Fence Post as a Roll Cage?

y2kcrawler

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I have a friend who thinks he can use chain link fence posts as a roll cage. Can someone please discredit this and I will direct him to this post to make him feel stupid. Thanks. :shaking:
 
That should be super strong. Just make sure you use good welding wire. Just dont go to deep with the welds....or ride with him.
 
Be sure to stop regularly and take deep breaths. Welding galvanized steel will put hair on your chest.

..and dirt over that.:eek:
 
i install fences for a living, dont use 16 gauge like all the resiential post are. he will have to use ss20 at least. what size post are they? probley 1 5/8 there paper then
 
Tool Dictionary

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh --'

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting on fire various flammable objects in your shop. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.


TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

Son of a bitch TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling 'Son of a bitch' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.
 
Depends. If it's going on a JK, or anything running TrXus STS or Thornbirds, it should be more than sufficient. If it splits while he's bending it, though, it really should be TIG welded for proper strength. It makes great suspension links, too.
 
Had a customer when I worked at 4wp had one made out of exhaust tubing. Big Orange K5 Blazer


He said: "hey its better than nothing"

mmm... Gonna go with no on that one.
 
Had a customer when I worked at 4wp had one made out of exhaust tubing. Big Orange K5 Blazer
He said: "hey its better than nothing"
mmm... Gonna go with no on that one.

my uncle used to have an exhaust tubing "cage" in his camaro when he was younger so he could race at the drag strip. :lol: he said that he got away with it for months till in a pre race inspection the inspectors watch hit the "cage" and gave off the wrong "ting" :lol:
 

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Depends. If it's going on a JK, or anything running TrXus STS or Thornbirds, it should be more than sufficient. If it splits while he's bending it, though, it really should be TIG welded for proper strength. It makes great suspension links, too.

Now that is classic right there.:lol:
 
There is a guy in rock hill with cut up scaffolding for sliders.
 
This goes to prove you don't know what your talking about, If you are going with galvanized tubing. You Have to use a galvanized welding rod in your Mig welder! And who gave you permission to put my secret yellow project rig pics on here! Now everybody will be a copycat and steal my designs. I hear VOICES and they don't like you.
 
This goes to prove you don't know what your talking about, If you are going with galvanized tubing. You Have to use a galvanized welding rod in your Mig welder! And who gave you permission to put my secret yellow project rig pics on here! Now everybody will be a copycat and steal my designs. I hear VOICES and they don't like you.


Hmm, think you could make a harness out of hot dogs? That way when the fence posts bend and trap the driver in the rig, he can at least survive for a couple days on the dogs.
 
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