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<blockquote data-quote="FroggF350" data-source="post: 397686" data-attributes="member: 333"><p>I want to jump in here and say thank God for this man not getting seriously injured. Crashes like this are a fabricators worst nightmare, and it's always at the forefront of the thinking when event promotors are choosing hills to race on. I personally know the shop owner that built this rig, and he also is the one that built my rig, Poison Ivy pictured in an earlier post. Since the sport of " Rock Bouncing" got popular about the same time Fat Girl came out, the capabilities of these rigs have drastically increased, and the safety aspect of the chassis have also greatly improved right along with it. This was a bad deal all the way around, and I think the fact that the driver wasn't injured at all is something that the builder should be commended for! That rig took a nasty solid lick up front before it rolled and it didn't hurt the chassis. It's easy to see what should have been after the fact... I do know that CSCFab uses .188 wall DOM for the main structural areas on all the chassis they build now, and have been for the last year or so, no matter what the customer asks for. </p><p>It sucks that we have to learn from accidents like this what the limits of our equipment and safety devices are, but that's how we improve. One things for sure, the safety rules for racing in SRRS will tighten up even more, we currently require full face helmets, fire suits and neck collars so in the event someone does have a nasty crash, and destroys a rig, at least the driver will be better protected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FroggF350, post: 397686, member: 333"] I want to jump in here and say thank God for this man not getting seriously injured. Crashes like this are a fabricators worst nightmare, and it's always at the forefront of the thinking when event promotors are choosing hills to race on. I personally know the shop owner that built this rig, and he also is the one that built my rig, Poison Ivy pictured in an earlier post. Since the sport of " Rock Bouncing" got popular about the same time Fat Girl came out, the capabilities of these rigs have drastically increased, and the safety aspect of the chassis have also greatly improved right along with it. This was a bad deal all the way around, and I think the fact that the driver wasn't injured at all is something that the builder should be commended for! That rig took a nasty solid lick up front before it rolled and it didn't hurt the chassis. It's easy to see what should have been after the fact... I do know that CSCFab uses .188 wall DOM for the main structural areas on all the chassis they build now, and have been for the last year or so, no matter what the customer asks for. It sucks that we have to learn from accidents like this what the limits of our equipment and safety devices are, but that's how we improve. One things for sure, the safety rules for racing in SRRS will tighten up even more, we currently require full face helmets, fire suits and neck collars so in the event someone does have a nasty crash, and destroys a rig, at least the driver will be better protected. [/QUOTE]
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