Thread: 5 days on the Gibb River Highway

Originally Posted by AndyG

Does anyone fit mesh over their windscreen or has that become illegal/ daggy?

It used to be fairly common in the bush.

Was more when tempered glass was the go..

Laminated glass cracks not fragments so no longer needed. Haven't seen one used since the 80s

Umm they do exist, i think daggy is the word

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Here we us heavy mesh that would stop a bush knife, (machete) or a very large rock.

Originally Posted by Avion8

We left Gus at Overlanders back on June 12th after a trip to Steep Point with him. The attached photo is of him airing up at Carrarrang Station on Useless Loop Road. He was doing well & looking forward to Broome & the Kimberley.

Ha gold!! 2 107's up there ! Gus's will have loved that!

Originally Posted by Sitec

Ha gold!! 2 107's up there ! Gus's will have loved that!

He seemed to enjoy it, except for cracking a front panel mount - weight of spare + wok on the bonnet, and some pretty horrendous corrugations on the road into Steep point. He also got his wiper working with parts made up from several different wiper motors.

Originally Posted by AndyG

Umm they do exist, i think daggy is the word

Roof Rack World /Sunshade Products P/L > Products > MORE ACCESSORIES > Windscreen Stoneguards

Here we us heavy mesh that would stop a bush knife, (machete) or a very large rock.

Don't think you'd catch me with the full size one on any vehicle - however the small ones that sit across the bottom of the windscreen work well on some vehicles. I had one on a Toyota HiAce van (Pilot Vehicle) that I used to do a lot of rough roads in, and it saved me a windscreen more than once. At least with the small ones, you look over the top of it and not through the mesh, which I think would be annoying.

It's still hanging up in my shed in Kalgoorlie if anyone wants it .......

Don't think I'd put one on the Disco though .............

Originally Posted by Tombie

Was more when tempered glass was the go..

Laminated glass cracks not fragments so no longer needed. Haven't seen one used since the 80s

I always thought the whole idea of laminated windscreens was to crack rather than shatter into gravel. Now we have coppers and Transport Inspectors telling us vehicles are unroadworthy if the cracks are in front of the driver or run to an edge. We wouldn't have been able to complete a mail run out in Winton without getting a couple or more new cracks in the screens.

Originally Posted by Sitec

So, has anyone who's been up there of late seen 107Guss??? We've not heard from him in a while?

Met him at Windjana Gorge 24th June, he's loving it

He was planning on heading for the GRR and Mitchell Falls.

Originally Posted by Avion8

wok on the bonnet......

Mmmmmm, I might get the blame for that then!! Hope he's used it!!