Roll Cages and Child Seats

[bigblockburris]

You guys that wheel with your kids, what do you do to mount the car seats?

I'm not talking about infants, my daughter is almost four and loves to go riding in the Jeep (not on the road, around the back yard).

I am fixing to build a cage for the Jeep (M715) and was just looking for ideas.

Pictures would be great!

Thanks

BBB

 

[dweymer]

I would give extra consideration to the neck strength of a 4YO. If you rolled violently, how would you brace her head?
I also have kids(5 and 3), and have ruled out anything other than u turns in the median for a while with them.

 

[upnover]

I have a friend that mounted a small racing type seat in his Hybrid. Complete with harnesses. I would think any seat that you can put a car seat in securely would be fine.

 

[Caver Dave]

 

[Rox&Mud]

My son is almost four and he has gone to almost every trail ride I have done since he was able to walk. He rides the trails with me and my wife set up in the rear center of our TJ. I have a standard Poison Spider full cage. He and the wife always get out at obstacles. It is not worth the risk and he likes to watch more than participate in the difficult stuff. Currently he is set up an a Bestop replacement CJ seat bolted down and then his car seat strapped down to that and the Jeep. I am planning on switching him to a suspension seat soon.

 

[Jeff B]

my daughter is four & she loves to ride I mounted bucket seat in the back & straped her in with the booster seat. I do not take any obsticals with her in the seat not enough protection.

 

[NC_Mog]

My boy has been with me since he was 3. Use a car seat that extends above the head with side supports. It is best if the seat tips back a little so that when they fall asleep, their head doesn't flop forward. Like others have said. It's best to get them out of the vehicle if the obstacle is extreme.

 

[Shannon]

My 9 year old did the Dakota Territory Challenge (5 days) at 5 weeks old, and my 6 year old did Tellico (including lower 2, slickrock, etc.) at 7 weeks). I had found a car seat with a full tubular 'cage' construction and full harness. Also, you use rolled up towels and such to keep head from moving around for small kids. As they got older, use baby beards with 4 pt harnesses (could do 5) and can use neck brace on the hard stuff.

Simpson also makes a cool seat for kids. www.simpson.com.

 

[latest project]

IIRC there was a good sized thread on pirate about what people were doing to secure their kids a lot of them were using small racing seats and giving them helmets and neck braces

 

[sam(slim)]

My ranger is getting a 3rd seat in the new ex-cab. It will be mounted as far back as it can go in the between the front seats. It will not be a real seat but more of a place to mount a car seat. Thinking of using one of the jump seats to build it so it can fold up out of the way when she is not rideing with me.

 

[bigblockburris]

Thanks

It looks like some take their kids, some don't.

I personally was just curious about what you guys had done/built. Since my M715 is convertible (and NO seat belts), I am going to do the cage before I even ride her on the road in it.

Thanks

BBB

 

[etjeep]

My boy has been with me since he was 3. Use a car seat that extends above the head with side supports. It is best if the seat tips back a little so that when they fall asleep, their head doesn't flop forward. Like others have said. It's best to get them out of the vehicle if the obstacle is extreme.

Thats what I have done as well.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I took my son wheelin back in Dec and he just turn 3 last week. I just straped him in to the pass seat with his normal car seat and he had a great time. He fell alseep while I was bangin and crashing in and out of a creek bed.

 

[Aggressive1]

My buggy chassis was desined around two kids sized PRP seats and I have 4 point Y'd harnesses to hold them in place.

Got the idea from a guy in Charleston SC who had the rear cage built to hold two PRP seats for his kids in a TJ.

I say, build a cage around em, attach the seats to lower cross bars tied to the cage, and put some harnesses in. I would also put some rangler nets in to keep debree or rocks from hitting them. I used to use soft handles on the bar behind my seat so the kids could hold onto something in case of a roll without putting there arms outside the cage.

Course with all this...I still only let them ride the easy stuff at Uwharrie and made them get out when it was time to play.

 

[deebo]

I just went out with my 3yr old last week w/ the CTB and we both had a blast.