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Roll cage design for worst case scenario?
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<blockquote data-quote="crapyota" data-source="post: 1465201" data-attributes="member: 15981"><p>few years ago i ended up in the hospital for 9 days after my rollover experience on i-5.</p><p> same scenerio guy merged into us without stopping hit me right in the passenger front tire sent me off the edge at 60 started to drift sideways caught the edge went tumbling 2 1/2 rolls slide thru the safty cable on our roof.. our seatbelts deffintly saved our lives!! i could feel them tighten,and hold me tight in my seat. i could barely move my arm over to my gf as we were rolling.. </p><p> worst part was this all happened after a hard day of bending tube ,and welding a cage into my wheeler..</p><p> the cab of the truck(ford ranger) held amazingly. but i fear with a cage in the vehicle getting us out upside down in a mangled mess would have been time consuming. when we stopped moving i couldnt open doors. cab was tweaked,gas was leaking(just filled tank) and several people trying to pull doors open from outside.. my door opened and we climbed out. but with a cage and extra door bars would i have been able to get out this easy,and quick with out real emergency proffesionals with cutting tools,or would i have been stuck,with gas leaking all over and bystanders watching without being able to help...</p><p></p><p> now im sure someone will say a basic cage is gonna help,but i believe in this case,like in most cage builds.the builder would realy need to consider major mods to make the cage truly benificial..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crapyota, post: 1465201, member: 15981"] few years ago i ended up in the hospital for 9 days after my rollover experience on i-5. same scenerio guy merged into us without stopping hit me right in the passenger front tire sent me off the edge at 60 started to drift sideways caught the edge went tumbling 2 1/2 rolls slide thru the safty cable on our roof.. our seatbelts deffintly saved our lives!! i could feel them tighten,and hold me tight in my seat. i could barely move my arm over to my gf as we were rolling.. worst part was this all happened after a hard day of bending tube ,and welding a cage into my wheeler.. the cab of the truck(ford ranger) held amazingly. but i fear with a cage in the vehicle getting us out upside down in a mangled mess would have been time consuming. when we stopped moving i couldnt open doors. cab was tweaked,gas was leaking(just filled tank) and several people trying to pull doors open from outside.. my door opened and we climbed out. but with a cage and extra door bars would i have been able to get out this easy,and quick with out real emergency proffesionals with cutting tools,or would i have been stuck,with gas leaking all over and bystanders watching without being able to help... now im sure someone will say a basic cage is gonna help,but i believe in this case,like in most cage builds.the builder would realy need to consider major mods to make the cage truly benificial.. [/QUOTE]
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