Rolling over

[77snowwheeler]

I’m curious if anyone would know the extreme angle of a truck before rolling over on its tipping axis?

 

[Bent77]

All depends on center of gravity vs velocity

 

[77snowwheeler]

I was hoping someone that survived a roll over might of had a gauge? To give the degree, of which it rolled?

 

[Bent77]

Like I said. I’ve seen roll overs at 140 and some at almost dead stop. Every vehicle reacts differently based primarily on those two factors

 

[nvrenuf]

All depends on center of gravity vs velocity

This ^^

It’s easier to roll a lifted truck on big tires than a stocker.

 

[Chickntrk]

Also depends on terrain if you’re talking about off road….you can be on a climb not steep enough to necessarily roll but then stall out, roll backwards into a boulder and then can lift the front and start a roll….

 

[77snowwheeler]

This ^^

It’s easier to roll a lifted truck on big tires than a stocker.

I do get that. I just needed a start. I’m thinking of devising a plan to purposely find a way to tip my truck with safety guards in place. I need to set a gauge that I bought so I can set the parameters of rolling on a side hill. Not exactly sure how I’m going to do it, but I’ll find a way.

 

[77snowwheeler]

Like I said. I’ve seen roll overs at 140 and some at almost dead stop. Every vehicle reacts differently based primarily on those two factors

That’s a really good starting point. Thanks.

 

[cheavyk10]

Something like this? ...from when they sabotaged the Suzuki Samurai

 

[77snowwheeler]

Yes. Something to that effect. Lol

 

[centexk5]

I had an incline gauge on my last blazer and could go 30* up or down and never rolled it while crawling.

 

[77snowwheeler]

Awesome, thanks.

 

[Joel Wilson]

You can buy incline and roll gauges and install them yourselves. Then you could rig up some sort of roll bump stop things and maybe commandeer a forklift. It would give you a ballpark figure on flat ground at least.

All Navy ships have a certain degree pitch and roll that will start to cause damage to the ship, usually the superstructure. On my first ship, an old LST, at a 43 degree roll the superstructure was supposed to sheer off so the ship could right itself. I personally saw a 48 and I thought we were done. Ship came back with about a 2 inch crack in the superstructure.

 

[77snowwheeler]

You can buy incline and roll gauges and install them yourselves. Then you could rig up some sort of roll bump stop things and maybe commandeer a forklift. It would give you a ballpark figure on flat ground at least.

All Navy ships have a certain degree pitch and roll that will start to cause damage to the ship, usually the superstructure. On my first ship, an old LST, at a 43 degree roll the superstructure was supposed to sheer off so the ship could right itself. I personally saw a 48 and I thought we were done. Ship came back with about a 2 inch crack in the superstructure.

Thanks a bunch

 

[blazinzuk]

Hmmm. It’s about 3 but clenches past the clench where you thought it would go over

 

[Joel Wilson]

Hmmm. It’s about 3 but clenches past the clench where you thought it would go over

Ain't that the truth. I thought we were done for sure, scared the living crap outta me. We were taking heavy rolls anyways, but when the boat rolls and you are now walking on the bulkheads instead of the deck...it was hairball to say the least. Good times when you can live thru them.

 

[mrk5]

I confess, I've always been curious to know what kind of angles the truck has been at. That being said, knowing the angle isn't going to help too much. First, when you're in a butt puckering off-camber situation, the last thing you're going to think about doing is looking at an angle gauge. You'd almost want to put a camera on that gauge so you could review the video later.

Most of the flops I've seen, and done myself, were due to a tire dropping into a hole. It's literally like the bottom fell out from under it. It can be a pretty gentle flop, but it still happens quicker than you'd think.

If you're going slow and controlled it's pretty amazing the angle you can get. Here are a couple of good examples from a recent trail run.

At about 1:40 in the video below is another good example.

 

[Joel Wilson]

I confess, I've always been curious to know what kind of angles the truck has been at. That being said, knowing the angle isn't going to help too much. First, when you're in a butt puckering off-camber situation, the last thing you're going to think about doing is looking at an angle gauge. You'd almost want to put a camera on that gauge so you could review the video later.

Most of the flops I've seen, and done myself, were due to a tire dropping into a hole. It's literally like the bottom fell out from under it. It can be a pretty gentle flop, but it still happens quicker than you'd think.

If you're going slow and controlled it's pretty amazing the angle you can get. Here are a couple of good examples from a recent trail run.

At about 1:40 in the video below is another good example.

A go pro camera on the gauges while wheeling would really help you learn about you and your rig, I think. It just seems like you could really learn a lot that way.

 

[mrk5]

A go pro camera on the gauges while wheeling would really help you learn about you and your rig, I think. It just seems like you could really learn a lot that way.

I've always wanted to do one on the suspension

 

[obijuank5]

It was harder than I thought.
Always feels worse than it actually is.