Rollcage Debate. Settle it for me...

[jtrapani]

I have a friend who is a die hard pre-runner, baja fan. He's got a sweet ranger with about $30,000 in the suspension. He says that cages need to be welded to the frame and bolted to the body. Unless a rig is intended to blast through the desert at 110mph, bolting to the body, or welding to the body, would suffice correct?

opinions please....

 

[Greg72]

Opinions will rarely settle a debate...

 

[jtrapani]

I have a friend who is a die hard pre-runner, baja fan. He's got a sweet ranger with about $30,000 in the suspension. He says that cages need to be welded to the frame and bolted to the body. Unless a rig is intended to blast through the desert at 110mph, bolting to the body, or welding to the body, would suffice correct?

opinions please....

excuse me NOT bolted to the body. He says it'll punch through it like a cookie cutter and the cage will kill you....

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

excuse me NOT bolted to the body. He says it'll punch through it like a cookie cutter and the cage will kill you....

That's what the plates are for, to spread the force over a larger area.

If you search, there has been LOTS of debate on this, but IMO either way will work just fine if done right.

 

[jtrapani]

That's what the plates are for, to spread the force over a larger area.

If you search, there has been LOTS of debate on this, but IMO either way will work just fine if done right.

i figure ck5 info is close to the word of god so I don't search any place else for my answers...

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

i figure ck5 info is close to the word of god so I don't search any place else for my answers...

I meant search here

 

[blazinzuk]

That's what the plates are for, to spread the force over a larger area.

If you search, there has been LOTS of debate on this, but IMO either way will work just fine if done right.

This is the key right here. I have seen many cages where the outriggers connecting them to the frame had no bracing at all

The flip side is I have seen cages that were bolted to the floor no backing plate at all.

Either done right will work, in a high speed roll the most important thing is to have your seats and belts mounted to the cage