i just picked up some .120 x 1.5'' tubing and im curious to see what what people have come up with i have a bunch of ideas but only enough metal to build one cage, lol.

if you could post pics and total tubing length it would be appreciated

and please tell me if you would have done anything different and when i decide what to do i will use this thread to let you see the progress

Get on pirate there is an entire cage thread for cherokees. Why are you using 1.5 OD tubing?

I don't have a cage, but I do have a Rusty's Off Road roll bar.

i wouldnt run anything else besides 1.5'' on an interior cage. saves space.

why would you use bigger?

Strength?

I've been looking into building a cage for myself. Both interior and exo.

I have looked around, called a few shops (both racing and other), did research on forums and such.

Most everything I came across was built with 1.75" with either .120 or .095 wall.

The wall thickness plays a big part as well.

im not worried about the strength of the metal at all ive helped build a few dirt track cars and the specs for those cars are only .088 wall so falling over at 5 miles an hour doesnt really concern me.

and the way that the cage is constructed plays a large roll in its strength, i went to wyotech for custom fab i know my choices in metal will be fine im just curious to see what people have come up with

R and D is everything to someone that wants something right

MY interior cage is made out of 1.75. You are right most rolls happen at 5 miles an hour or less... but normally it just isnt one impact. When I rolled the sami buggy... I ended up bending 3 tubes.. and it wasnt a hard flop. Cage is built out of 1.5.



When I flopped my truggy I severly bent my door barand that has 1.75 tubes

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ALL of these events happened at a speed of stupid slow...

My interior is 1.75 .12 wall and I dont think I would ever go any smaller also are you using DOM or HREW?

what thickness are you running and its the whole principle of falling down something is supposed to get scuffed,

and im just wonderin why and who moved me to advan tech im not *****in but this is not a motor rebuild

Slow speed roll can have just as much damage as a higher speed roll. Lots of factors here. How it rolls or flops, cage construction, welds, tube used, weight of the vehicle, & even the terrain ect ect ect. Even a properly installed cage can & will get bend. Let's face it even a 1.5 bar has to be better than the tin can roof you have now. I have my cage about 1/2 way done. I have front & mid hoops in & the overhead tie bars installed with gussets installed. Still have dash bar, belt bar, rear half to install I'm also installing diamond plate floors at the same time.

i do have experience with with type of work im just making sure im gonna make the best decision based on the amount of tubing etc..


the point of this is to make it where i dont build this and say ah **** that would have been a better design

is there anything you would do different with the things you know now, hindsight is always 20/20

Normally I would not answer, but it was me.

Read the following. It can be found as a sticky at the top of the fab section.

I could have put this in Chat, but felt it was more valuable than a "Chat" topic.

Mines a jeepspeed cage. I'm a welder but I don't have a bender so buying the bent hoops saved me time n $$$$. I don't think it'll ever be truely done, its just slowly progressing. Ill always be adding, changing, modifying it.

I saw someone post a link to a 3 ton hydraulic bender for $400.

Probably the route I'll take.