that you have.

It's great to see that you had a good trip, that it was a Substantial Drive both On and Off Road. You've also given us another report on how well a Trail Boss performs with the Full Gamut of driving: Comfortable, fast and efficient On Highways, Large Capacity for Gear, Pleasant & Fun on FS roads, and Capable on the Difficult Jeep Trails.

Difficult to see here, but the Brackets are all bent backwards from severe sliding on rocks.

 

[GETGONE]

The Tyger Running Boards I have are great Step Rails (non-Slip full length), but NOT great rock sliders. The mounting brackets extend downwards too much, and are not very strong in terms of Front-to-Back forces. Dragging them on Garfield Peak for that recovery attempt bent the pax side backwards a lot.

Since you actually off road a lot, you might be interested in these TRUE rock sliders: https://www.rocky-road.com/chevy-trail-boss-rock-sliders.html

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

GETGONE: Those sound like great sliders. Leave it to a small custom shop to build them properly. They are also 1,200 bucks compared to the Go Rhino D6 for 600. My Dominators have saved me from body damage many times. The bottom of them is a bent up mess but they are still working. Somewhere on this forum I have a thread about replacing my passenger side rails because I bent the step tube severely. On this last trip I bent the driver side tube but it is slight and I'm probably not going to replace it yet. Even though I have a spare.

VesePilot: Yes. Those nerf bars and brackets are a disaster waiting to happen. They are rock grabbers instead of sliders. If you undertake a rebuild note that the Dominators have an inside square rail that protects the rocker panels with no exposed mounts. That rail sits about an inch or 2 lower than the outside step tube. That inside rail is what makes them a "slider" instead of just another step. If you're lucky that rail takes the abuse. However if your off camber when you make contact with the rocks you can come down on the step tube too. It can take some hard hits but I have bent two of them now. I know you and your dogs need a step/slider. I will be curious to see what you come up with if you get the torch and welder out.

Edit: Link to previous post about replacing slider. I did not do all that damage at once. They protect my truck often. https://www.trailboss.org/threads/chevy-trailboss-pics.60/post-3453

 

[vezePilot]

So the full-length texture-coated Tyger Step Bars on my TB are A LOT more expensive now than when I bought them. These have gone up from $170 to $200 for the pair. So I can destroy the ones I have, get new ones, destroy those and repeat ... and still be fine. I like being able to step up and wash all of the windshield, the rear window and/or the top of the cab without slipping off when the truck is wet from washing. The only drawback to these is how low the brackets are. And I'm planning a fix for that, which will be more like the Go Rhino D6 brackets. The bracket needs to be a lot beefier to hold well when attached to the inside surface, instead of the bottom. A welding project ...

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[theUSAchevy]

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Beautiful truck, it's just the first LT ive ever seen without the sliding back window. Theres 4 within 3 blocks of my house and they all have sliding back windows , as does mine

I have a 21 TB LT no sliding back window it also had cloth seats

 

[jwflores]

Sliding back window is part of one of the packages, I think Convenience II, if you don't get that package you don't get the sliding back window or the Bose sound system with the 2022 LT and 2023 LT. Not sure if you can order sliding back window as a separate option, I just know it is part of package for 2022-2023

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I have a 21 TB LT no sliding back window it also had cloth seats

 

[1UP5DWN]

22" LT w/ 5.3l. Love this truck. It's my 3rd (and favorite) Silverado to date.

 

[22TB]

Yes I posted some of these before. This is a recap of my first 12 months with my 2021 TB LT. 10,000 miles, at least 1,000 of them are off road. I bought it to wheel it. It has not disappointed me. My list of off road damage is a little long and expensive. Those things are not badges of honor, they are the cost of doing what this truck is capable of doing. I will never quit wheeling it to keep it "pretty". My pride in ownership comes from this thing doing what I want it to do and taking me to where I want to be. That means getting the hell out of the city every chance I get. These things are very capable 4wheelers! I have had flawless performance from this truck in every way.

Kind Regards,
Steve
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This is the kind of content I love reading and seeing others do. Thanks for sharing. Im on the east coast so Full size rigs are trail whales, but its still a confidence booster to get out there!

 

[FL.TrailBoss]

2021 Trail Boss LT 6.2L

 

[HammerBoss]

Very nice welcome to the group

 

[Sweetland250]

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What running boards do ya have on your TB? Sharp truck

 

[Monz]