Thanks!
Good luck building yours, very worthwhile investmant IMO.
Rene
Good luck building yours, very worthwhile investmant IMO.
Rene
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Cage finally done
- Thread starter tRustyK5
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84_Chevy_K10
Banned
That is quite possibly one of the most bad ass roll cages I have ever seen installed in one of these trucks.
I certainly wish I could bend tube like that.
Good job. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
I certainly wish I could bend tube like that.
Good job. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
laketex
3/4 ton status
Rene, do you have more pics of the winshield frame or why you did it with the tube inserted? Also a side pic of the cage? It all looks so badass. And I'm getting off my ass this winter to do a body swap and thinking about doing a cage at the same time....
Emmettology 101
3/4 ton status
Very nice Rene!!!!! So the hard top is going on so soon??? It's only September!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
OK, just snapped this one from the side...
Pegging the windshield frame really helped keep it straight and in place while fitting it. I also think it should help strength a bit although with the cage it's pretty much a moot point anyways. It was a 10 minute job to add those.
Here is a shot from the front with the windshield frame removed. That is BigDummy89K5 (Stan) helping out...
And one without Stan in the pic.../forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Rene
Pegging the windshield frame really helped keep it straight and in place while fitting it. I also think it should help strength a bit although with the cage it's pretty much a moot point anyways. It was a 10 minute job to add those.
Here is a shot from the front with the windshield frame removed. That is BigDummy89K5 (Stan) helping out...
And one without Stan in the pic.../forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Rene
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Very nice Rene!!!!! So the hard top is going on so soon??? It's only September!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Our summer turned to sh!t... /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif
Rene
Very nice Rene!!!!! So the hard top is going on so soon??? It's only September!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Our summer turned to sh!t... /forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif
Rene
BOWTIE
1/2 ton status
nice work rene. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
i like the design. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
i like the design. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
stallion85
1/2 ton status
That looks great Rene, good job /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
DBLAZER
1/2 ton status
Wow, that looks fricken Great!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/bow.gif
Thanks Nash and everyone else!
Rene
Rene
fad2blk99
1/2 ton status
I stole all your pics for my future cage design.... /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif
Hope you don't mind....
Hope you don't mind....
Out of town an late to the party, but VERY nice. I like it! /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
joez
1/2 ton status
Looks awesome Rene, nice work. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
Emmettology 101
3/4 ton status
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OK, just snapped this one from the side...
That is BigDummy89K5 (Stan) helping out...
Rene
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One concern as I was looking over the thread again.. The front part has a slope in it down to the A-pillars. With the slope added into the already bent A-pillars, it seems like a weak point in the cage. Especially in a frontal flop, seems like that part of the cage would fold easily.... /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
OK, just snapped this one from the side...
That is BigDummy89K5 (Stan) helping out...
Rene
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One concern as I was looking over the thread again.. The front part has a slope in it down to the A-pillars. With the slope added into the already bent A-pillars, it seems like a weak point in the cage. Especially in a frontal flop, seems like that part of the cage would fold easily.... /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
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It's no weaker there than any other cage with a front 'halo' and supports underneath it. BTW, what exactly is a frontal flop? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
If it's going to flop it'll more than likely go over sideways. If it goes over weird and hits the front corner hard first, the force should travel through the diagonal brace as well as test the corner itself.
I really don't believe any cage is built to withstand ANY rollover scenario no matter how extreme, and not see some tweaking or damage. I don't see this one folding up unless the rollover is at very high speed (not in this truck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) or off the side of a drop off of some description.
The amount of support the front bars provide has nothing to do with how the front 'halo' dips under the windshield frame.
Rene
frontal flop
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It's no weaker there than any other cage with a front 'halo' and supports underneath it. BTW, what exactly is a frontal flop? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
If it's going to flop it'll more than likely go over sideways. If it goes over weird and hits the front corner hard first, the force should travel through the diagonal brace as well as test the corner itself.
I really don't believe any cage is built to withstand ANY rollover scenario no matter how extreme, and not see some tweaking or damage. I don't see this one folding up unless the rollover is at very high speed (not in this truck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) or off the side of a drop off of some description.
The amount of support the front bars provide has nothing to do with how the front 'halo' dips under the windshield frame.
Rene
Emmettology 101
3/4 ton status
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frontal flop
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It's no weaker there than any other cage with a front 'halo' and supports underneath it. BTW, what exactly is a frontal flop? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
If it's going to flop it'll more than likely go over sideways. If it goes over weird and hits the front corner hard first, the force should travel through the diagonal brace as well as test the corner itself.
I really don't believe any cage is built to withstand ANY rollover scenario no matter how extreme, and not see some tweaking or damage. I don't see this one folding up unless the rollover is at very high speed (not in this truck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) or off the side of a drop off of some description.
The amount of support the front bars provide has nothing to do with how the front 'halo' dips under the windshield frame.
Rene
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LOL, you dont like my description?? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif How about A$$ over tea cups?? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
What i am just saying is that the is a bend at the dash and then the bend at the windshield dip. 99% of cages have a bend at the dash and hold up fine.. My concern is with the bend for the windshield dip and a hard corner hit.
The pic I was looking for on the net is gone, but a similar example of what I am talking about is this:
What I am concerned with is with an impact on a front corner and the cage giving out at the bend in the horizontal bar for the front halo.
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frontal flop
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It's no weaker there than any other cage with a front 'halo' and supports underneath it. BTW, what exactly is a frontal flop? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
If it's going to flop it'll more than likely go over sideways. If it goes over weird and hits the front corner hard first, the force should travel through the diagonal brace as well as test the corner itself.
I really don't believe any cage is built to withstand ANY rollover scenario no matter how extreme, and not see some tweaking or damage. I don't see this one folding up unless the rollover is at very high speed (not in this truck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif) or off the side of a drop off of some description.
The amount of support the front bars provide has nothing to do with how the front 'halo' dips under the windshield frame.
Rene
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LOL, you dont like my description?? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif How about A$$ over tea cups?? /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif
What i am just saying is that the is a bend at the dash and then the bend at the windshield dip. 99% of cages have a bend at the dash and hold up fine.. My concern is with the bend for the windshield dip and a hard corner hit.
The pic I was looking for on the net is gone, but a similar example of what I am talking about is this:
What I am concerned with is with an impact on a front corner and the cage giving out at the bend in the horizontal bar for the front halo.
In a roll like that I'm not too concerned with how good the cage looks afterwards. If you check the pic you posted you'll see the guy had some headroom left and it must have been one hell of a roll. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif The cage did it's job, even though it 'failed'.
If my truck goes ass over teakettle I'm sure my cage and 99% of any cages out there will fold somewhat at the front corner. It's a problem area that can't easily be braced.
Personally I don't think that slight bend is gonna make any appreciable difference in a catastrophic endo.
Rene
If my truck goes ass over teakettle I'm sure my cage and 99% of any cages out there will fold somewhat at the front corner. It's a problem area that can't easily be braced.
Personally I don't think that slight bend is gonna make any appreciable difference in a catastrophic endo.
Rene
Emmettology 101
3/4 ton status
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Personally I don't think that slight bend is gonna make any appreciable difference in a catastrophic endo.
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10-4. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Just thought I'd bring it up and maybe get the board going a little. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Personally I don't think that slight bend is gonna make any appreciable difference in a catastrophic endo.
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10-4. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Just thought I'd bring it up and maybe get the board going a little. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Nice!
