Bronco Roll Bar Strength

[Nickp]

Just because it's designed to meet industry-standard rollover tests for highway vehicles doesn't mean it's designed to roll down a mountain. If you're anticipating rolling down a mountain, I'd suggest going ahead and getting a cage.

This. My buddy who builds jeeps one of his main things he does is build cages. “Good enough for OEMS” and “good enough to rock crawl extensively” are two different things.

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[croyco]

You plan on rolling sideways huh my guy?

It is a real possibility when your on a single lane trail with a 1000' drop.

 

[Zinn]

It is a real possibility when your on a single lane trail with a 1000' drop.

You’d probably have more issues dropping a thousand feet than a roll cage could help you with!

 

[SuckItMcGee]

It is a real possibility when your on a single lane trail with a 1000' drop.

Sounds like you need a roll-bar with a built in parachute! Alternatively, you could duct tape a bunch of cats to your frame and ensure you will always land right-side up.

 

[Straight 6]

Wait, so it's not like the dukes of hazzard car with the rollcage made of PVC pipes not attached to anything?

 

[Jrod0486]

Where are these cages?

 

[ChrisKz]

Thanks but the question then is: Will a hardened BORON steel bar fold upon a roll over or crash?

Depends on how violent the crash it.

 

[croyco]

Extensive roll cages? Show me

minute 6.44 + look through the window. behind the front seats you can the diagonal brace bars intersecting a cross bar.

 

[croyco]

Where are these cages?

6.44 + Behind the front seats.

 

[Streetbob08]

From what I read about Boron steel it is 2.5 times harder that regular steel and is widely used in automotive components. I am sure that Ford has taken crash testing into account when designing the truck. I also am sure that if they did add more bracing to the test mules it was because the engineers are not professional off road drivers and are going to push the limits of the trucks capabilities which are probably beyond their driving capabilities.

 

[Broncocito]

minute 6.44 + look through the window. behind the front seats you can the diagonal brace bars intersecting a cross bar.

They probably put a roll cage for the trip.

 

[North7]

From what I read about Boron steel it is 2.5 times harder that regular steel and is widely used in automotive components. I am sure that Ford has taken crash testing into account when designing the truck. I also am sure that if they did add more bracing to the test mules it was because the engineers are not professional off road drivers and are going to push the limits of the trucks capabilities which are probably beyond their driving capabilities.

But most buyers are not professional off road drivers either, just saying...

 

[North7]

I wonder if the prototype standard rollbars are mild steel as maybe the available pre-production presses could not handle boron steel. In the meantime the production presses that can handle boron steel are being ordered and installed later in the schedule.

Do we have any ME's that would like to chime in?

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