Roll Cage Design

SierraM37 · Post by **SierraM37** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:32 am

I'm looking into roll cage options for my '52, bed and/or cab, so chime in with your thoughts and input and pictures. I have 2 M's and I'm rigging one for serious 4 wheeling here on the Western Slope of the Sierra Nevada's. Trails like Fordyce and Rubicon. Would rather build up the M than go out and mod a Jeep even though it's a bit big for some trails. Thanks in advance.

Carter · Post by **Carter** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:25 am

This is a link to pix of the roll cage on a brush truck I was given and donated to another rural fire department, it's the best one I ever saw. Nothing mounted to the body, all frame mounted, in the back the diagonal braces don't connect to the cargo bed but extended through it and were bolted to the frame underneath. No better shots but it might give you some ideas.

http://news.webshots.com/album/247708900dMjWJR

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:09 am

My personal view on this topic is that if you need a roll cage on any vehicle, you must be planning on doing something it was not intended to do. At my age, safety outranks "adventure," so you'll never see a cage on my truck/car/Jeep. I prefer to keep all 4 wheels on the ground, but if you like to push the envelope, get/build the best protection you can get and have a ball.

knattrass · Post by **knattrass** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:58 am

I side with Lifer which is why I liked B52s - tires down, flaps up - any other combination was bad for your health. Carter's plans are correct to mount directly to the frame. Remember, only mother nature and 4 bolts are holding the cab on in the first place, so mounting anything to the cab is false security. At best the cage will stop you from turning turtle and just laying it over on its side. If you land on your lid, you have to hold up 6000# of truck. Good luck - Keith

SierraM37 · Post by **SierraM37** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:19 pm

As a Pilot, I learned the 5 P's very early on - Piss Poor Planning = Poor Performance. Cost a few fellow aviators and their PAX their lives and that's why I'm asking as I do plan to push, but not necessarily to the edge of the envelope. That being said, back in '52, I don't think they had roll bars on anything - Doesn't mean it should not have had one. In theory we get wiser with more clicks on the clock. I'm just adding modern safety equipment as there is NO protection and you can roll anything on flat pavement given the right circumstances.

jbxx · Post by **jbxx** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:06 pm

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k8icu · Post by **k8icu** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:55 pm

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Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:23 pm

I'll be adding a hoop inside the cab, similar to what Will Watson did... I dont like the idea of 7K lb worth of truck resting on my lid, and, the M has nothing substantial to it above the hood line. I dont plan on anything bad happening, but, as Pierce Brosnan said while playing 007...

Rental agent:
"Will you be needing personal insurance, Mr. Bond?"

007:
"I Hope not, but, accidents happen..."

jbxx · Post by **jbxx** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:01 pm

Sorry!
Fixed now. All can vue.
J.B.

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