The rear skid plate is shaped in a L. The base of the L obviously covers your rear end from the bottom then makes a 90 to cover it from the rear and slides over the hitch. The crack is right where the 90 occurs which would be the weakest point one would assume. I drove a Polaris ranger down seismic lines in northern alberta this winter and found that plastic skid plates bust out in a matter of days in the cold. I had the skid plate and most of the floor busted out of the rig by the end of the job so i decided that metal was a must for my quad. Here is the quad, looks nice when its not in the shop lol. front brush bar, over fenders, alm plates, mud lites 10's on the front 12's on the back.
