yea the truck is def in cali. I dont know the kids name but i know he is young. Works for a water company in a.g. I drove by his house to check out the truck the other day. (just to get some ideas)
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thanks to teamwest for the reality check...this is as difficult as i was thinking.
the short version of the score link sez that trucks over two tons are required to use 2" diameter mild dom or 4130 tube, tundras weigh ~4500+.
I'm not planning on racing through the dessert at 100 MPH either, I have seen plenty of properly built and installed 1-3/4" roll cages field tested that held up fine for slow roll-overs, so that's plenty good for me .
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only get a in-cab roll cage if you plan on wearing a helmet while offroading ... i have heard of too many stories of fools busting their heads open on their roll cages bc they weren't wearing their helmets ... if you don't like wearing helmets don't get an in-cab roll cage ... pretty simple ... the tundra's were rated very well on the crash and roll over ratings ... i wouldn't worry about that too much
Its always smart to wear a helmet, but with a properly designed cage there should be no bars near your head. And and bars that come close to your body should be padded.
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you'd be suprised how far a person can move around in the cab a vehicle during a roll over .... yea I guess you could pad every area of tubing inside the vehicle. I think I would still wear a helmet even with the padding.
The thing is you are going to either hit your head on the cage or if you have no cage you hit it on the body and then the body ends up smashed on top of you. This is why we have cages. See how good the cab held up? With out the cage this thing would have been a pancake
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1994 Toy: The TOY Standard cab, Long travel front pulling13" w/Double fox w/Res, Deaver rear at 18" w/Single 2.5 18" fox w/Res., full glass, Bumper to Bumper cage, Gusseted frame, PRP seats, Crow harnesses, Custom steering(All Heims & Chromoly), Grant steering wheel, Smoothest ride around. OH by the way only 70,000 miles.
yes the older model toy's are made out of like thin aluminum lol i could lean against the door of my old 85 toy and dent the door in no problem ... I had a full in cab roll cage on that, but always wore a helmet and the cage was padded .... as for the tundra's which are built just a "tad" stronger than the ole' toy's i think would hold up pretty good in a roll over ... i have seen some pic's of them holdin up good ... i will post some up if i can find them
yes the older model toy's are made out of like thin aluminum lol i could lean against the door of my old 85 toy and dent the door in no problem ... I had a full in cab roll cage on that, but always wore a helmet and the cage was padded .... as for the tundra's which are built just a "tad" stronger than the ole' toy's i think would hold up pretty good in a roll over ... i have seen some pic's of them holdin up good ... i will post some up if i can find them
I wouldnt trust the tundra cab if its made like the bed! I had something come out of the bed and hit the bed rail and it collapsed the bedside. and I had a jet ski tied down in the bed. Hit the brakes and it slid forward about 3 inches and pushed the bed into the cab.
If you plan on taking your truck off-road I would seriously recommend somesort of cage. Especially any hi-speed desert froading
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yes the older model toy's are made out of like thin aluminum lol i could lean against the door of my old 85 toy and dent the door in no problem ... I had a full in cab roll cage on that, but always wore a helmet and the cage was padded .... as for the tundra's which are built just a "tad" stronger than the ole' toy's i think would hold up pretty good in a roll over ... i have seen some pic's of them holdin up good ... i will post some up if i can find them
I would beg to differ. I just recently left working at a body shop and the metal used to day as compared to my 1984 Toyota is thinner. The 84 was ALOT harder to dent UNLESS you leaned in the right place (Door). Every car nowadays are made from plastic and thin metal. BUT the roll over safety is probably better in the Tundra just because safty standards and technology has come along way.
But in the end no matter what you are driving if it goes over it is going to be a bad thing and anything you can do to help (helmet) is a good idea. Especially at the speeds we travel it usually is not just a flop. The truck above went over about 5 times with 1 being end over end.
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1994 Toy: The TOY Standard cab, Long travel front pulling13" w/Double fox w/Res, Deaver rear at 18" w/Single 2.5 18" fox w/Res., full glass, Bumper to Bumper cage, Gusseted frame, PRP seats, Crow harnesses, Custom steering(All Heims & Chromoly), Grant steering wheel, Smoothest ride around. OH by the way only 70,000 miles.
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