Tom’s Plate Style Roll Cage

[Skinnyr1]

I got my cage fully welded in this week. As mentioned above, I opted to eliminate the dash bar by miter 90 the front down tubes to the flat plate. I have also decided to run the dash, and it all ties together well. It all came out good and I am happy with it. I spent many hours pipe fitting, and I added in gussett. It was probably 16 hours to fit it all and tack it, and another 2 hours to get it all welded in fully. But I don't exactly work "fast."

I had an issue with mine, as one of the front legs was not bent just right or it has an incorrect tweak to it. This is probably something I will only notice since I installed it, but it definitely had an incorrect degree off somewhere. The two sides don't match up perfectly, pretty minor, but it is there.

 

[BoltTurner]

Can you post some pics? I was thinking of eliminating the dash bar as well.

 

[Skinnyr1]

Can you post some pics? I was thinking of eliminating the dash bar as well.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15hveEROeg1pyOoOegptt_vW1FENONqME/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15mHYmwDafpxQmNTXwROWeDfWRf5VJaCE/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15r64Kbjp6e8gnGlnFvV2tYqv4RaKndeX/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15rngdvWnkTZl-AoIcKnkK1mKAIaBkias/view?usp=sharing

 

[MrT]

I have one. Poison spyder makes weld in seat belt bungs. 2 guys working on it, I am guessing we worked on about 8 hours maybe a little longer. We lowered the bar at the dash about 1" The 2 legs behind the seats can be tied into the frame fairly easy, the rearmost legs would be difficult, the front plates are captured pretty well in my opinion.

 

[His Horse]

Skiinyr1, liked what you did eliminating the front cross bar on top of the dash, it looks good. I bought TBP front plate but haven’t installed yet. I was thinking about eliminating the dash pad, and lowering the cross bar. Cause I to think the cross bar sits too high and someone (wife) WILL hit their noggin. But my wife bought me a new dash (old one cracked and ugly) so I got to use it. You may have solved my problem! I think I may add a gusset at the bottom of the miter cut, over to the top of the flat plate. My Bronco is not an extreme rock crawler, nor will it see 90 MPH. Just need protection should it roll when elk hunting, or checking cows in the rough country. I’m running a half cab and the traditional roll bar outside the cab doesn’t quite cut it.