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  1. 27th October 2015, 06:39 PM #31
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    My tools stay on my bonnet all the time its too much work having to remove them to then have to take them upstairs to store them inside much easier leaving them on the bonnet.
    Sure I don't drive around town to much a RFSV isn't exactly easy to be driving around the inner city area where I live but I do take it on adventures in its urban enviroment regularly and plus most the time I take it out you can almost be assured I am heading towards some bush track somewhere and I may just need those tools in fact the axe and winch was used the other day to remove a tree blocking the road to assist other people in lesser vehicles to get through.
  2. 28th October 2015, 08:27 AM #32
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    Day-to-day I run with the holders in position but empty of tools. I am intending to remove the holders (at least temporarily) to give them a clean-up and a re-paint as they're looking a bit scrappy and leaching a little rust stains onto the bonnet. As my off-road forays are generally planned, following painting I will probably leave them off and install them when needed for a trip. Five minutes work with sockets and a spanner and they'll be back on ready to go.
    The other advantage of them not being there all the time is it will make it far easier to wash and surface-treat the bonnet.




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  3. 28th October 2015, 08:58 AM #33
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    I had a bloke at work hanging dung on me for fitting the awning, hi-lift, shovel etc with the comment of 'why are you carrying all that stuff around - trying to be a hero bush tucker man..' My response, 'No richard head, I don't need it now, but I do need it when I go away and if I take it off when I'm not away, I have to store it. And that means stuff in my garage taking up room I don't have'. (Now truck off out of my life you insect)

    People are so intolerant of things they don't like/understand. Hmmm, that could be another thread.

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  4. 28th October 2015, 01:05 PM #34
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    The tools always remain on mine as it usually only goes out when attending military vehicle rallies and my armoured vehicle club events.

    If I go bush I want to do it in comfort in the D4! (You don't need to do gardening when you're in the bush, the garden is already there!)

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  5. 29th October 2015, 07:13 PM #35
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    I drove to drop off at Melbourne airport nothing happened so i will leave the stuff on except for the ax. the Vic roads guy did not say much about it when it went over the pit s he only said great to see a bit of our history driving around real Aussie good bloke .wow i really got a few good answers thanks guys.
  6. 29th October 2015, 07:31 PM #36
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    Take them off. They look nearly as bad as chequerplate

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  7. 29th October 2015, 07:36 PM #37
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    ...Do you reckon even Les Hiddins drives around Sydney like a tool with half the garden shed on his bonnet?
  8. 29th October 2015, 07:59 PM #38
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    Dunno, but I'd like to hear his response to being described as 'a tool'...

    Live and let live mate.
  9. 29th October 2015, 09:12 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLandy View Post
    ...Do you reckon even Les Hiddins drives around Sydney like a tool with half the garden shed on his bonnet?
    Funny, that.

    Last week he was on another forum wanting a set of tool bonnet mounting brackets. I nearly offered up my spare set.
  10. 30th October 2015, 04:42 AM #40
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    Yeah? he dropped in for a beer the other day and said he was finished with the khaki, and that he was keen on a shiny new D5, first in line. ...so he'd be leaving his tools in the shed. 😳
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