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How the crap this become about roll cage building again anyway WTH lol
 
When finances allow someday I will build a tube chassis that won't be from piles of scrap metal lol, until then my scrap pile will rule on
 
Ron said:
If I could offer one single piece of advice to you that I think would help you tremendously it would be to never do this ^^^ again.
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You're giving him way too much credit. That's a bullshit, cop out excuse. Look at how many LF of tube are in that pile and tell me he "ran out". If he ran out, it's because he wasted most of it. There aren't continuous A, B, or C pillars, but there's an entire stick running a big useless loop around the hood, and fuck only knows what's going on behind the back seats.
 
marty79 said:
got nothing to do with trusting my skill or my rig it has a whole lot more to do with some of these crazy-ass trails that I've seen people go up that's where the hardest rollovers I've ever seen personally happen and to me the scariest. So yes I stay off real sketchy stuff unless I keep winch hooked up while attempting a real sketchy hill.
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That's what I figured....

Duane
 
shawn said:
You're giving him way too much credit. That's a bullshit, cop out excuse. Look at how many LF of tube are in that pile and tell me he "ran out". If he ran out, it's because he wasted most of it. There aren't continuous A, B, or C pillars, but there's an entire stick running a big useless loop around the hood, and fuck only knows what's going on behind the back seats.
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Well to be fair - he didn't say that he didn't have enough tube. He just said he ran out of it.
He had enough for a cage and a half.
 
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Ok, I know...everybody’s preaching triangles. It’s not just because all the cool kids do it. It’s some “science of metals” stuff, man. What is the strongest geometric shape? Triangle. Know why?

Did you ever have an erector set as a kid? Think of the bars you’re putting together that way. Not as rigid members welded together with a few arbitrary angles welded in. You’ve got a few trapezoids and a ton of squares going on. Think of those little flat stamped links put together with hardware at the corners loosely holding them together... they flop around all over, don’t they? Now put together a triangle with those links with the same hardware loosely at the three points. Does it move? Nope. That’s why cage designers put triangulation and nodes in every big span of tube (such as across roofs, behind the front seat, etc. to protect the driver and passenger compartment) when you see professionally built cages. Not just to look pretty...although they do look cool when executed properly. They do it that way for strength.

just a buck-o-five from another dumb engineer. :lol:
 
Scooter402 said:
Ok, I know...everybody’s preaching triangles. It’s not just because all the cool kids do it. It’s some “science of metals” stuff, man. What is the strongest geometric shape? Triangle. Know why?
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I get it ..got it like long time ago bro.
I think the biggest issue is just because my pile of scrap a rig (LMBO) ends up with ghetto fabulous design and looks and fabrication that everyone just automatically "assumes" that I'm incompetent to build anything otherwise. yeah ok, in Y'all's defense, you haven't seen much else on my rigs but I've done some very quality work for other people and customers.
Everyone thinks I'm being "proud" and stubborn about this but I'm really just defending my case/cause/legitimacy that I do know the proper way of doing something such as "roll cage"...I've been around enough buggies and worked in few fab shops to learn proper cage design and such....just cause it don't end up on my rig doesn't mean that I'm an idiot like y'all take me for.
@upnover called it out...I aim, load and shoot with my personal builds up to this point...I wing it! Then I change something after it's done...yes I've kicked my own ass couple times for this, so yes Chip is right I need to quit doing that. Too late now, LOL. This Rig is pretty much done until I get coilovers, minus complete this cage for good to get ready for some serious wheeling....yes even if I have to cut out sections and redo it behind the seats.
 
Well....I never said any of that.....so if that's how my comment was taken, then


I was only trying to help. But, like has already been said. Engineering critical components is easy, so anyone can do it. Am I right?
 
marty79 said:
When finances allow someday I will build a tube chassis that won't be from piles of scrap metal lol, until then my scrap pile will rule on
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Seeing how finance limitations seem to be a major driver for how you build your rig (we get it, we all get it and have been there before), it’s much more fiscally responsible to plan your work diligently so you aren’t spending twice the time doing it and using twice the materials building it.

treat your time and materials like it’s gold so you aren’t wasting it and paying for it 2 or 3 times in the end.

if you don’t have the means to do it right the first time, you certainly don’t have it to do it right the second or third time. Take your time and build it right the first time and you’ll find that it’s more affordable and better in the end.
 
marty79 said:
This Rig is pretty much done until I get coilovers, minus complete this cage for good to get ready for some serious wheeling...
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Lol I can’t wait to see what sketchy shit goes down to purchase coilovers before buying another stick of tubing to complete the cage.

JF is about to make all of our good for nuthin, lousy critic asses look stoooopid!

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rockcity said:
Seeing how finance limitations seem to be a major driver for how you build your rig (we get it, we all get it and have been there before), it’s much more fiscally responsible to plan your work diligently so you aren’t spending twice the time doing it and using twice the materials building it.

treat your time and materials like it’s gold so you aren’t wasting it and paying for it 2 or 3 times in the end.

if you don’t have the means to do it right the first time, you certainly don’t have it to do it right the second or third time. Take your time and build it right the first time and you’ll find that it’s more affordable and better in the end.
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What do you know about building anything? Freaking newb.
 
junkxj said:
Nah...



This proves a well built cage isn't important, just bail out!!!!


And someone should be shot for calling a 40 series a jeep.
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That's.... the most important thing about this video
 
NickMaul said:
can’t wait to see what sketchy shit goes down to purchase coilovers before buying another stick of tubing to complete the cage.
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Nothing sketchy about it..it's gonna take time to save up, even a good used set is $800+, I'll have this cage done next week. I gotta get my new shop done and get to work full throttle before coilovers happens lol
 
rockcity said:
Seeing how finance limitations seem to be a major driver for how you build your rig (we get it, we all get it and have been there before), it’s much more fiscally responsible to plan your work diligently so you aren’t spending twice the time doing it and using twice the materials building it.

treat your time and materials like it’s gold so you aren’t wasting it and paying for it 2 or 3 times in the end.

if you don’t have the means to do it right the first time, you certainly don’t have it to do it right the second or third time. Take your time and build it right the first time and you’ll find that it’s more affordable and better in the end.
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Yes I know this all too well, I admit it. Putting it in to practice my dumb butt needs to learn to do it lol
 
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