The bar next to the sway bar can you take that off?
I believe you are referring to the strut rod. No.
yes you can remove it...no your suspension will not be functional/safe
Convert your arms to A arms and you can.
Why do you want to remove it? Are you body dropping the truck and want to drop the front x member and are thinking it will be a hassle? If so you can just move the bumper and core support mounts down and leave the x member and strut rods as is. There is some pix of this process in Seths body drop forum topic that will help you visualize what I'm driving at.
dose anyone have pics of the a arm conversion?
what kind / brand ball joints did you use on that setup in the pic?