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    Twin Wheel Carrier.

    I have just purchased a Twin Wheel Carrier from Outback Accessories (located in Perth I think) My mate bought it back from Oz and never got around to fitted it.

    Has any of our members fitted on of these to their Discovery I? I now have to fabricate a new rear bumper to mount the carrier etc....

    Any pictures, advice etc welcomed.

    Thx.

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    Never seen a twin wheel carrier in the flesh on a D1; they were/are very rare and cost heaps.

    I believe Kaymar did them at the beginning of the D1.

    I think the HoHars had a D1 with one on.

    Here are some pics I have of one that was for sale quite some time ago.






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    I saw quite a few on the roads here in Melbourne many years ago. The Kaymar was and is a very heavy but very well made bar. The most common one I saw was the wheel / jerry can combo. I went into Kaymar back in about 1997 and purchased a high lift jack holding plate which bolts up to the rear wheel holder. This i've used many times to hold a post hole digger shovel. Perfect for camping and a dig out if stuck. The simple plate was quite dear at the time, about $100. I believe the rear Kaymar bar was well in the thousands.

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    Thumbs down

    Did anyone else notice the additional rubber top door seal in the guvs pics below? that blue rig was set for outback touring for sure. Bit of outback bulldust can creep in as most of us know. Mount up a big heavy ROH steel wheel and 32" rubber and hit road corrigations for days on end...You will eat some dust inside the cab, that I know!

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    Well spotted AuastalianMade, good tip for keeping out dust.

    Thanx
    Dave

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    Cheers nice1guv, those pics are pretty interesting.
    I've got an aftermarket rear bar on my D1, looks like standard but the shape of the plastic end cappings is all-in-one with the bar.
    I've been thinking about putting a rear carrier on this bar for a while, either a twin wheel or more likely a single wheel and jerry can. Got as far as sketching up a few designs and spoke to Murray (rijidij) at the Wandin show about some of his kits.
    Trouble is the bar just uses the standard mounting points off a fairly weak looking tab on the end of the chassis rails (bolted to an equally weak looking tab inside the bar) and I'm a bit concerned about hanging the weight of a couple of carriers, a wheel and a full jerry can off the back off these mounting points.
    It looks like the kaymar picks up a couple of the mounting points that a towbar would use, anyone know any more about this?

    I've seen the posts from APT in the vendor section about the D2 bar and carrier they're making, it'll be interesting to see how thats bolted up.

    Cheers,

    Dan

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    Thers one on evil bay now

    land rover discovery l rear bar twin wheel carriers | eBay

    Thanx
    Dave

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    Yeah thanks Dave, I have seen that rear bar on fleabay before. Touch pricey tho!
    Quite like the idea of making my own. Its just one of many on the list of things to do/make/would be nice to have....

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    G'day, if your bar is the one I think it is then no it's not strong enough to mount a spare on, let alone a big one, much less a spare and a jerry can and don't even mention putting 2 spares on the back of a Disco1. Even Kaymar aren't doing that on their re-born D1 bumper. Any chance of some pics of your bar? (Purely for reference and research purposes of course). Cheers, Bush Ranger.

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    Gday bush ranger,

    Not the best pic, but the only one I can find.
    It seems pretty substantial, certainly weighs enough anyway, but yeah I wouldn't seriously consider putting two spares on it. No idea what make it is.
    I started thinking about it as somewhere to put a jerry of diesel, but like I said, it's only a bit of a pipe dream at the moment, got other more urgent things that need doing.

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