need advice on rollcage pls guys

[hamer]

had a few scaff poles last week so have spent few hours with my cheap pipe bender
today moulding the poles to the shape of the anus was suprised how good it went,
i welded 3"by2" boxsection to the sill so i can weld the poles directly down on to it,

iv wacked the boxsection with a lump hammer and it aint budged butt dont trust it,
so if anyone has any advise hopefully with some pics of how they made a solid base for an external
rollcage id be very greatfull


thanks guys
richy

[dazerede]

what i would do is make some rock sliders and weld to chassis and make some heavey duty bumpers and then weld to them

[ScottieJ]

personally I would advise against using scaff pipe for a roll cage, firstly the galvanisation gives of poisonousness fumes when welding and it's not actually very strong.

48x3.2mm Hrew or blueband tube is cheap, stronger and will make a better cage.

also be careful when using a crush type bender as it is easy to crease the tube therefore making it weaker.

I would also advise tying the rocksliders into the chassis, that will also make for a stronger and safer cage.

A badly built cage is just as if not more dangerous than having no cage and it is there to save your life!

My rock sliders will have a cage attached to them eventually, I have welded 6mm thick spreader plates to the chassis and then welded the outriggers and rock sliders to those as the SJs chassis is not very thick, welding straight to the chassis isn't really strong enough and the chassis could tear in a bad roll over

[hamer]

ha thanks scotty only naw logged in and iv done identically what you have to support it today
my mates got a unit he uses for ther banger racing cars went down ther yesterday to get some ideas,

it bent real nice not one crease at all ,
not planning on climing any large steap hills and aint really planning on rolling lol
butt hopefully it will be strong enof to save my fiberglass roof if i end up on it one day

il look into it more before i weld the poles down tommorrow
thanks guys

[hamer]

thought id get a pic up of the sj with the cage on

[pritchard182]

looks wicked now find me one haha

[vitara_mad]

did you fill the scaff tube with sand to get it to bend without creasing ???

[hamer]

no mate
that was the plan but didnt need too
i had a blow torch on stand by too

[Tramp]

It looks good, I like your bumper too what make is it?

[Jordi]

What sort of pipe bender did you use bud? I want to make a cage but not sure what kinda bender to use.

Cheers
Jordi