Thread: D5 winch

Originally Posted by PAT303

Except for when I did my apprenticeship in Sydney and now my degree in Perth I have lived/worked in rural/remote Oz my entire life,and a genuine L322 headlight assembly is $240 plus postage. Pat

I am in my sixties and have never lived in the city so I think that I may have some idea about the damage that a roo or a cow can do to a vehicle and have been unfortunate enough to know this first hand.
If a Duck can easily take out a headlight then you should be able to imagine the extent of the damage that a full grow roo or even a small heifer would do.
It is Not only the damage to the car that is of concern people have been killed due to animal strikes and "Poo Pooing" Bullbars as an unwarranted fitment is just Silly because they Can and Do prevent serious damage and injury.
Personally I am more than happy to have a extra chunk of steel between myself and any errant animal Even though they don't look fashionable, at least in the unhappy event of an animal strike I will be able to walk away with my limbs intact and will have a very real chance of the car still being operational.

Originally Posted by trout1105

I seriously doubt that you do more bush miles than most if the only encounter you have had is with a Duck and yet this duck still took out a headlight which on a Landrover isn't a cheap replacement.
Many of us travel where livestock and wildlife is a Real problem and a Bullbar is a necessity to prevent terminal damage to the front of the vehicle and that's why we have them fitted.
The cost of an animal strike to a landrover will Far outweigh the cost of getting a Bullbar fitted that will stop this sort of damage and even after a decent animal strike with a Bullbar fitted you can usually still get yourself home, Without it you are sitting on the road waiting for a flat top.

Funny. I drive about the same as anyone else who lives the sort of life that I do, and that is a LOT. Yet, I have far more souvenirs from the authorities than others, when my behaviour is no different. Comes down to dumb luck, or lack of it. I reckon the same applies here.

In the four years prior to twelve months ago, I drove maybe 450,000 km on the highways and byways. In that time I hit at least two dozen roos, maybe 5 pigs, two emus, a wild dog, birds, countless wombats, a sheep, and, one one occasion I won't forget in a hurry, a large cow. You farm folk would say it was a heifer or a steer or something. I don't care, it nearly had me in my 26 metre B-Double on our sides. I was fined once, in NSW, about 40 years ago, for "avoiding an animal", which was on the books at the time, the rationale being if you swerve for a dog you are putting people at risk. I was driving an MG, and I was avoiding two horses! I lost a 'mate' ( Army) who hit a cow on his motorcycle. Apart from a few of the wombats, and the sheep, I was lucky enough to hit these in a big truck. I won't bore you all with the number of things I hit in the forty years prior, and I wouldn't really remember anyway.


I've never hit a duck.

I've never hit a duck.

Funnily enough neither have I, Nor for that matter have I run over a Crow and not for the want of trying either

Originally Posted by trout1105

Funnily enough neither have I, Nor for that matter have I run over a Crow and not for the want of trying either

Nor me. Got a magpie, which I thought were at least as smart as crows ( One of the animal handlers on Game of Thrones reckons crows, or ravens, are at least as trainable as dogs ). Got an owl with a mirror once.

Originally Posted by johntins

I've never hit a duck.

I would add to that... Not even with a Mossberg. I was never a good shot at moving targets.

Originally Posted by Bilby

Hi all

I have ordered an SE TD6 for delivery mid December. It will not be a pavement princess. Am new to Land Rover so have a significant learning curve.

Anyone have any thoughts about fitting a front mount winch to a D5? I'm thinking it will be a lot more complicated than my old FJ40.

Ask a question about a winch for a D5 and in return you get 4 pages of dribble debating bullbars...

Hope you find a solution as I am interested, if factory can do it am sure it can be done.

Originally Posted by Shoogs

Ask a question about a winch for a D5 and in return you get 4 pages of dribble debating bullbars...

Hope you find a solution as I am interested, if factory can do it am sure it can be done.

It's a free flowing forum. Get used to it. On the other hand, BMW forums may be far more ze way zat you'd prefer. Or, lighten up. We try to give helpful answers, but being a "community", things sidetrack. Much easier to try and have fun. You will still learn. In fact, you will learn more.

I hope there is a solution as well, but this is not LandRover.com. We know nothing about the D5. If you want perfect answers about that car, why ask here? When we know, so will you; that is what 'community' means.

Oh, the word is 'drivel', not 'dribble', if perfection is your goal.

Ask a question about a winch for a D5 and in return you get 4 pages of dribble debating bullbars...

Hope you find a solution as I am interested, if factory can do it am sure it can be done.

At least the posts that ventured off into the Bullbar area offered some opinions and answers, Unlike your unhelpful single negative post