Family Roll Cage

[pgilbeau]

I am looking to do a family cage for my Bronco and don't have the fab/welding skills to do it myself. That being said I have been looking at the Bronco Hut family cage as an option. Does anyone have one? If so how do you like it? Looking for other options since Bronco Hut turn around times seem to be awful. Also looked at Wild Horses but it just looks giant and the shipping was more then I care to spend.

[Rox Crusher]

The Protofab cage sold by Bronco Hut is a quality piece.

The only thing I don't like are the two stiffener bars in the rear rood area as they are head knickers for rear seat passengers. I will end up cutting mine out.

If you can take advantage of the ones they keep in stock you avoid the expensive freight from AZ.

[pgilbeau]

I didn't realize it was a Proto Fab cage, that is good to know. Are you talking about the overhead bars in the center on the front and rear? The Bronco Hut website says they are optional so maybe I should leave them out.

[Justin]

The other option to seriously consider is a custom cage. The price isn't that different from the Protofabs and you can have it built however you want. Addicted Offroad in Ft. Collins does good work, as does Crawlertech 4x4 in Denver and Brucker Bros in Longmont. Last cage I know of that was done by Addicted was around $1000 for a nice one.

[cdj7k]

go over to D and C extreme in colorado springs off of powers and talk to Eric. they have two styles and reasonable prices. Eric is a real nice guy. Tell him Dave Johnson sent you by.

[DanHall]

go over to D and C extreme in colorado springs off of powers and talk to Eric. they have two styles and reasonable prices. Eric is a real nice guy. Tell him Dave Johnson sent you by.

I have their cage kit. It seemed to go together pretty well since I bougt it as a kit. I added a couple of tubes as well. The thing I dont like about it is the rear bars? They sit too low and the rear angle isnt enough. With a tumble and fold rear seat and the shoulder belts mounted at the bend they sit forward of the seat. I just need to get some tubing and rebuild that section. Eric told me a couple of years ago he would bend the tubing for me but I never got back to him so that is all on me.

[cdj7k]

Danhall, i think that angle is to clear flipping down the soft top frame. It is a potential head banger for sure, but they are willing to tweak in dealings we had with Eric. May or may not be answer, but they are good dudes to work with. Dave

[pgilbeau]

Going to check out D and C in the near future although I am leaning toward the Bronco Hut cage at this point. I suppose I need to get back on top of stuff and get my steering and brakes back together.

[DanHall]

Danhall, i think that angle is to clear flipping down the soft top frame. It is a potential head banger for sure, but they are willing to tweak in dealings we had with Eric. May or may not be answer, but they are good dudes to work with. Dave

Yep, he told me he would help make it work to my liking and was certainly good to work with. As I said, it is all on me. No issues there just sharing the part of the design that I didnt like. With no top and no back seat I actually really like the look but like everything there are trade offs. I think it actually was fine with the stock rear seat but that fold and tumble sits further back.

The Bestop sits way above the cage so I dont have any issues putting it up and down.

[Rox Crusher]

I didn't realize it was a Proto Fab cage, that is good to know. Are you talking about the overhead bars in the center on the front and rear? The Bronco Hut website says they are optional so maybe I should leave them out.

Yes, those be the ones. They are optional but they only stock the version with those bars. I was going to cut mine out but got lazy.

[airbur]

I tried 3 separate ProtoFab cages from the Bronco Hut and each didn't fit quite correctly. I'm sure it has to do with the body of my truck being uneven. After that I had Scotty at Addicted Off-road build one. Here it is...and it turned out awesome.

http://www.addictedoffroad.com/index.ph ... cts_id=295

[Rox Crusher]

I tried 3 separate ProtoFab cages from the Bronco Hut and each didn't fit quite correctly. I'm sure it has to do with the body of my truck being uneven. After that I had Scotty at Addicted Off-road build one. Here it is...and it turned out awesome.

http://www.addictedoffroad.com/index.ph ... cts_id=295

I really like the integrated grab handle up front, the triangulation piece at the rear and the horizontal bar above the dash.

These features would really help add stability / rigidity to the cage which I believe would help mitigate / eliminate the side to side motion when you hit a bump in the road.

Mine moves quite a bit and it is annoying. Some of it is from weak floors too though.

[ZOSO]

I tried 3 separate ProtoFab cages from the Bronco Hut and each didn't fit quite correctly. I'm sure it has to do with the body of my truck being uneven. After that I had Scotty at Addicted Off-road build one. Here it is...and it turned out awesome.

http://www.addictedoffroad.com/index.ph ... cts_id=295

I really like the integrated grab handle up front, the triangulation piece at the rear and the horizontal bar above the dash.

These features would really help add stability / rigidity to the cage which I believe would help mitigate / eliminate the side to side motion when you hit a bump in the road.

Mine moves quite a bit and it is annoying. Some of it is from weak floors too though.

Add in frame ties. I did notice how bad the flcage shakes in mine too.

[pgilbeau]

I like the cage by Addicted Offroad, wish I had seen that post sooner, I already committed to getting the Bronco Hut cage. Guess we will have to see how it goes at this point. I checked out D and C and I think I am to have them do some work for me other than the cage.