What year were you at BMR?
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Swettysblazer's 1991 K5 Trazer: ONE TONS!
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What year were you at BMR?
I have hit my 3/16 thick rockers sooo many times. Gouged real good. Only one dent though and that one hurt so bad I didn't wheel the rest of the day
Yeah, I ran 3/16 on the blazer and never had an issue.
Sorry to hi-jack but I've been there the last 4 now. Camped at the golf course all of them as well
No shit! This year was my 3rd year in a row. We'll have to meet up next time.
I need to check your thread more often. Nice work dude!
Thanks buddy, I appreciate it
I need some input on this. Making my rollbar out of 2x3 rectangle tube... Let me know what you guys think. Unsure if I like it or not.
Just the B-pillar hoop, or are you planning to do the whole thing out of square tube....?
The part you have isn't too bad so far, but if you keep going with square materials, it's going to look worse and worse.
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I'll agree with just the B-pillar only, I kinda don't like the sharp points and the top bar seems to be about 2-3 inches too short so you will still damage the roof. That is how many headache racks do start but then those are not really built for protection. On the other hand it will make it easy to add a light bar. Kinda on the fence
I think the key to making rec tubing look good is a redeekulous amount of work.
Why? Cause the bends end up being way to angular. I saw a guy do what your doing but it was for a fancy garden arch thing. On the shallow bends he never cut the outside edge. Just pie cut em with a grinder, then ground the welds smooth.
I would not do one bend on the corners.
Let's take for example the top bend, instead of one miter cut, I might try to use 3 " bends". One ahead of the big angle and one behind it.
That's gonna be a crap ton of work. But I think it could really pay off.
As far as strength I think your fine. I also think it could look really cool.
Look at round tube bends. Nice curves are all around us. We like nice curves. Try to make the curves nice.
Why? Cause the bends end up being way to angular. I saw a guy do what your doing but it was for a fancy garden arch thing. On the shallow bends he never cut the outside edge. Just pie cut em with a grinder, then ground the welds smooth.
I would not do one bend on the corners.
Let's take for example the top bend, instead of one miter cut, I might try to use 3 " bends". One ahead of the big angle and one behind it.
That's gonna be a crap ton of work. But I think it could really pay off.
As far as strength I think your fine. I also think it could look really cool.
Look at round tube bends. Nice curves are all around us. We like nice curves. Try to make the curves nice.
I went back and looked at the pic.
You have 4 bends, I think to make it look nice you need 12.
And yah the top needs to be above the cab.
Also mixing up the size well help break it up.
You have 4 bends, I think to make it look nice you need 12.
And yah the top needs to be above the cab.
Also mixing up the size well help break it up.
Yeah, the more I look at it the more I'm not a fan. The top bar will definitely go above the cab. This was something I did in an hour yesterday just to see what I was up against. Back to the drawing board....
I like what Josh did with his. 
Well...most of the cages I have seen were made out of some form of metal.
But wood might work. It's cheap, easy to work with, ecofriendly, and light weight.
Round tube 
poop pipe with threaded corners FTMFW. Ain't nobody got time to weld that stuff...
Painted PVC FTMFW
