Langers
Well-Known Member
Won't tipping it on it's side mix the oil and water?
Just drain everything before doing it and he'll be fine
Just drain everything before doing it and he'll be fine
What a fookin carry on that would be.
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Just drain everything before doing it and he'll be fine
There was a (clearly spoily brat) kid at Driffield who had had his defender re-built after a roll - he had a full cage, so whilst drunk, they all thought it would be funny to put it on its side. So they did, then couldn't work out why it wouldn't start again when they tipped it back again.
I don't think anyone could be bothered with them to explain... i'm sure his daddy would pay a garage to recover + fix it for him
Comments from the driver's nephew would suggest otherwise though?
Turboman
Mab An Gov
I agree with the earlier comments about harnesses,Ive never rolled but have had harnesses before,They locate you in the seat and help you keep your feet on the pedals when its really bouncy!
The other thing is that whatever cage or harness you may have it will not save injury if there is heavy unsecured kit in the vehicle which will fly around in the event of rollover! A hi-lift jack would hurt if it landed on your head!
The other thing is that whatever cage or harness you may have it will not save injury if there is heavy unsecured kit in the vehicle which will fly around in the event of rollover!
A hi-lift jack would hurt if it landed on your head!
The other thing is that whatever cage or harness you may have it will not save injury if there is heavy unsecured kit in the vehicle which will fly around in the event of rollover!
Very good point that. Not a major issue for me as i have a truck cab, but, i maybe should put a catch on the cubby box, would have my DSLR to come out in a roll and hit the roof. Wouldn't have anything to take photos of when i crawl out and have an upside down landy!
n.r.g97
Active Member
the cage isnt or is a one spot life saver as you put it, it should be ok after a light roll, (ive rolled mine on more than one occasion, a couple of time slightley harder impact and its fine) but after a high speed roll or something with extreem forces its probably useless, i allways chack the cage after a roll to make sure theres no cracks in the tube (it happens), mine has no roof, just a cage so its quite important... a cage is well worth the money! they can be a real life saver!
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
Be careful a "full external cage" is not a saftey cage unless it has all support braces and welded directly to the chassis using spreade plates and or bolted with correct bolts (not fully threaded "bolts") . Alot of companies and alot of smaller firms that should know better kit car people especially, aswell as Whitbread offroad external cages are one serious hit and have no real strength to them.Whitbread will do a msa certified cage internal/external and it will be suberb quite cheap ish and competition legal. you will lose load space by design these are strong. Anyone telling you that you Need CDS is full of bollix yes there is a material spec and blueband/redband steam barrell seemed (if built correctly to spec) is just fine for competition cages.
