HeavyMetal
NAXJA Forum User
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- Fairfield, CT
ok so ive heard every bit of recycled information every web wheeler on the planet has to say.
But does anyone with any REAL experience or knowledge share with me why sch40 should be so out of the question for my light duty "cage"?
I have a chop top XJ (stock suspension on 33x10.5s, not horribly roll-prone), which will see light wheeling at most, and the cage design is more to return rigidity to the body instead of sustaining a full fledged hard roll.
so far on pirate ive seen numerous accounts that as long as you have a sound structure/weld, it should be fine. Numerous guys saying their buggies have sustained multiple rolls with sch40 with no bad results.
only thing ive gathered is: sch40 pipe is a lot more dent resistant, as it is more rigid(which in hand causes sheering more often). and tube such as DOM will give more allowing a bend instead of a break, but only in serious cirumstances.
I just dont see how sch40 is as life threatening as people make it out to be given this circumstance. It isnt as simple as "if you use pipe you're stupid" as far as im concerned right now. perhaps someone can dispell that, or perhaps not. This would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.75"x.120 or .250 wall
notes: i am not building a moon war buggy, it is a light duty chop top weekend wheeler.
But does anyone with any REAL experience or knowledge share with me why sch40 should be so out of the question for my light duty "cage"?
I have a chop top XJ (stock suspension on 33x10.5s, not horribly roll-prone), which will see light wheeling at most, and the cage design is more to return rigidity to the body instead of sustaining a full fledged hard roll.
so far on pirate ive seen numerous accounts that as long as you have a sound structure/weld, it should be fine. Numerous guys saying their buggies have sustained multiple rolls with sch40 with no bad results.
only thing ive gathered is: sch40 pipe is a lot more dent resistant, as it is more rigid(which in hand causes sheering more often). and tube such as DOM will give more allowing a bend instead of a break, but only in serious cirumstances.
I just dont see how sch40 is as life threatening as people make it out to be given this circumstance. It isnt as simple as "if you use pipe you're stupid" as far as im concerned right now. perhaps someone can dispell that, or perhaps not. This would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.75"x.120 or .250 wall
notes: i am not building a moon war buggy, it is a light duty chop top weekend wheeler.
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