I have a gas tank skid. A really beefy one. That I bent a bit on this trip! OEM question, not an OEM Jeep. I wouldn't go much of anywhere but the street without a gas tank skid.
Like I said, I burned a hole in the tank. It was in the front where the tail pipe goes over the rear axle. The exhaust had been cut and slipped together to facilitate other major work. I slammed it in two just behind the cat up on Holy Cross (dented the cat real bad). At the top, I decided to try and connect it again. The tubes had banged together enough that it took much persuasion to get them to mate for even half and inch. So, the tailpipe was getting pushed back about 3 inches. In retrospect, that was super stupid. I should have just let it keep flopping. Mufflers are overrated. In any event, it is getting a new exhaust now! (When the driveshaft made its untimely exit on the Interstate, it pretty well destroyed the muffler, too.)
Part of why I originally asked is that dropping the tank is harder with the heavy skid, trailer hitch, and shackle relocation brackets. I have bad memories of fighting rusted in nut strips for trailer hitches in the U Pull. But at home with my air tools, I can get the tank down in 10 minutes. So, I'm going to stick with the stock one. I got a spare with the used tank.
Thanks!
Paul