Comments on: Roll Cage Safety http://www.sidexsideaction.com/roll-cage-safety/ Coverage on everything UTV! Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:49:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ATVonicshttp://www.sidexsideaction.com/roll-cage-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-30 ATVonics Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:44:32 +0000 http://www.sidexsideaction.com/2007/07/roll-cage-safety/#comment-30 Great information for those that are building or buying a roll cage for the first time. You really got to Look these things over closely and shop around for the right frame that fit's your intended needs. Are looking for a two seat or a four seat, recreation purpose or racing, these sort of questions.If your a building your own cage take time to design and plan you roll cage for function and strength. Ask lot's of questions if your unsure about your roll cage choice or designWhen the UTV come's to you from the manufacture there really not a roll cage, most come with fine print sticker saying it's not a roll over protection device. One of the first up-grades I steer my customers to is a cage upgrade and a few other safety items like Leg tenders, passenger grab handles, 4 or 5 point seat belts, and wheel spacers with upgrade shocks for stability reasons. Of course the optimal way is full suspension a-arm upgrade with a high quality shock. Then their is less of a chance to actually test the roll cage.I personall I would pay the additional cost to use Chromoly tubbing, it's stonger and because it's stronger, you can use less wall thickness. Reducing wall thickness also reduces the cage weight. Roll cage weight is some of the worst weight to compensate for. It's at the top of the vehical with a high center of gravity. This top heavy weight effects handeling. And when mounting the cage, use largest mounting sufaces on the frame you can hook into. Every manufacture has differnt mounting locations to mount the cage to that insures the safest and most stable mounting points. Hopefully you will never have to test it out, but if you do you want it to hold up to the test.Happy trailsRandy www.atvonics.com Great information for those that are building or buying a roll cage for the first time. You really got to Look these things over closely and shop around for the right frame that fit’s your intended needs. Are looking for a two seat or a four seat, recreation purpose or racing, these sort of questions.

If your a building your own cage take time to design and plan you roll cage for function and strength. Ask lot’s of questions if your unsure about your roll cage choice or design

When the UTV come’s to you from the manufacture there really not a roll cage, most come with fine print sticker saying it’s not a roll over protection device.
One of the first up-grades I steer my customers to is a cage upgrade and a few other safety items like Leg tenders, passenger grab handles, 4 or 5 point seat belts, and wheel spacers with upgrade shocks for stability reasons. Of course the optimal way is full suspension a-arm upgrade with a high quality shock. Then their is less of a chance to actually test the roll cage.

I personall I would pay the additional cost to use Chromoly tubbing, it’s stonger and because it’s stronger, you can use less wall thickness. Reducing wall thickness also reduces the cage weight. Roll cage weight is some of the worst weight to compensate for. It’s at the top of the vehical with a high center of gravity. This top heavy weight effects handeling. And when mounting the cage, use largest mounting sufaces on the frame you can hook into. Every manufacture has differnt mounting locations to mount the cage to that insures the safest and most stable mounting points.
Hopefully you will never have to test it out, but if you do you want it to hold up to the test.

Happy trails

Randy
http://www.atvonics.com

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