Why do most of the lifts except the recent CST lift not have skid plates?
Wouldnt that be much better for a lifted truck and going offroad?

 

I've often dreamt of fabricating a revolutionary skid plate, one that parts mud and helps redirect it instead of flat into the subframe. It's not hard to get stuck pushing a brickwall through mud. Aren't I a genious

Either way, I've been over some seriously devastating rocks (I was cringing to say the least), the crossmember is fine...the lower control arms are f'ing aluminum and are something to consider protecting as well. If you plan to crawl it's a good investment but my truck was a joke on rocks (doesn't help they were often wet). We have rediculously poor clearance issues and it makes even small rockbeds a serious challenge I'm sure 99% would back out of. The skid plate would have been damaged by now, it would probably make rocks more difficult but would protect your subframe (which you can argue is crucial to your susp. geometry). I don't know why I'm going into detail about this but it's probably because you're Joe!

 

Simple....a Pavement Princess doesn't need 'em.