Thread: Cargo Barriers

When I go camping (short trips) I sleep in the back of my defender .... there is no way to do this with a cargo barrier ...

I am thinking of making a fold down one, so at night I can just fold it down, over the back seats and it will be the base of the bed .... I need to learn to weld first thou..

I think we have one under the house somewhere - but its not practical as I usually have the seats folded forwards for ease of getting the mountain bikes in the back, or the sailboarding equipment in. The old 2 door actually fitted the sailboarding gear easier than the 4 door.

In the 110 CSW I have a LR dog guard not a cargo barrier. It is worth its weight in gold. Besides providing an extra storage facility it works as a cargo barrier.

Anything in the middle section of the 110 is either soft, pillows sleeping bags etc, anything hard is well lashed down in the middle.

In the back most things are normally well secured and in the event of things going tits up there is the barrier. It does work well as a cargo barrier as I proved when crossing a ditch at over 80kmh!

Cost of dog guard was £65 or about AUS$150

Regards

Brendan

I remember this post by DM_td5 a while back on barriers.

Cargo - crash barrier

It's a pretty graphic illustration of why you should have one. Our cargo barrier was the second option after the child restraints.

I had one of those DOG barriers in my 1976 Rangie. Even that saved us a headache in a head-on along the glow worm tunnel road. The gear was embedded in the barrier and it was almost torn off but it stopped me getting a tool box through the back of my head.


All my landies have them now.

I reckon cargo barriers should be mandatory for most wagons. Exceptions being additional seating eg 7 seaters, as long as anything loaded is not of sufficient weight to cause injury or is anchored down with an approed restraint device.
There hae been to many fatalities and injuries due to to cargo / luggage coming forward into the cab and usually the first heads to get hit are the kids. Being inconveinient or not asthetically pleasing is not a reason to not have one. Most are adjustable or easily remoed when needed.