Roll Bar
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RBuffordTJ
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I have learned that using a roll bar which is just bolted to the sheet metal will not help in a roll over, it will tear loose and become more dangerous. If your wanting something for protection it needs to bolt to the frame which is going to mean going through the bed and to the rails. The quick snap together and bolt down roll bars like this one are not good for much but looks.
Sorry to bring the bad news, I'm sure there will be more input.
Rick in Orlando
That's what i thought. Does anyone know where I can get something similar (I guess its called a 4 point system) that is good quality. How much work is involved with putting one in (about how much would a shop charge to do it)?
I inquired about the very same thing at a local welding/machine shop when I was in Florida. I was quoted $300 for a 4-point system using good quality DOM steel tubing which would have been custom fit and fabricated for my particular application. Of course, this could vary greatly from shop to shop let alone state to state.
Good luck,
Stan
Good luck,
Stan
firelt90bronco
Ask me about my job
The safest way to mount a roll bar is by attaching it to the frame, because in a roll over it will pull free of sheet metal and be more metal to hit you or entrap you in the vehicle. I remeber one call, our company was called to a roll over with entrapment. A guy rolled his Blazer and the roll bar had wedged him between it and the seat like the bar on a roller coaster. It caused some internal injury as well as having most of his ribs broken.
I may be mistaken, but I think that "rollbar" pictured from Wild Horses is for an Early Bronco (66-77), not a fullsize Bronco. In any case, I don't like the fact that the main hoop is split and bolted together to save "shipping costs". At least for me, my safety is worth more than a few dollars, and I would pay a shop to custom build an internal tube bar/main hoop that is from one piece of tubing & attached to the frame. I paid $250 for a 10-point cage kit and built it myself, so I know it's strong. There's also a recent thread about the simple, 4-pt rollbar that used to be offered by Bronco Graveyard and others. JSM84
