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    Quote Originally Posted by trog View Post
    If you are lucky enough when driving in North America you might get the chance to hit a skunk. Any sort of front end protection , unless a plow is useless. Myself , if the road was clear and slowing not possible , i would consider swerving around the stink monster !
    I've only ever heard stories, they must be really, really bad!

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    I've noticed a lot of bull bars have the radio/phone aerials mounted on top of them and some even in front of, this seems odd to me as the most likely time one is going to need to use the radio/phone is after hitting something with the bull bar. Does anyone have any experience of how well these aerials survive animal strikes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RANDLOVER View Post
    I've noticed a lot of bull bars have the radio/phone aerials mounted on top of them and some even in front of, this seems odd to me as the most likely time one is going to need to use the radio/phone is after hitting something with the bull bar. Does anyone have any experience of how well these aerials survive animal strikes?
    The bars don't explode on impact But they do bend, I imagine something like a phone aerial will survive if the wiring isn't crushed.
    It is usually the spotlights that get destroyed and in an extremely severe impact also the radiator etc. But the aerials are pretty tough and usually will survive.
    I have had many animal strikes and usually the bullbar gets bent But No major damage to the car/truck,
    The only time I damaged the vehicle with an animal strike was when I hit a big roo with a Ford Transit van.
    The bullbar simply bent backwards on impact as the mountings were super flimsy, It had a thumping big alloy bar on it but it was mounted on the tissue paper of the front end.
    This had a small 2 way antenna on it and it worked just fine after the impact.
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    Thanks for the info, Trout.

    That reminds me, the guy I bought my aerial from, said to leave a little slack in the aerial cable, as when it bends back on the spring it can actually damage the wire when it pulls tight.

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    I put a magnetic mount antenna on my roof. It gets better reception there, mostly doesnt get hit by foliage, doesnt impede the view forwards, and doesnt appear in photographs taken through the windscreen.

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    Hiluxes and gravity

    The very popular hilux appeared on just about every property and industrial site a few years ago.

    Out on the pipe-line jobs in hilly terrain, they got the name "tip-truck" due to their propensity to roll when on a side-sloping track.

    The COG was just too high for the wheelbase and the suspension set-up.

    Other brands did much better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rovers4 View Post
    The very popular hilux appeared on just about every property and industrial site a few years ago.

    Out on the pipe-line jobs in hilly terrain, they got the name "tip-truck" due to their propensity to roll when on a side-sloping track.

    The COG was just too high for the wheelbase and the suspension set-up.

    Other brands did much better.
    Do you mean the track, or were they end for ending?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rammypluge View Post
    I put a magnetic mount antenna on my roof. It gets better reception there, mostly doesnt get hit by foliage, doesnt impede the view forwards, and doesnt appear in photographs taken through the windscreen.
    I did the same. It works better on the roof and is safer up there, particularly with an adjustable mount so it can be folded down when not in use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    I did the same. It works better on the roof and is safer up there, particularly with an adjustable mount so it can be folded down when not in use.
    I just put a stubbie antenna in mine when i am not using it. Means i can get in carparks. I hadnt thought of having the ability to fold it down. Hmm.

    When i have the 6db gain in, it goes over two dunes on the simpson, compared to a friends 6db whose only when one at most.

    For most trips I put a 2db flexi in.

    It they hit an overhead branch heavily enough it just tips the base over. Thats only happened about two or three times over many trips, and its just a matter of flicking it upright again.

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    The generally accepted advice is that for hilly, forested or urban terrain, use a low db (0-2.1) antenna. The flatter and more open the country, the higher the db rating.
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