I finally got around to looking at my slider to see what that loud pop/bang was when I was Hi Lifting from it at the last Barnwell trip.

It was this:



I believe that what I was doing was within the realm of what the sliders were intended for... but at the same time, chit happens. I'll assume it was a fluke. I'm still satisfied with Shrockworks - though I PM'ed him just to let him know about it. Fabricators take pride in their welds and I assume they want to know when/if/how they fail.