Cage and roof rack design input requested
Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
Wow! Thats going to be really cool.
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Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
Here's a pic looking down at the top of the rack from above.
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Making progress. Should be done today.
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Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
Best Pinz rack I have seen so far. Really well done!
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Just need to finish up the wiring.. Really close now.
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Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
You have created my favorite pinz. It's everything I want!
1973 712m
1968 Haflinger
1965 Pathfinder
1978 GMC Palm Beach (Hey, its got 6 wheels!!)
1968 Haflinger
1965 Pathfinder
1978 GMC Palm Beach (Hey, its got 6 wheels!!)
Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
Very clean execution. Compliments the truck well. How much protection will it render to the factory components if involved in a "rubber side up" event? Seams the flat stock wouldn't resist fwd and aft forces applied by brush on the trail. I see the bracket that ties into the roll member behind the front door. Wouldn't that just focus force into the one roll member?
There's a reason the racing community uses round tubing in its cage work. When assembled, they resist movement in all directions, thus distributing any forces through out the entire structure. The opposite of crumple zone construction. This would enable someone in SAR to tie off repelling/climbing ropes to any point of the cage with out worries about chaffing ropes or repositioning the truck.
The vanagon body is a more robust structure, thus doesn't require the same protection to be a functional roof rack. Anyone who has been on the SAV website has seen the squashed rear room member on their "used" pins parts image. I always discourage owners from removing the cage section of the front roll member for that very reason.
That all being said, I do like the work that has been done as it looks great. I also work in aluminum and can appreciate the simplicity of assembling machine cut plates to fulfill a light weight design.
Every fabricator has "their" way of doing things. I hope "my way" conforms to what works best for the application, not just what I'm used to doing, or what's available to me. My .02 for what its worth.
There's a reason the racing community uses round tubing in its cage work. When assembled, they resist movement in all directions, thus distributing any forces through out the entire structure. The opposite of crumple zone construction. This would enable someone in SAR to tie off repelling/climbing ropes to any point of the cage with out worries about chaffing ropes or repositioning the truck.
The vanagon body is a more robust structure, thus doesn't require the same protection to be a functional roof rack. Anyone who has been on the SAV website has seen the squashed rear room member on their "used" pins parts image. I always discourage owners from removing the cage section of the front roll member for that very reason.
That all being said, I do like the work that has been done as it looks great. I also work in aluminum and can appreciate the simplicity of assembling machine cut plates to fulfill a light weight design.
Every fabricator has "their" way of doing things. I hope "my way" conforms to what works best for the application, not just what I'm used to doing, or what's available to me. My .02 for what its worth.
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2993 FM 1647
Winnsboro, TX. 75494
fatfabrications@yahoo.com
(903) 365-2332 shop
(951) 765-7224 mobile
Facebook.com/dokapinz6x6
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Re: Cage and roof rack design input requested
Reupholstered the rear seats. They came out nice. They will match the new Mastercrafr seat covers I ordered for my front seats.
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