Jon got it right, we asked the passenger to get out a couple of times. I told her very specifically what would happen if we rolled, she asked me if the cage would protect us. I told her yes it would. I built the cage to protect me in the event of a very hard rollover. Once she had made the decision to stay in, I reached over and pulled her harness tight. Told her where to put her hands, told her not to release the harness till someone was there to help her, or she knew she would not fall on her head, told her unless I yelled get out to wait a second and gather her senses before we got right side up.
Once I was past a certain point there is only forward and down, I simply got the order mixed up and went down first. That is all simple misunderstanding in my brain.
I hate to tell you guys this but if no one had done it before I still would have tried it, if a 100 rigs had done it before yep I still would have done it.
Someone mentioned putting a strap on the cage and a couple guys trying to hold me from going over.
My logic for not letting anyone do that may have been flawed but it sounded pretty good in my brain. I thought if anyone didn't let go in time they would have a mighty nasty fall onto the undercarriage of my rig, not a friendly place to fall from 20 feet or more
Overall its the kind of way I wheel. You can call it pride, stupidity, being competitive, shoot you can call it fluffy marshmallows for all I care.
If we do a crazy line and make it we are great drivers with awesome rigs, if we roll we are morons. Meh I am cool with that, never said I was a smart person.
I am also brain damaged so that may have something to do with it although I was pretty much like this before the brain damage occurred so
Moral of the story here, build your cage out of strong stuff, build it with proper bracing and a bit of knowledge, always wear your seatbelts better if you have harnesses wear the shoulder straps.
Be prepared for the worst hope for the best, we had first aid kits and fire extinguishers at the ready, I will be going back up tommorow to finish the clean up of spilt fluids.
Would I do it again, yah probably. Will I wear a helmet next time, yah probably. Do I back down from obstacles, yah all the time. Do I do stupid stuff, well I rock crawl don't I?