Thread: Lamp Guards and Wheel Carrier

First off the Kaymar is about $1000 here and it's made here in Australia

Secondly, having had a Kaymar on a D1, I can tell you it gets very annoying having to open the wheel carrier then the door. Especially when there is monsoonal rain falling


I'd love to hear from someone who has the German wheel carrier fitted. The Bearmach, Mantec etc are all very similar.

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Secondly, having had a Kaymar on a D1, I can tell you it gets very annoying having to open the wheel carrier then the door. Especially when there is monsoonal rain falling

+1 They also get annoying when you are parked on a slope.. and want to keep closing onto you.

The carrier that I have is cal and does not look as good but it opens with the door and locks open, so it will told the door open for you when you are parked on a slope (or stuck at an angle in a river trying to get out the recovery gear and not loose your balance and fall in the water..... )

The other thing to look out for is whether or not you can open the door with the key in it. With the graham cooper ones if you open the door with the key in the lock it will smash the key on the spare.. which is a pretty annoying thing to happen as part of it will break off in the lock!

Unfortunately the one on my county has no brand that I can see but it is a professional job, and I have seen them around.

I finally finished my own wheel carrier which has the following features.........opens with the door, locks in the open position and doesn't need any holes drilled to install it. IMHO some of the commercially made carriers look a bit 'light duty'. Maybe they're not made with Aussie Outback corrugated roads in mind.

Cheers, Murray

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-county-4.html


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Originally Posted by dm_td5

Hmmm not much of a website do they have a catalogue or anything?

More to the point, why would they bother with a web site. Has basically zero info on it.

Martyn

Originally Posted by Bushie

More to the point, why would they bother with a web site. Has basically zero info on it.

Martyn

nam seng is a bit of a one man show actually... large(ish) warehouse, 3 stories high, 5 meters wide and 30 metres deep!

last time I was there I sat on a pair of Zu rims because there was no space for a chair in the "office"

if you are shipping stuff from SG to Darwin, try Perkins as they run a vessel from SG to Darwin a couple of times a week basically empty and would do the freight as a type of back loading I'd say...

Originally Posted by EchiDna

if you are shipping stuff from SG to Darwin, try Perkins as they run a vessel from SG to Darwin a couple of times a week basically empty and would do the freight as a type of back loading I'd say...

You obviously haven't dealt with Perkins

At a guess I wouldn't be surprised if the shipping to Darwin was less than they would charge to on ship it to Gove.

Originally Posted by rijidij

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-county-4.html


YouTube- Land Rover Wheel Carrier

I love the handle to lift the pin in the carrier. I have been trying to think of a modification like that to my Kaymar as the pin is a pain.

Jeff