Here are some pic's of the start of my new cage. I still have to finish bracing, front bumper, doors and rear tire holder, but it's a good start for 2 days work. It's built out of 1 3/4" .95 dom tubing and all mounting tabs have been beefed up with 1/4" Plate and grade 8 bolts. All cross bracing will be done in 1" 1.20 wall thickness which is almost solid. It's going to be well over built and a little heavy but it's only my life. I spent months looking at everyone else's cages and could not find one that had everything I wanted in one cage.
So tell me what you think....

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Great looking cage Looks like a great start. I'll be building mine as well so I like to see different designs.

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thx man

What kind of bender do you have? A mechanical or hydraulic bender?

Cage looks great man. I was gonna build mine, but I think it's a little over my head trying to do it, so I'm just gonna buy one. Again great work!

tube shark (hydraulic). I used to have a manual one but just not enough time and energy anymore.
wish I would have bought there tubing notcher too. I have had a JLD II on back order for 5 weeks so I ended up cutting ever pipe with a a cut off wheel and plasma cutter, i'll bet i spent 15 extra hr's notching pipes by hand.

It looks like a nice bender. How much was it and how much was shipping? Thanks!

It's a tube shark, same one that's on extreme 4x4 with out the notcher. Cost was 3200. shipped plus about 425.00 per die set but buy 3 sets of dies and get one free.By far the best tubing bender I have ever used except for a really high end commercial one. Real easy to use, and they stand behind there product. I bought it from a 4x4 place in wa (just ok to deal with) They were alot cheaper then buying it through tube shark.
Hope that helps.
With notcher 5400 shipped.

Look great Tony keep up the great work.

Jimmy

Thank you much! Are you in WA because that's where I am. Sotuhern Puget Sound. I mean like Puyallup/Tacoma area.

Ya, I live in centraila and I work in auburn

Thx
If the rest of my parts show up this week, I think I can have it done and ready for powder coating by Monday.

Well Cool! Private message me and I'll give you my email address and maybe we can hook up and go for a ride sometime.