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| Mother superior Member Since: 05 Aug 2013 Location: Surrey Posts: 504  
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Gents
So I have just fitted 3 x roof bars and an ARB awning..the thing is that the other side of the roof looks a tad naked so I started to think of something to fit up opposite the awning and given my predilection for pioneering tools, I thought I would knock up a tool board to fit on the roof rails on to which I could nail a shovel and an axe/ pick in much the same way a high lift jack is fitted to a Patriot roof rack. My question is will this make the 110 look all expeditionesqe and properly cool or am I peeing in my own boot and potentially going to ruin the old bus. Your opinions are gratefully received Wes Oh woe, oh woe My crusty old landrover, It will not go. |
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10th Jan 2015 8:07pm |
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| Brewstop Member Since: 28 Oct 2012 Location: South Oxfordshire Posts: 313 
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What roof bars did you go for? Sandy
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10th Jan 2015 8:11pm |
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| NigelM Member Since: 20 Nov 2014 Location: South Posts: 114
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...pictures please...
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10th Jan 2015 8:14pm |
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| Mother superior Member Since: 05 Aug 2013 Location: Surrey Posts: 504
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Ended up going for Flat dog bars, look pretty good if I say so myself
Wes Oh woe, oh woe My crusty old landrover, It will not go. |
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10th Jan 2015 8:16pm |
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| steve E Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Tenby Posts: 2073 
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All down to the pics buddy
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10th Jan 2015 8:17pm |
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| Brewstop Member Since: 28 Oct 2012 Location: South Oxfordshire Posts: 313
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I'm pretty taken with the Flatdog bars, i'm thinking about using them for my Foxwing.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures! Sandy |
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10th Jan 2015 8:39pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Pioneer tools? If it's an off road toy, you need the bits for work or you are going into remote foreign parts all well and good ....but for an every day vehicle....
IMHO  Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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10th Jan 2015 10:42pm |
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| Mother superior Member Since: 05 Aug 2013 Location: Surrey Posts: 504
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Well there's the thing with any pictures, I can get a lump of Ali finished in the same way as the roof bars onto which I can mount some tools ect ...but I doubt it will be cheap, even from my firms metal worker so I wanted to gauge opinion before I pressed the go button
Wes Oh woe, oh woe My crusty old landrover, It will not go. |
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10th Jan 2015 10:44pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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I suppose you could always go for real balance and improved karma by fitting another FoxWing to the other side...
Will not look lopsided and will increase your available outside real estate by as much again when camping...  Rog... 
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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10th Jan 2015 11:44pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Ask yourself the question of how many times you have used the pioneer tools when out in your vehicle in the last couple of years - if the answer is less than 5 then why bother?
Wing tops or rear door tailgate are the best places to fit pioneer tools that will get used. I'm imagining the accident when a slippery pick axe head slips out of your hands as you are trying to fit it back in a mounting above your head  |
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11th Jan 2015 1:57pm |
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| Chris86 Member Since: 15 Jul 2014 Location: South Yorks Posts: 788 
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Do you use the roof rack for anything else other than a mount for your awning?
If you do could you make up anything that would be properly useful for loading/unloading/mounting that you do use regularly? Not a big fan of mounting anything heavy on roofs if it can be avoided, and also mounting pioneering tools seems a bit like providing a potential vandal/thief tools to play with! Chris |
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11th Jan 2015 6:02pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6090 
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I used to have a wolf bonnet on my 110, with pioneer tool brkts on it (shovel, pick handle, and spare wheel mount) and the pick head bracket on the wing.
Amount of times (apart from taking pictures) I actually used them? zero. amount of times in the last, ooh, 10 years, I've needed said tools when out laning? maybe 1. they live in the back now, out of reach of sticky fingers, and my 110 looks soooo much better with a standard bonnet on it. and I don't look like an extra from the A team..... fool! |
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11th Jan 2015 6:16pm |
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| sparkylee Member Since: 06 Nov 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 1455 
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How about a set of these mounted up there ?
http://www.mudstuff.co.uk/gmb-sand-ladder.html Then if still required tools on the side of these It's good to be back from the dark side DC110 -2012 Black with black hood and black x-tech FFRR 4.2 vogue Renault traffic auto PT crusier convertible Laika x700 Motorhome |
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11th Jan 2015 6:32pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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or make the side of your vehicle look like the tool row in B&Q...
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12th Jan 2015 11:36am |
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