I’d guess that the cage weighs about 200-225 lbs. it took 3 of us to lift and position in place. Wasn’t hard except I forgot to account for weld shrinkage between the c and d pillars so they were kinda a ***** to line up. If I would’ve braced those while welding like I did between the a & c pillars, it would’ve been easy for 2 people to install. Live and learn 😋.
I like how you’re thinking on the rear but I don’t think you’ll get a tight enough bend to wrap under the cut and fold area. The tightest I’ve seen advertised is 4.5” radius for 1.5”-1.75” tube. The inside radius of the bend will cause it to stick out quite a bit unless you cut reliefs in the body itself. That might actually be kinda cool! You’ll still want a spreader bar between the wheel well tube and the d pillar down low so that you don’t catch on stumps, rocks, etc between these two. Up here in the Pacific Northwest our trails are super tight and I’m constantly using the back of my cage as a “slider”.
the filler neck area can interfere with the brace in this area. I currently just barely rub mine with my 35s. When I step up to 37s I’ll probably use a piece of rectangular tube there to get more clearance. That’s why my bumper tube comes farther forward than the wheel well down tube, it’ll get cut flush to the down tube when I open up the wheel well and push the axle back a bit for 37s.