Mounting a Family Cage to the Frame

[Gweiner]

Hi guys - just bought a family cage from BG and will be getting it next week. Planning to mount shoulder belts front and rear and the cage to the frame of the truck. Any suggestions how to mount it to the frame? What kind of bolts (U-bolts?). And where can I pick them up? Appreciate any help here.

 

[68rockcrawler]

You need frame tie-in stuff like Extreme Custom Fabrication carries.

 

[Gweiner]

Thanks! Did you install these ones from custom fabrications?

 

[bknbronco]

Just make sure your doing it right or it will do nothing for ya! Some use bushings on a piviot point but if it pivots then it might not be helping! Just do ALOT of research before you decide. Sometimes i think the frame tie-in bars are old school, but the only way to do it with generac aftermarket cages. When i build my cage ill use the factory body mounts and bolts, along with floor bars.

http://www.polyperformance.com/shop/Cage-Accessories-p-1-c-884.html

http://www.mountainoffroad.com/_e/dept/01-011/Tabs_and_Bushings_Universal-1-0.htm

 

[Gweiner]

Thanks! What do you mean use factory body mounts and bolts? Will that only work if the cage lines up with them? I bought a prefab family cage from JBG that comes pre-welded. Do have any photos you can share?

 

[lowbush]

Thanks! What do you mean use factory body mounts and bolts? Will that only work if the cage lines up with them? I bought a prefab family cage from JBG that comes pre-welded. Do have any photos you can share?

If you have floor bars, you can run them so that they are close to the body mounts, you then add a plate to the floor bar, and then bolt the floor bar plate to the body mount. It is about a safe as you can get when it comes to cages. Because you have the added strength of the floor bars, but you also have the cage firmly attached to the frame so it's going to take a whole lot of force to eject it. Floor bars distribute the compressive force across the entire length of the bar and compress against the frame rail in the event of a roll over, you therefore take some load off of the rest of the cage by distributing that load laterally across the truck and onto both frame rails. Instead of focusing the force on a few tie in points, that being said just tied to the frame is very strong and if that is what you have, you should feel very confident in it's ability to protect you.