Sport Bar / Roll Cage Material

[IOPort51]

Has anyone considered carbon fiber??

 

[Lumpy Grits]

Has anyone considered carbon fiber??

Have you look'd into the cost of CF?

LG

 

[IOPort51]

Have you looked at the cost of CM??

 

[Lumpy Grits]

Have you looked at the cost of CM??

Never had to-What I used was free to me.


LG

 

[Hedgehog]

At Metal Workers Supply, CM is about 4x the price of similar sized schedule 40 pipe. Around $100 a stick or about 20'

 

[IOPort51]

At Metal Workers Supply, CM is about 4x the price of similar sized schedule 40 pipe. Around $100 a stick or about 20'

plus shipping.

 

[Hedgehog]

We have one right here in town, so for those less fortunate, yes, + shipping.

 

[Peanut Butter]

Wooly.............the best thing We can all do here is stick to the facts of the subject along with providing good sound information to the Question & Subject.

That way others coming here for knowledge & guidance don't become confused by statements that are both incorrect nor have any real relevance to the subject.

PB first stated in Post #1 that he had some 2.375"OD Drill Pipe material that he used to build a Pole Barn...........later in post #43 he stated that he now had some 1.750" OD material that he said he would like to use in his roll bar and then in post #47 he stated " It'll bend 90 degrees if done gently.

unlike what you stated above "that it was difficult to bend" Not sure where that came from?

In my eyes the two products are different materials...........one being the 2.375" Drill Pipe that has 135 ksi while the other 1.750" material having the ability to be bent 90 degrees " gently". Anyone in the business knows that bending tempered material is just not going to happen with any good results.

Stick with the facts..........And your personal slighting comments about me going to the race track don't belong here!

This is what I said. The pipe I'm going to use is 1 1/4 inch diameter and it will bend. The drill stem is a different story, that stuff is tuff. Great for Pole Barns because of that, and it's cheep.

Sorry for the confusion guys.