From: James M. Atkinson (jmatk@tscm.com)
Date: Fri Feb 13 2004 - 18:55:56 PST
If your vehicle rolls, flips, or any variation thereof you do not want to
"get thrown" out of the vehicle as there is a very high probability of
death. Instead ride it out, and only exit the vehicle once it comes to a
complete stop. This is something that any combat driving instructor will teach.
If you think you might encounter a situation where you might find yourself
flip, tipped, or rolled then enclose yourself in a roll cage capable of
supporting three times the gross weight of the vehicle.
In the case of a duece or 5 tonner you will need a moly-chrome steel cage
around the inside of the engine compartment and nose, along with a roll
cage around the passenger cabin. Also you will replace the bow and staves
with removable ones made of tubular steel, with cross braces, with at least
one (usually the one nearest the cab) being permanent attached. This is
also a good time to add an I beam for a trolley chain fall system.
While your at it you may want to slide the bed of your duece back a bit to
give yourself a place to store an extra tire, tools, chains, genset, and an
auxiliary fuel tank.
-jma
At 08:36 PM 2/13/2004, David Cole wrote:
>I second that vote - I'd much rather stay in the vehicle.
>
>I speak from experience - I rolled a '74 Audi Fox in the hills of Tennesee
>one night in the late 70's, did three complete rolls before coming to a
>halt in a ditch. I can still remember seeing the pavement slide over my
>head as I hung from my seat belt upside down. I drove that car for 800
>miles more (I was on vacation). Soon after the insurance company declared
>it a total loss and it was scrapped. Every panel on the car was smashed
>and the rear window and one side window were gone.
>
>All of the stuff in the back seat, was in the middle of the road.
>
>Once is enough.
>
>Dave
>
>
>On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:00:25 -0500, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>>At 12:49 AM +0000 2/14/04, noel shelley wrote:
>>>Hi All ,
>>>The roll bars would need some very careful thought . Bearing in
>>>mind the weight of the vehicle and the fact that very little may stand above
>>>the hood and sides caperbable of load bearing . The structure would have to
>>>be very substantial and heavyly braced on to the chassis .
>>>Though not a pleasant thought , you might be safer thrown clear rather than
>>>traped in twisted metal .
>>
>>I'd rather stay in the cab than get tossed out and have the truck roll
>>over me.
>>
>>http://www.e-z.net/~ts/ts/ts.html#roolovers
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